Housing

Gross didn't avoid conflicts of interest. Instead, any staff who advocated anything other than minimizing oversight were banished from meetings. (iStock)

HUD captured by lobbyists

Luke Rosiak · January 22, 2015 11:05 pm

Government created the housing and financial crises — and might be doing it again

Michael Barone · January 19, 2015 10:00 am

This April 28, 2014 file photo shows the Phoenix VA Health Care Center in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Obama slammed for failing to visit Phoenix Veterans Affairs

Susan Crabtree · January 9, 2015 12:44 am

Obama to GOP: ‘I’m still around’

Obama to GOP: ‘I’m still around’

Brian Hughes · January 8, 2015 6:58 pm

Low income workers say immigrants are taking ‘our jobs, healthcare, housing’

Paul Bedard · January 8, 2015 5:22 pm

The White House estimates that the reduction will save $900 annually for the typical first-time homebuyer. (iStock)

Obama to lower mortgage insurance fees

Joseph Lawler · January 7, 2015 11:02 pm

"I don't anticipate much of a public appearance from the president" Earnest said about Obama's trip to Oregon. (AP file photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama won’t visit Phoenix VA hospital

Brian Hughes · January 6, 2015 7:19 pm

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Efforts to jump-start housing stoke fears of another crisis

Joseph Lawler · January 5, 2015 10:00 am

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Existing home sales fall short of expectations in November

Joseph Lawler · December 22, 2014 3:39 pm

Nearly a year ago, on Jan. 6, Watt was sworn in as director of the FHFA. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Federal Housing Director Mel Watt stokes housing fear

Joseph Lawler · December 14, 2014 10:00 am

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, have decided to lower the down payment they require on some mortgages from 5 percent to 3 percent. The horrific lesson of what results from encouraging marginal borrowers to buy homes has somehow vanished from their memories. (AP Photos)

Mortgage binges and painful hangovers

Steve Chapman · December 13, 2014 8:42 pm

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt, an Obama appointee, announced that the two government-sponsored enterprises' finances were secure enough to permit them to put some profits into two trust funds set aside for affordable housing. (AP Photo)

Housing regulator opens taps for affordable-housing fund

Joseph Lawler · December 11, 2014 4:48 pm