What's HUD and what's its function

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  • Whats HUD Whats Its Function?
  • Learn about HUD, how it functions, HUD homes.

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What Are HUD Homes?
  • A HUD home is a residence backed by a
  • (FHA) Federal Housing Administration-
  • insured mortgage that has ended in
  • foreclosure.
  • Once HUD steps in and acquires the
  • property, they then put it up for sale.
  • Anyone may purchase a HUD home
  • as long as they can pay for it in cash
  • or secure a loan.

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Whats HUD?
  • HUD stands for the United States
  • Department of Housing and Urban
  • Development.
  • HUD oversees lending companies
  • to make sure first time homebuyers
  • minorities are able to afford cheap
  • homes.

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What is HUD?
  • HUD works with other organizations
  • like the (FHA) Federal Housing Authority,
  • Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, who
  • issue subsidies for public housing
  • home loans for the purchase of HUD
  • homes.
  • HUD Offers stability and growth to urban
  • communities.

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Brief History of HUD
  • The Federal Housing Administration
  • (FHA) was created under the National
  • Housing Act of 1934.
  • The National Housing Act of 1934 was
  • passed to make mortgages and housing
  • more affordable in the U.S. under The
  • New Deal

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Brief History of HUD
  • The United States Housing Authority
  • (USHA) was created by the U.S. Congress,
  • making 500,000,000 available for loans
  • for families with low incomes.
  • The Housing Act of 1937 was passed,
  • eradicating substandard housing
  • allowing the government to pay subsidies
  • for low-income families.

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Brief History of HUD
  • President Truman enacted The
  • Housing Act of 1949, increasing
  • authorization for the FHA, providing
  • federal funding for many more public
  • housing units, urban renewal projects
  • in U.S. cities, funding for rural
  • homeowners.
  • In 1965, three organizations merged
  • into one to become what we now
  • know as HUD.

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HUDs Functions
  • HUD is responsible for creating and enforcing
    programs and policies that help Americans with
    low incomes obtain affordable, safe, decent,
    livable housing.
  • The Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
    provides numerous functions services to ensure
    fair equitable lending practices, especially in
    urban areas.

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HUDs Functions
  • HUD helps individuals and families
  • secure safe, decent housing at
  • affordable rates.
  • HUD helps low-income individuals
  • families purchase their own, cheap
  • homes with as little as 100 down.

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HUDs Grants Programs
  • HUD awards competitive home
  • improvement, safety, community
  • development grants.
  • Some grant categories include
  • Chronic Homelessness
  • Community Development
  • Housing-related Health Hazards

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Foreclosed Homes
  • Homes go into foreclosure when the
  • home owner defaults on their mortgage
  • loan they are unable to keep up with the
  • payments.
  • The home owner may be severely
  • behind on their mortgage payments
  • or completely unable to make payments
  • due to job loss, illness, death, or some
  • other unfortunate event.

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Buying A Foreclosed Home
  • Buying foreclosed homes is the best way to
    purchase a home well below its market value.
  • Getting into a foreclosed home can save the buyer
    tens of thousands of dollars.

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Buying A Foreclosed Home
  • With the current state of the foreclosure crisis
    in the U.S., finding a foreclosed home to buy is
    not at all difficult to do.
  • Homes that are in foreclosure and up for sale is
    public information that may be obtained at the
    county clerks office, the local newspaper, or
    even via the Internet.

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Buying A Foreclosed Home
  • A foreclosed home may be in excellent
  • condition or it may need some work
  • done to rehab it and bring it up to code.
  • The laws affecting foreclosed homes
  • vary from state-to-state.

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Buying A Foreclosed Home
  • Buying a foreclosed home is
  • a great way to become a home owner,
  • for first time buyers, low-income families,
  • or an individual who wants to purchase
  • a cheap home.
  • Make sure, when buying a foreclosed
  • home, that you are not required to
  • catch up on any payments owed by
  • the previous owner.

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Government Foreclosures
  • Government foreclosures are
  • another excellent option when
  • seeking cheap homes for sale.
  • These properties are sold to the
  • public and have been foreclosed
  • by government agencies.

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Government Foreclosures
  • Government foreclosures occur
  • when the government seizes a
  • property.
  • These properties often go up for
  • sale at auction to the highest bidder.

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Government Foreclosures
  • Homes that are in government foreclosure
  • may be purchased at a much lower cost
  • than their appraised value, so the buyer
  • saves money.
  • Government foreclosure properties are
  • often available for purchase at government
  • auctions.
  • These homes usually sell quickly.

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Lets Review
  • HUD guarantees fair equitable lending
  • for Americans with low incomes minority
  • populations.
  • Stability, growth development of urban
  • centers is a main goal of HUD.
  • HUD oversees the major lending
  • companies, making sure first time
  • homebuyers can afford cheap homes that
  • are decent, safe, livable.

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