The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MAY 31, 2023

The changes then became the subject of hearings and legislation in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to reverse the changes. A loan with less risk coming from a family with lower-than-average income among FHA borrowers which has commendably managed its finances conservatively (e.g., This claim is simply untrue.

Government 52

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

In the years immediately following conservatorship (which began in September 2008), the FHFA increasingly took over setting the average G-fee. Not surprisingly, the two companies highly prioritized protecting those subsidies, which meant maintaining political support in Congress to ensure no legislation was passed to take them away.

Press Release 52

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Since the start of the crisis, I have constantly affirmed that the key to understanding the effects of this pandemic is the UK Government's failure to give adequate weight to emergency planning and management (Alexander 2020a, 2020b). Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014. I have taught it every year since then.

Communications 52

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 10, 2025

Help is available for vulnerable households in New York in the form of free housing counseling and legal services via the Homeowner Protection Program (HOPP), a program from the Office of the New York State Attorney General and the State of New York managed by two Anchor Partners: the Center for NYC Neighborhoods and Empire Justice Center.

Outreach 59

Outreach Housing Laws Development 59

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 15, 2025

Importantly, this series is based on the widely held view that congressional legislation to reform the GSEs will not occur in the foreseeable future and that any significant changes to the GSE structure will thus need to be implemented via “administrative means,” as defined directly below. That portfolio peaked at over $1.5

Implementation 52

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Under the pressure of the financial crisis, in mid-2008, the market began to lose confidence in the implied guarantee given its informal and unwritten nature. 7] Because Congress had set up the GSEs through legislation, the Obama administration believed it was up to Congress to develop revisions to that legislation to eliminate these defects.

Legislation 105

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 7, 2025

Will GSE reform, including conservatorship exit, be accomplished through congressional legislation? When the conservatorships were established in 2008, exiting them required approval from both the presidential administration, acting through Treasury, and the then-independent FHFA, led by a single director.

Legislation 69

Legislation Housing Campaign Voting 69

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JULY 30, 2024

Introduction Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (F&F), the two large government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), were placed into conservatorship in September 2008 at the height of the Great Financial Crisis, when the markets lost confidence in them. For example, see the September 2008, “Statement by Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr.

Legislation 90

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In doing so, it presumably has found, or will soon find, that it has the authority to directly manage the GSEs, unlike during its first term (Trump I). The necessary background: Why, how, what, who and when Why does the President have the ability to manage the GSEs? Second, the FHFA turns around and tells the GSEs what to do.

Housing 52

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 31, 2025

An exit from conservatorship can occur through legislation or administrative means. ” As Congress had created F&F, the Obama administration looked to Congress to enact legislation to do just that. go into run off and be liquidated in some fashion) and replaced by “something else.”

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