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Duty to Serve Underserved Markets for Enterprises

Open Date:
Open for comment 8/4/2009
Deadline:
All comments are due by 9/18/2009
Type:
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Number:
RIN-2590-AA27
Group:
Fannie Mae; Freddie Mac; Affordable Housing; Proposed Rules & Public Comments; Supervision and Regulation
Fannie Mae; Freddie Mac
Document Number:
E9-18515
CFR:
12 CFR 1282
CFR Description:
 
Federal Register Publish Date:
8/4/2009
Federal Register Citation:
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Contact Information:

Nelson Hernandez, Senior Associate Director, Housing Mission and Goals, (202) 408-2819, Brian Doherty, Acting Manager, Housing Mission and Goals-Policy, (202) 408-2991, or Paul Manchester, Acting Manager, Housing Mission and Goals-Quantitative Analysis, (202) 408-2946 (these are not toll-free numbers); Lyn Abrams, Attorney-Advisor, (202) 414-8951, Kevin Sheehan, Attorney-Advisor, (202) 414-8952, or Sharon Like, Associate General Counsel, (202) 414-8950 (these are not toll-free numbers), 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 Additionally, the TDD 1-(800) number referenced in Rulemaking documents attached to this page is obsolete and the 7-1-1 number should be used.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 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, Enterprises) to serve three underserved markets—manufactured housing, affordable housing preservation, and rural areas—in order to increase the liquidity of mortgage investments and improve the distribution of investment capital available for mortgage financing in those markets. Section 1335 of the Safety and Soundness Act, as amended, requires the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), beginning in 2010, to establish a manner for: evaluating whether and to what extent the Enterprises have complied with the duty to serve underserved markets; and rating the extent of compliance. To assist FHFA in rulemaking to implement the duty to serve underserved markets, FHFA seeks comment on the characteristics and types of Enterprise transactions and activities that should be considered and how such transactions and activities should be evaluated and rated, for purposes of determining the Enterprises’ performance of the duty to serve underserved markets.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before: September 18, 2009.​

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