Replies to post #16888 on Fannie Mae Preferred S (FNMAS)

[big-yank]

The GSEs are REQUIRED by law to fund low and middle income housing initiatives. It is NOT an option. It is the law.

It is the responsibility of the GSEs to plan, budget and establish reserves to remain solvent while funding these activities. This is one of the reasons why I disagreed with you on the adequacy of reserves in 2008. They were NOT sufficient to support mandated initiatives during a crisis down-cycle. The "recovery" that returned to the GSEs was at least in part fueled by Fannie and Freddie abandoning their targets for affordable housing. The math benefited by failing in their chartered mandates.

JMHO.