• Minnesota housing program under federal fraud investigation,Jonathan Delozier

    Minnesota housing program under federal fraud investigation

    Federal agents are probing what they describe as a massive scheme to defraud Minnesota’s Housing Stabilization Services program, according to a search warrant.Numerous outlets reported that a federal investigation is targeting a Medicaid-funded benefit created in 2020 to assist people with disabilit

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  • Colorado officials push to save property tax breaks for seniors,Flávia Furlan Nunes

    Colorado officials push to save property tax breaks for seniors

    Government officials in Mesa County, Colorado, urged state legislators in an open letter this week to preserve a property tax exemption for older adults and disabled veterans amid the state’s ongoing budget constraints.Colorado’s senior property tax exemption, which has been in place for the past 25

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  • VantageScore 4.0 is coming. But much work needs to be done,James Kleimann, Flávia Furlan Nunes

    VantageScore 4.0 is coming. But much work needs to be done

    In the days following the announcement that VantageScore 4.0 was suddenly in play for conventional mortgages, FinLocker‘s Brian Vieaux had to burst some bubbles.Most of the 15 to 20 loan officers he spoke to were ecstatic about being able to use the new credit scoring model. Millions of new prospect

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