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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Happy Friday. After completing a remarkable first two weeks for Gate House Strategies, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone with whom we’ve had the pleasure of engaging and many others who have been in touch. Already, the firm has forged meaningful partnerships with longtime colleagues in the housing market and beyond, rekindled … Read More
