{"id":79209,"date":"2025-01-29T10:28:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T18:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/?p=79209"},"modified":"2025-01-29T12:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T20:09:10","slug":"federal-funding-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/federal-funding-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"Implications for Housing Under a Potential Federal Spending Freeze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>UPDATE (13:00 EST Wednesday):<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The White House issued a new memo on Wednesday, <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeterAlexander\/status\/1884661943715176503\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rescinding<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> its Monday order. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeterAlexander\/status\/1884671760638853388\">said<\/a> the latest memo was not a rescission of the government spending freeze, just a rescission of the Monday memo. &#8220;The Executive Orders issued by the President on funding reviews remain in full force and effect and will be rigorously implemented by all agencies and departments. This action should effectively end the court case and allow the government to focus on enforcing the President\u2019s orders on controlling federal spending.&#8221;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><b>Background:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The White House issued a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25506391-m-25-13-temporary-pause-to-review-agency-grant-loan-and-other-financial-assistance-programs\/#document\/p1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">memo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the heads of government departments and agencies on Monday, directing them to \u201ctemporarily pause\u201d disbursement of federal funds and grants that may be implicated by executive orders signed by President Trump. The White House said the freeze, which was due to become effective from Tuesday afternoon, would \u201cprovide the Administration time to review agency programs and determine the best uses of the funding for those programs consistent with the law and the President\u2019s priorities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Later on Tuesday, a federal judge temporarily <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2025\/01\/28\/trump-spending-freeze-upends-washington-triggering-legal-threats-delays\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">blocked<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the order, preventing the restrictions from taking effect until at least February 3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Potential implications for housing:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A range of housing-related programs rely on federal funds, but it is not yet clear if\u2014or how much\u2014they would be impacted by a potential spending freeze.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Government-insured mortgages were unaffected by the freeze:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> VA and FHA loans, which make up around <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/all-cash-homebuyers-june-2024\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of home loans combined, are funded by private lenders, but are insured by the federal government.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite initial uncertainty from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mba.org\/news-and-research\/newsroom\/news\/2025\/01\/28\/mba-asks-federal-government-agencies-for-clarity-on-omb-memo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mortgage industry<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) later <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PEWilliams_\/status\/1884362999508443576\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">clarified<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that single family mortgage insurance programs \u201cremain operational\u201d and are not subject to the spending freeze. The HUD memo did not mention multifamily loans.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ginnie Mae, the government corporation which acts as the financing mechanism for government-insured loans, issued a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginniemae.gov\/investors\/disclosures_and_reports\/Pages\/BulletinsDispPage.aspx?ParamID=735&amp;Ident=2025-002\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> saying the spending freeze does not apply to its work.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rental assistance programs are excluded from the directive:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The White House said that rental assistance\u2014such as housing vouchers\u2014would not be impacted by the spending freeze, but there were some <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2025\/01\/28\/trump-freeze-federal-grants-loans\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reports<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that recipients were unable to access funds.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HUD later <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NAHROnational\/status\/1884626904377860371\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">confirmed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that tenant- and project-based rental assistance would be excluded from a spending freeze.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Other HUD programs:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> News organizations published a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=00000194-ad9c-de9c-a5b6-efbd29400000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">list<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the government programs the White House had requested be reviewed as part of the spending freeze\u2014including 100 programs administered by HUD.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing organizations expressed concerns about how a funding freeze could affect multiple programs administered by HUD.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Low Income Housing Coalition said all HUD programs remain at \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nlihc.org\/news\/nlihc-statement-decision-federal-judge-temporarily-block-trump-administration-order-freeze-all\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">significant risk<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d if funds are frozen.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials called on HUD to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nahro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NAHRO-HUD-on-OMB-Funding-Memo-Jan-2025-2.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">clarify<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> how federal rental assistance and housing development programs could be impacted.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>State-run housing programs:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Federal funding helps support a range of state-run housing programs. In response to the White House\u2019s memo, Michigan\u2019s State Housing Development Authority <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganadvance.com\/briefs\/michigan-housing-agency-cancels-training-program-following-trump-admin-funding-freeze\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">canceled scheduled training<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for a proposed pilot single-family mortgage program \u201cout of an abundance of caution.\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\">Conclusion:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The housing market relies on a wide range of federally-funded programs. The government has indicated that support to individuals via rental assistance programs or government-insured mortgages will not be impacted. It is still unclear how a potential spending freeze\u2014if it is allowed to proceed\u2014would impact the market overall. The uncertainty surrounding the White House\u2019s plans may impair housing market and rental activity until there is further clarification on the details of the spending pause.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE (13:00 EST Wednesday): The White House issued a new memo on Wednesday, rescinding its Monday order. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the latest memo was not a rescission of the government spending freeze, just a rescission of the Monday memo. &#8220;The Executive Orders issued by the President on funding reviews remain in full force 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