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Enterprise Duty to Serve Underserved Markets

Open Date:
Open for comment 6/7/2010
Deadline:
All comments are due by 7/22/2010
Type:
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Number:
RIN-2590-AA27
Group:
Supervision and Regulation; Fannie Mae; Freddie Mac; Mortgage; Affordable Housing; Proposed Rules & Public Comments; Regulation
Fannie Mae; Freddie Mac
Document Number:
2010-13411
CFR:
12 CFR 1282
CFR Description:
 
Federal Register Publish Date:
6/7/2010
Federal Register Citation:
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Contact Information:

Nelson Hernandez, Senior Associate Director, Office of Housing and Community Investment, (202) 408-2993, Brian Doherty, Manager, Office of Housing and Community Investment, (202) 408-2991, or Mike Price, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Housing and Community Investment, (202) 408-2941. For legal questions, contact: Lyn Abrams, Attorney, (202) 414-8951, Kevin Sheehan, Attorney, (202) 414-8952, or Sharon Like, Associate General Counsel, (202) 414-8950. These are not toll-free numbers. The mailing address for each contact is: Office of General Counsel, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Fourth Floor, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552.  If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services. Additionally, the TDD 1-(800) number referenced in Rulemaking documents attached to this page is obsolete and the 7-1-1 number should be used.

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SUMMARY: Section 1129 of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA) amended section 1335 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (Safety and Soundness Act) to establish a duty for the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (collectively, the Enterprises) to serve three specified underserved markets—manufactured housing, affordable housing preservation, and rural markets—in order to increase the liquidity of mortgage investments and improve the distribution of investment capital available for mortgage financing for very low-, low- and moderate-income families in those markets. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is issuing and seeking comments on a proposed rule that would establish a method for evaluating and rating the Enterprises’ performance in each underserved market for 2010 and each subsequent year. In addition, the proposed rule would set forth Enterprise transactions and activities that would be considered for the duty to serve.

The proposed rule would, among other things: Consider only manufactured homes titled as real property for purposes of the duty to serve the manufactured housing market; give the Enterprises latitude to concentrate on assisting particular affordable housing preservation programs that would benefit very low-, low- and moderate-income families; and define rural areas generally in accordance with the definition set forth in the Housing Act of 1949.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before July 22, 2010.​

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