Dems: FHFA Opposition to Eminent Domain Illegally Discriminates
November 22, 2013
A group of House Democratic lawmakers is warning the Federal Housing Finance Agency that prohibiting GSE access to municipalities that use eminent domain to restructure underwater mortgages would constitute illegal discrimination against minority homeowners. In a letter to FHFA Acting Director Edward DeMarco, a group of 10 House Democrats led by Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison said Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s refusal to insure loans seized and rewritten via eminent domain would be illegal under the Fair Housing Act and violate credit discrimination laws.
The creation of a U.S. sovereign wealth fund could grease the skids for an end to the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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