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Overview

The Duty to Serve (DTS) requires Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (Enterprises) to facilitate a secondary market for mortgages on housing for very low-, low-, and moderate-income families in three underserved markets: Manufactured Housing, Affordable Housing Preservation, and Rural Housing.  Learn more about the underserved markets.

The Enterprises’ Underserved Markets Plans describe specific activities each Enterprise will undertake to fulfill their Duty to Serve obligations in each market.

 

Public Input

Use the drop-down menus to provide general input on the Duty to Serve program or to view previously-submitted comments.

 

 



 



Explore Duty to Serve

 

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Learn more about how the program works.      
                           

Meet the Team

Meghan Aines
Duty to Serve Intern

Arun Barman
Duty to Serve Senior Economist

Marcea Barringer
Duty to Serve Senior Policy Analyst

Noteworthy

  • NEW! The Enterprises' quarterly and annual reports on their 2020 DTS actions are now available.

  • Check back soon for the Enterprises' proposed 2022-2024 Underserved Markets Plans.  The public input period for the proposed Plans will begin in mid-May 2021.
  • Save the date for listening sessions on the proposed Plans in July 2021: Rural (July 12), Affordable Housing Preservation (July 13), and Manufactured Housing (July 14).


Data and Tools

Access datasets and interactive maps for DTS-qualifying rural areas, Indian areas, high opportunity areas, and areas of concentrated poverty.

Below is our Single-Family Dashboard for 2019. This interactive map looks at the share of Enterprise single-family loans located in Duty to Serve Manufactured Housing, Rural, and High-needs Rural areas at the state and county levels.
           

 Duty to Serve 2019 Single-Family map 

   Duty to Serve 2019 Single-Family Dashboard



Resources
                   

Lauren Boyd
Duty to Serve Policy Analyst

Rebecca Cohen
Duty to Serve Senior Policy Analyst

Toi Roberts
Duty to Serve Program Analyst

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