Fannie Mae-No Politics (FNMA)

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1995 Clinton loosened housing rules by rewriting the Community Reinvestment Act, which put added pressure on banks to lend in low-income neighborhoods. It is the subject of heated political and scholarly debate whether any of these moves are to blame for our troubles, but they certainly played a role in creating a permissive lending environment.

Time magazine. Is that a conservative outlet?

I can find more that point to the democrats that got the housing bubble ball rolling. Barney frank would be in many of those articles.