For Fannie, the most obvious change was a major expansion of the EHFP’s target audience. In its initial plan, the enterprise had focused almost exclusively on Black homebuyers.

New definitions in the amended rule will expand the number of colonias eligible for credit under the duty-to-serve obligations of the GSEs.

The regulator of the GSEs wants to know if there are ways it can help improve protections for the tenants of apartment buildings financed by Fannie and Freddie.

FHLBank treatment of collateral may be inhibiting development of affordable housing, industry stakeholders told FHFA in comments.

The GSEs’ regulator has backtracked on its controversial rules for commingled securities.

In a sign of how much business declined at Fannie and Freddie last year, their contributions to the two affordable housing programs are off 50% from 2022.

Critics argue that, by targeting deep-pocket institutional buyers, the enterprises’ sale of non-performing and reperforming loans removes homes from the buyers’ market and makes it impossible for nonprofit organizations to participate meaningfully.

A new request for information asks stakeholders whether expanding social bonds from multifamily to single-family will help or hurt borrowers and investors.

It’s been 10 years since the Federal Housing Finance Agency has examined the mandatory competitive programs of the Federal Home Loan Banks’ affordable housing program.

A recently announced change in Fannie’s appraisal policy may expand financing options in the manufactured home market.