The implosion of the mortgage marketplace throughout 2007-2008 raise elementary questions concerning the American arrangement of credit finance, insurance, and credit guarantee for housing. This editorial examines national systems providing these home insurance and credit guarantees in the broader context of U.S. housing policy. It specifically analyzes tasks managed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the Veterans' Administration (VA), and the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs). It reviews and quantifies the public resources committed to these programs-the market value of the national insurance and credit guarantees supplied-and quantifies the critical relevance of credit guarantees in the federal system of housing support.
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The article then consider the proceedings of the FHA in more detail, focusing on the historic expansion of its role as provider and sponsor of credit. It consider recent failures in the market for home credit, the reasoning for these actions in the light of competition in the mortgage marketplace, and the provisions of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. Moreover, a reinvigorated FHA mortgage program could supply a benchmark and a comparison for assessing predatory financing in the main home and mortgage markets.
PUBLICATION DATE: November 01, 2008 PRODUCT #: CMR414-PDF-ENG
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