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Editor: David Reiss
Cornell Law School

April 29, 2015

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

The Rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, by W. Scott Frame, Andreas Fuster, Joseph H. Tracy & James I. Vickery, FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2015-2. Architectural Exclusion: Discrimination and Segregation Through Physical Design of the Built Environment, by … Continue reading

April 27, 2015

Monday’s Adjudication Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

Quicken Loans Inc. filed a complaint against the Justice Department and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development claiming that they tried to get Quicken to make false admissions during a settlement. The Government in turn sued Quicken under … Continue reading

April 24, 2015

Friday’s Government Reports Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released its results to the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Guarantee Fee Review. Following the release, the FHFA announced that the fees would remain the same with modest adjustments. HUD released the 2009-2011 National … Continue reading

April 23, 2015

Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Tank Round-Up

By Serenna McCloud

Enterprise Community Partners and the National Low Income Housing Coalition and 45 other affordable housing advocates signed a letter to the appropriations committees of the house and senate urging them to pride at least $1.2 billion for the HOME Investment … Continue reading

April 22, 2015

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

Keepings, by Donald J. Kochan, NYU Environmental Law Journal (2015) Forthcoming. Low-Income Housing Policy, by Robert A. Collinson, Ingrid Gould Ellen, & Jens Ludwig, NBER Working Paper No. w.21071. Housing Discrimination Among Available Housing Units in 2012: Do Paired Testing … Continue reading

April 21, 2015

Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Round-Up

By Serenna McCloud

Enterprise Community Partners made comments to the Senate Finance Committee’s Community Development and Infrastructure Tax Reform Working Group, as part of a New Market Tax Credit Coalition, which is calling for preservation of the credit as it has been critical to the … Continue reading

April 20, 2015

Monday’s Adjudication Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

Former Freddie Mac executives, who were accused of lying about Freddie’s exposure to subprime mortgages before the financial crisis, settled with the SEC. Citibank shareholders slam the Bank’s motion to dismiss a case over mortgage-backed securities worth more than $17 … Continue reading