Federal Efforts to Help Fannie and Freddie May Undermine Initiative to Move Them Off the Dole
September 18, 2009
The terms of the conservatorship that’s keeping Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in business may also hamper Washington’s ability to put the government-sponsored enterprises back on their own feet, according to a new report issued by the Government Accountability Office. “Since the beginning of the Federal Housing Finance Agency conservatorships, the enterprises have been tasked to initiate a...