Meanwhile, in HUD world...

From and about HUD, non-Katrina-related:

- The text of GAO testimony on HUD rental assistance.

- HUD announcing $45 million for its regular Housing Voucher/Family Self-Sufficiency program.

- A HUD initiative to "enable high-performing lenders to endorse FHA mortgage loans for insurance without a pre-endorsement review by HUD," and another to "streamline" appraisals for FHA mortgages.