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10/05/2026

In the 1960s, HUD tapped NASA leadership to industrialize homebuilding. Dan Hardcastle, who spent four years reviving that effort at HUD, joins Summit Founding Partner Albert Lee to unpack how the ROAD Act could reshape factory-built housing and why bank lending, not building codes, remains the bigger barrier.

Listen to the new Complexity Simplified episode, “When HUD Called NASA for Help,” featuring Dan Hardcastle (BuildTrust, formerly HUD).

We cover:
• The ROAD Act’s overlooked impact on factory-built housing
• How a 50-year-old chassis rule drives costs
• Why FHA Title I has shrunk to a rounding error
• Why collateral keeps lenders away https://hubs.li/Q04z9L_30

On this episode of Complexity Simplified, we explore how HUD's collaboration with NASA aimed to revolutionize affordable housing, addressing challenges in factory-built homes and bank lending.

08/07/2026

In the first two episodes of our Information Security Compliance series on Federal Credit Fridays, we explored the challenges facing federal security compliance and potential solutions. In the final episode, Josh and Anthony examine how upcoming changes in security compliance intersect with national security priorities.

IT compliance and federal credit are complex, evolving topics. As requirements shift, solutions advance, and awareness grows, these issues are becoming increasingly important across the federal credit landscape. Josh and Anthony discuss what these changes mean and how they may affect current contractors, opening new opportunities in security compliance, federal credit, and contractor relationships.

Tune in to episode three to learn how these changes connect to IT compliance and may help address future challenges in the federal lending landscape.

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07/24/2026

In our last episode of Federal Credit Fridays, we explored the challenges facing federal credit programs, with a particular focus on federal credit IT. Now, we turn to how agencies can begin solving those challenges.

When discussing complex topics like information security compliance, it is important to consider both the decisions agencies need to make and the continued growth of the tools and services available to support them. By looking at architecture, cost, performance, data movement, and implementation strategy, we can better understand why security compliance in federal credit is such a complex issue—and how programs can address the problems that arise.

In Part 2 of our three-part series on information security compliance, Anthony and Josh return to discuss key decisions around architecture, cost, performance, and data movement, along with the growing need for cloud-based solutions.

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06/26/2026

Information security compliance may not always be the most visible part of federal credit programs, but it is essential to their success. Behind every lending program is a complex technical infrastructure designed to support program operations, meet compliance requirements, and protect sensitive information. Federal lending programs face a unique challenge: managing large data sets that can span years—or even decades—while also navigating evolving audit standards, reestimate cycles, and strict data security controls.

In today's episode of Federal Credit Fridays, Anthony explains how this creates a distinctive operating environment where compliance is not just about following policy. It is an ongoing balance between keeping data secure, accessible, and ready to support mission outcomes.

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On this episode of Federal Credit Fridays, Anthony Curcio breaks down when and how shared services can boost efficiency in federal loan programs.