Market forces and regulatory issues outside the control of Fannie and Freddie may make it difficult for them to achieve the proposed affordable housing benchmarks.

UMMC argues that the GSEs’ three-year duty-to-serve plans are wholly inadequate to address the current affordable housing crisis.

Housing stakeholders liked FHFA’s plan to require Fannie and Freddie to develop equitable housing finance plans, but they also recommended changes.

Expanding the definition of affordability to include more loans in cost-burdened markets could be an important opportunity for multifamily lenders.

Pooling loans from its Home Possible program into affordable housing MBS could be the next step in Freddie’s impact bond initiative.

LIHTC and GSE programs both use the same flawed system for determining whether a project is “affordable,” revealed David Brickman, former CEO of Freddie Mac.

In her first long-form interview since taking over as FHFA acting director, Sandra Thompson insisted that expanding the GSEs’ books of business won’t make them riskier.

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-PA, and NAMB President Kimber White each grade the brief performance of FHFA’s acting director.

The support of the powerful House Financial Services Committee chair improves the chances that FHFA Acting Director Sandra Thompson’s job becomes permanent. It also casts doubt on the rumored nomination of CRL President Mike Calhoun.

Homeowners in manufactured housing communities will no longer have to relocate their house before selling it. Also, the seller will have the right to sublease the pad site to the new owner.