80 economic development programs in four agencies; why?

By Laurel Adams

GAO: economic development duplication still rampant among four agencies spending $6.2 billion

Philadelphia Housing Authority spent millions improperly

By Aaron Mehta

The agency in charge of low-income housing for Philadelphia paid $30.5 million to outside law firms over a three-year period and couldn’t fu

Obama cabinet officials visit swing districts in final weeks before Nov. 2 election

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

Earlier this month in Orlando, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan unveiled a $1.56 million grant to install energy-effici
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Public housing, private frustration

By Brian Ross, Avni Patel, John Solomon and Laurel Adams

HUD-funded housing projects wasted money on belly dancers, sex offenders and dead residents....

Miami firm accused of approving ineligible loans for FHA insurance

By Laurel Adams

Miami-based Nationwide Home Loans Inc. should be prepared to repay some $5 million to the Federal Housing Administration because the lender’

Federal courthouse security guards failed to detect mock bombs

By Julie Vorman

A $370 million program run by the U.S. Marshals Service to protect federal courthouses failed to detect mock explosive devices sent to sever
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HUD criticized for sloppy management of automated underwriting

By Julie Vorman

Serious flaws in the Federal Housing Administration’s automated underwriting process resulted in more than $6.1 billion in loans winning aut

FHA and Ginnie Mae punish troubled New York lender cited by Center probe

By Brian Grow

A New York-based lender that was featured in a recent Center for Public Integrity investigation has been expelled from a government-insured

Ginnie Mae's troubling endorsements

By Brian Grow and Zachary Goldfarb

The trouble signs surrounding Lend America had been building for years. A top executive was convicted of mortgage fraud but still helped run

Straining the FHA's umbrella

By Brian Grow and Binyamin Appelbaum

A District nonprofit organization that says it helps cash-strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure is under federal investigation for instead h

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