What legislative activity can we expect in 2020 in the area of housing finance reform? With the Senate kicking off the New Year with an impeachment trial, it is highly unlikely Congress will make much headway on housing...more
1/24/2020
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Fannie Mae ,
FHFA ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Freddie Mac ,
GSE ,
Housing Finance Reform ,
Housing Market ,
Impeachment ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Mortgages ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Senate Banking Committee ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury
The prospect of the U.S. Congress acting on housing reform this year remains unlikely. The House Democrats’ determination to formalize the impeachment inquiry into President Trump’s involvement with Ukraine and begin public...more
11/8/2019
/ Affordable Housing ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Fannie Mae ,
FHFA ,
Financial Services Committee ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Freddie Mac ,
GSE ,
Housing Finance Reform ,
Impeachment ,
Preferred Stock Financing ,
Purchase Agreement ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Strategic Planning ,
Trump Administration
We continue to gauge the potential for Congress to act on the administration’s housing finance plan and/or pass their own before adjourning for the year. When Congress returned from August recess, members faced an ambitious...more
10/4/2019
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Consumer Financial Products ,
Donald Trump ,
Fannie Mae ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Freddie Mac ,
GSE ,
Housing Finance Reform ,
Housing Market ,
Impeachment ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Mortgages ,
Preferred Stock Financing ,
Trump Administration
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Department of Housing released the much-anticipated housing finance reform plan to reduce the government’s role in housing and end government control of both Fannie Mae and Freddie...more
9/20/2019
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Fannie Mae ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Committee ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Freddie Mac ,
GSE ,
Housing Finance Reform ,
Mortgages ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
U.S. Treasury
Now midway through the first session of the 116th Congress, the House and Senate have yet to act on housing reform legislation. Most recently, Mark Calabria, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), announced...more
The new 116th Congress convened on January 3, 2019, with members of Congress sworn into office. Although the first month was consumed by the partial government shutdown, Congressional committee assignments were finalized, and...more