In general, the proposed rule would reduce the required capital for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by decreasing the size of the prescribed leverage buffer...
The proposal also includes a new area-based subgoal designed to reduce the likelihood that GSE purchases in low-income areas go disproportionately to higher-income borrowers.
Fisher, who joined FHFA in 2019 under former Director Mark Calabria, helped create the new division and played a key role in his plan to reduce the agency’s reliance on data and analysis...