Fannie and Freddie’s Status Continues to Provoke Criticisms
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A limited partnership property in Akron, Ohio. CreditMichael F. McElroy for The New York Times
The presidential campaign that just ended was notable for a lack of debate about housing — in particular the uneven state of the United States mortgage market nine years since the start of the financial crisis.
Neither President-elect Donald J. Trump nor Hillary Clinton spent much time discussing housing policy, even though the financial crisis in the United States began with the collapse of home prices nationally. And neither candidate laid out a plan for dealing with the two biggest engines in the mortgage market — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — which remain under a controversial federal government conservatorship…
Fannie and Freddie’s Status Continues to Provoke Criticisms
