> the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that non-permanent residents ... would no longer be eligible for mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)

> The reason why the number of FHA loans going to non-permanent residents has dropped in recent months, according to Thomas, is mostly that they are not buying anymore.

What? No, the reason why the number of FHA loans going to non-permanent residents has dropped is that they are not eligible for them. It literally says so at the beginning of the article.

This is even before the HIRE Act.