Federal Housing Administration (FHA) in the United States

Introduction to Federal Housing Administration

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) provides mortgage insurance on loans made by FHA-approved lenders throughout the United States and its territories. The FHA is a division of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. More information is posted in the FHA section of the HUD Portal.

FHA letters (a/k/a HUD Mortgagee Letters) are posted on HUD’s Mortgagee Letterspage (1976-Present). Selected FHA letters are published in CCH’s Federal Banking Law Reporter.

Most FHA Handbooks are available on the HUD Handbooks page. FHA handbooks are also available on Westlaw.

Resources

See Also

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
Federal National Mortgage Association
Interest Rates
Mortgages
Real Estate

Further Reading

• Information about Federal Housing Administration in the Gale Encyclopedia of American Law.

Federal Housing Administration in the context of Real Estate

Resurces

See Also

• FHA