The Affordable Housing Crisis – NYTimes.com. Today’s editorial in the NYT calls for renewed attention to the nation’s rental housing…
Tag: Fannie Mae
Its not just what Fannie Mae did, its also about what it didn’t do
Let me first admit that I have not yet read the book but I plan to over the next several…
Buffett wants to tilt the market towards manufactured housing
On Friday Warren Buffett released his annual letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway. Berkshire Hathaway owns Clayton Homes, a major…
The big lie about the role of affordable lending goals in the collapse of Fannie Mae
The Big Lie: Fannie Mae collapsed because of Congressional affordable housing goals and this, in turn, was the cause of…
Bill O’Reilly vs Barney Frank shoutdown over Fannie Mae
This video perfectly illustrates the deterioration in the quality of the policy discussion in the country today. Issues surrounding the…
Affordable lending is not to blame for the demise of Fannie and Freddie
Floyd Norris, writing in Sunday’s New York Times, lays the blame for the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie…
Could a federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac prove disasterous for low income rental housing?
Who would have thought we would be looking at a federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Because it…
When housing advocates sell out bad things happen
I’ve been complaining about it for years, Now that the New York Times has said it maybe folks will take…
The effect of the Fannie/Freddie meltdown on affordable housing
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shares are falling like a rock. The Bush Administration is said to be working on…
Understanding the role of GSEs, HUD and affordable housing in the subprime crisis
A page 1 story in the Washingtom Post Tuesday laid a major part of the blame for the subprime lending…