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Operate the business in a safe and sound manner.
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Promote sustainable and equitable access to affordable housing.
2023 Scorecard
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continue to play a significant role in supporting multifamily housing needs, particularly for low-income households. FHFA's goal is to maintain Enterprise support of the multifamily affordable housing market without crowding out private capital. FHFA's focus includes multifamily lending for affordable units across several sectors, including traditional affordable housing such as Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) properties, seniors housing, rural markets, and manufactured housing communities.
FHFA will require the Enterprises to continue using credit risk transfers for their multifamily business, resulting in the private market sharing in potential credit losses. The Enterprises use two models of credit risk transfers: Fannie Mae uses loss-sharing transactions through a delegated underwriting system, which has produced low losses since it was first offered in 1988; and Freddie Mac has a capital markets execution to transfer the bulk of its credit risk. Both approaches align interests between the Enterprises and lenders to manage complex credit decisions and limit losses. The positive results of these models were confirmed by the Enterprises' multifamily portfolio performance through the 2008 financial crisis and by the broad liquidity available to most segments of the market.
FHFA Revises Multifamily Loan Purchase Caps for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (September 13, 2019 News Release)FACT SHEET: New Multifamily Caps for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (September 13, 2019) Prepared Remarks of Melvin L. Watt at the Brookings Institution Forum on the Future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac2014 Scorecard for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Common Securitization SolutionsThe 2014 Strategic Plan for the Conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie MacFHFA Seeks Public Input on Reducing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Multifamily Businesses (August 9, 2013 News Release)FHFA Releases Fannie and Freddie Reports on Viability of Their Multifamily Businesses Without Government Guarantees (May 3, 2013 News Release)Fannie Mae: Analysis of the Viability of Fannie Mae’s Multifamily Business Operating without a Government Guarantee - Response to FHFA Scorecard Directive (December 17, 2012) Freddie Mac: Report to the Federal Housing Finance Agency: Housing Finance Reform in the Multifamily Mortgage Market (December 2012)Freddie Mac Multifamily Third-Party Reports
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