Also, there’s a growing fear that in the absence of Congressional action, a free-market leaning Treasury Department, in tandem with a Trump-appointed FHFA director, might alter the way GSEs operate...
If past is prologue, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt might be on the job a lot longer than Jan. 6, 2019, which is when his five-year term expires. That is, if he wants to stay.