Utah judge to halt FHA’s down payment assistance rule changes

A federal judge in Utah said at a hearing last week that he would be granting a motion to delay the implementation of the Federal Housing Administration’s down payment assistance rule changes as a debate over the new guidance rages on in federal court. According the lawsuit filed against HUD on behalf of the Cedar Band of Paiutes, HUD’s new guidance “unlawfully targets American Indian tribes and bands by prohibiting them from participating in home-purchasing assistance programs.”