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HUD
released
its
2018-2022
Strategic
Plan,
which
outlines
the
agency's
goals
and
priorities.
The
strategy
seeks
to
refocus
HUD
on
its
core
mission
and
modernize
its
approach
by
leveraging
private-sector
partnerships,
strengthening
the
housing
market,
and
encouraging
affordable
housing
investment,
while
redesigning
internal
processes.
The
FY
2018-2022
Strategic
Plan
presents
the
core
vision
of
what
HUD
hopes
to
accomplish,
the
strategies
to
accomplish
those
objectives,
and
the
indicators
of
success.
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International
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Philanthropic
Innovation
WORLD
URBAN
FORUM
| The World
Urban Forum is
the world's
largest
conference on
urban issues and
is held every
two years. HUD
led the U.S.
delegation to
this year's
meeting in Kuala
Lumpur,
Malaysia. Other
U.S.
participants
included
representatives
from the U.S.
Department of
State, the U.S.
Agency for
International
Development, the
Millennium
Challenge
Corporation, and
the Overseas
Private
Investment
Corporation.
More than 20,000
participants
from 165
countries
participated,
including more
than 100
ministers and
deputy
ministers. Read
more on The Edge
about HUD's
experience at
the World Urban
Forum.
GLOBAL
STATE OF
NATIONAL
URBAN
POLICY
| A new study
from the
Organisation for
Economic
Co-operation and
Development
(OECD) provides
the first
comprehensive
report on
National Urban
Policies in 150
countries. This
report
demonstrates
progress in
monitoring the
implementation
of the New Urban
Agenda.
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You Missed
It
FINANCIAL
CONTROLS
| HUD
announced new
measures to protect
the
financial
integrity of
the
agency
and correct lax
internal processes
and controls.
Secretary Carson
directed HUD's newly
appointed Chief
Financial Officer,
Irving Dennis, to
design and implement
a transformation
plan and lead an
internal taskforce
to combat waste,
fraud and abuse.
FORECLOSURE
MORATORIUM
| For the
second time since
Hurricane Maria
devastated Puerto
Rico and the U.S.
Virgin Islands, the
Federal Housing
Administration (FHA)
announced that the
agency is extending
its 180-day
foreclosure
moratorium
for
FHA-insured
homeowners
for an additional 60
days due to the
extensive damage and
continuing needs in
these hard-hit
territories. Under
the expanded
moratorium, FHA is
instructing lenders
and servicers to
suspend all
foreclosure actions
against insured
borrowers in these
Presidentially
Declared Major
Disaster Areas until
May 18, 2018.
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