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Mortgage Industry Pushes to Free Fannie and Freddie from the Federal Government
Washington Examiner, Feb. 6, 2017–Joseph Lawler
The Mortgage Bankers Association, a key housing industry trade group, plans to lobby Congress and the Trump administration to effectively turn Fannie and Freddie into private utilities and to allow new entrants to compete with them on the same terms.