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Gate House Partner Hunter Kurtz shares his insights on the challenges for lawmakers around affordable housing at the Millennial Action Project Future Summit 2023

Gate House Partner and Vice Chairman Hunter Kurtz spoke at the the Millennial Action Project’s Future Summit 2023 in Indianapolis, Indiana on August 10, addressing the gathering of Gen Z and millennial state legislators about solutions to the nation’s affordable housing crisis.    Hunter previously served as HUD’s Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, overseeing the nation’s public housing, Section 8 … Read More

Gate House Partners Weigh in on Challenges in the Reverse Mortgage Market

In their recent article for Reverse Mortgage Daily, Gate House Partners Keith Becker, Dror Oppenheimer, and Michael Marshall discuss the pressures in the housing finance market relative to reverse or home equity conversion mortgages (HECMs), suggesting action is needed to avoid further failures of Ginnie Mae HECM servicers and issuers. If reverse servicers and “issuers”  are a … Read More

Gate House Partner Hunter Kurtz joins “Changemakers with Katie Gore”

Gate House Vice Chairman Hunter Kurtz joined @ConsultQuadel President and  @Forbes_Books contributor Katie Goar for her podcast series “Change Makers with Katie Goar, Finding the right solutions for the affordable housing community” to share his insights on affordable housing through the lens of his experience in public housing and community development. Based on his experience as former HUD Public & Indian … Read More

HUD Foster Youth to Independence Initiative Received Well-Deserved Recognition for Innovative Approach 

Gate House Vice Chairman Hunter Kurtz, when he served as Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing (PIH) at HUD, had led a team of staff who were determined to address a critical challenge for a vulnerable population in America, our nation’s youth who age out of foster care and are at risk of homelessness.  … Read More

The Positive Capital Ratio for the HECM Program Is No Time for Complacency

In their recent article for Reverse Mortgage Daily, Gate House Founding Partners Brian Montgomery, Keith Becker and Dror Oppenheimer discuss the implications of the first positive capital ratio for the HECM program in six years. The Gate House team, who worked together at the Federal Housing Administration managing the HECM program, provided their unique perspective and explained … Read More

FHA Should Prepare for the Next Storm, Hold Steady on Premiums

Gate House Chairman Brian Montgomery and CEO Keith Becker recently opined in the M Report on the favorable condition of the FHA Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund. In their article, Montgomery and Becker argue that FHA must be prepared to weather adverse events in the future similar to the wake of the Financial Crisis in 2008 or the COVID-19 … Read More

America’s Call to Duty to End Veterans Homelessness

Gate House Vice Chairman Hunter Kurtz moderated a panel for the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) forum on the critical need to address homelessness amidst our nation’s veterans. “America’s Call to Duty: Ending Veterans’ Homelessness” was hosted by the BPC’s J. Ronald Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy. The panel featured Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA) Chairman, Economic … Read More

Veterans Homelessness Must be Addressed for the Heroes who Served Our Country

Gate House Vice Chairman Hunter Kurtz was a guest of Julie Mason of SiriusXM’s Julie Mason Mornings to discuss veterans homelessness in America, which numbers approximately 37,000 veterans on any given night. Mason and Kurtz reflected on the challenges faced by lawmakers and policymakers in executive agencies like HUD, where Kurtz recently served as Assistant Secretary for … Read More

Reflections on a Career in Public Service

Reflecting on his long career in public service, Gate House Chairman Brian Montgomery spoke with DS News about the key lessons he has learned over the years.  Montgomery’s remarkable journey, which began driving in a Vice Presidential motorcade in his home state of Texas, took him to the White House, back to Texas to the Governor’s Mansion, … Read More

HECM Program Has Evolved as Secretary Held Has Grown, Servicing Challenges Rise

Gate House Chairman Brian Montgomery recently spoke with Chris Clow of Reverse Mortgage Daily to discuss HUD’s reverse mortgage (Home Equity Conversion Mortgage or “HECM”) program and the impact of that program in the recent budget request.The growth in the Secretary-held HECM portfolio which has been significant in recent years, and the challenges presented to servicing that … Read More

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