This annual report describes FHFA's accomplishments, as well as challenges, the agency faced in meeting the strategic goals and objectives during the past fiscal year.
Read about the agency’s 2017 examinations of Fannie Mac, Freddie Mac and the Home Loan Bank System.
Submit comments and provide input on FHFA Rules Open for Comment by clicking on Rulemaking and Federal Register.
Goal: Help restore confidence, enhance capacity to fulfill mission, and mitigate systemic risk that contributed directly to instability in financial markets.
MAINTAIN foreclosure prevention activities and credit availability, REDUCE taxpayer risk, and BUILD a new single-family securitization infrastructure. Read more in the 2018 Scorecard and Conservatorships Strategic Plan.
Plans and Reports
FHFA experts provide reliable data, including all states, about activity in the U.S. mortgage market through its House Price Index, Refinance Report, Foreclosure Prevention Report, and Performance Report.
HARP - the Home Affordable Refinance Program was created by FHFA specifically to help homeowners current on their mortgage payments, but underwater on their mortgages.
FHFA economists and policy experts provide reliable research and policy analysis about critical topics impacting the nation’s housing finance sector. Meet the experts...
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David A. Lee, Chief FOIA OfficerStacy J. Easter, FOIA Officer/Public LiaisonSteve E. Hart, FOIA Appeals Officer
400 7th Street, SW8th FloorWashington, D.C. 20219Phone: 202-649-3803Fax: 202-649-1073
TO SUBMIT A FOIA REQUEST (send request to the appropriate FHFA component at the below email address):
FHFA Headquarters - foia@fhfa.gov
FHFA Office of Inspector General - foia@fhfaoig.gov
ATTENTION: The Freedom of Information Act Office is not responsible for consumer complaints. If you are a homeowner or homebuyer with a complaint, please visit FHFA's Homeowner & Homebuyer page.
The FOIA Reading Room is a searchable archive of the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s final opinions and orders; statements of policy and interpretations not published in the Federal Register; policy and administrative manuals that affect a member of the public; FOIA reports and frequently requested records. more
The FOIA Reference Guide is designed to familiarize you with the procedures for submitting a FOIA request to the Federal Housing Finance Agency. more
The FOIA is a federal law that provides a right of access to many federal agency records. Under the FOIA, agencies must have formal rules explaining the process for making and processing FOIA requests. The full text of the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s FOIA rules is available at the following links. Interim Final
