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Apply ​to Serve on the Affordable, Equitable, and Sustainable Housing Advisory Committee

**Application Deadline for Committee Membership was 10/13/2023 -- Now Closed for New Applicants**​

Committee Description

FHFA’s Committee on affordable, sustainable, and equitable housing provides a formal communication channel between FHFA and the affordable, equitable, and sustainable housing community. The Committee provides advice and input regarding FHFA’s regulated entities and their role in the single-family and multifamily housing markets with a specific focus on affordability, sustainability, and equity. The Committee will be asked to address areas such as barriers to access, barriers to long-​term sustainability, and changes to regulation, guidance or policy that might expand or enhance affordability, sustainability, and equity.​

Though FHFA engages outside entities and parties to gather opinions and perspective, none of these engagements rise to the level of an advisory committee. The creation of this committee creates a formal channel for public engagement under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA).

New members of the advisory committee will serve for a two-year term. Committee members are not compensated; however, reimbursement for travel, lodging, and other expenses are available. Applicants can be nominated by a third party, such as a Congressional member, State organization, or other groups.

Selection Criteria​

FHFA’s Advisory Committee will be comprised of a broad range of experts and stakeholders who will provide input to the Director on issues related to housing finance. Stakeholders in the housing industry and community for both single-family and multi-family housing are needed to address pressing issues and concerns facing Americans today; issues regarding affordability, lack of housing supply, access to credit, sustainability, and equity are paramount. In considering membership to the Committee, FHFA will focus on the priorities and mission of FHFA as regulator of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Bank System.

FHFA seeks members with expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• Fair housing, fair lending, or civil rights
• Single-family lending, servicing, development, mortgage, or capital markets;
• Multifamily lending, servicing, development, mortgages, capital markets, or investments (i.e. Low-Income Housing Tax Credits);
• Consumer, tenant, or community advocacy;
• Housing market technology;
• State, local, or tribal government housing policies and programs; and
• Academics with a strong research and publishing or practitioner background, and a record of involvement in research and public policy, including public or academic service
  

Application Process Now Closed​

Beginning September 13, 2023, FHFA will accept applications for the advisory committee. Only completed applications received by 11:59 PM on October 13, 2023, will be considered for membership.  ​[Now closed for new applicants]

FHFA does not accept applications from federally registered lobbyists or current elected officials for a position on the advisory committees. Current FHFA employees, managers, or board of director members of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the Federal Home Loan Banks and the Finance board are also not eligible for membership.

A complete Application Package must include:

1. Applicant’s full name (professional title optional).
2. Mailing Address.
   
3. Daytime Telephone Number.
4. Email Address.
5. Resume, Curriculum Vitae, or Relevant Experience Summary with the Starting Year and Month and Ending Year and Month for each entry, no more than two pages in length. A resume should demonstrate alignment with the applicant's selected area of expertise.
6. A letter or statement of interest including area(s) of expertise as they relate to the Committee, no more than one page in length.
7. A third parties’ nomination for the applicant’s membership on the Committee. The Application Package shall contain an additional statement no more than one page in length provided by the nominating entity, supporting the nomination of the Applicant for ACAESH membership.

Please ensure that each document is attached as three separate documents to the response email (not say as a single PDF containing all three required documents, as this helps in our internal application tracking process).

Please read the Advisory Committee Privacy Act Statement.