HUD News

Commentary: Will HUD’s Disparate Impact Rule Have Say in Ratemaking?

Despite the McCarran-Ferguson Act, which reserved the regulation of the “business of insurance” to the states, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has given itself the ability to upset and invalidate long-standing underwriting and ratemaking practices for homeowners’ …

HUD, DOT Chiefs in New Jersey Announce New Post-Sandy Regs

Homeowners and businesses using federal disaster aid to rebuild from Superstorm Sandy will have to take additional flood protection measures, top federal officials announced Thursday. The new standard will require that residential, commercial or infrastructure projects using federal aid elevate …