The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is an independent federal agency in the United States created as the successor regulatory agency of the Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB), the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO), and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development government-sponsored enterprise mission team,[3] absorbing the powers and regulatory authority of both entities, with expanded legal and regulatory authority, including the ability to place government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) into receivership or conservatorship.
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Fannie Mae Announces New Plans for Tenant Protections at GSE-Financed Multifamily Properties
Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTCQB) released additional information regarding new protections for tenants in multifamily properties with mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the...
Housing goals set and actions defined for GSEs
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has proposed 2025-2027 housing goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for lending on both single-family and multifamily...
Tenant protections to be imposed for GSE loans
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has announced tenant protections that will be imposed on all multifamily properties with financing from the Government Sponsored...
FHFA Accepting Membership Applications for its Advisory Committee on Affordable, Equitable, and Sustainable Housing
On September 13, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced it will begin accepting membership applications for its Federal Advisory Committee on Affordable, Equitable,...
Broad coalition of housing providers and lending associations warns FHFA against rent control
Eighteen associations representing housing providers, lenders and residents today sent a letter to Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Sandra Thompson warning that mandatory...
FHFA requests input on multifamily tenant protections
On May 30, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued a Request for Input (RFI) on tenant protections at multifamily properties with mortgages backed...
White House plans new renter protections
The White House recently announced a series of actions that executive branch agencies will take to improve renter protections and “fairness” in the rental...
2023 GSE multifamily loan purchase caps set
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that the 2023 multifamily loan purchase caps for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) will be...
FHFA announces $1.138 billion investment in housing trust fund and capital magnet fund
On February 28, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Acting Director Sandra L. Thompson announced that the Housing Trust Fund and Capital Magnet Fund will...
FHFA extends forbearance
The coronavirus pandemic has hit a lot of homeowners hard. Over the past 10 months, millions of Americans have struggled with income loss and...
Joint mortgage and housing assistance website launched
To ensure homeowners and renters have the most up to date and accurate housing assistance information during the COVID-19 national emergency, the Consumer Financial...
What a difference a day makes
On Tuesday, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that it was shuttering the program. This specific GSE program was not without controversy, and the...
GSA lenders shift into high gear
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac each purchased more than $10 billion in multifamily loans in the first quarter of 2015, providing financing for more...
Three factors that could shape the fate of housing overhaul
But several developments unfolding right now could make the next five or six months among the more consequential periods for housing-finance policy since the...
FHFA faces pushback on cuts to Fannie Mae apartment lending
While the size of the cuts is still undetermined, they will add to a 10 percent reduction in apartment financing the Federal Housing Finance...
