FHFA Statement on the Housing Trust Fund and Capital Magnet Fund - December 11, 2014

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to begin setting aside and allocating funds to the Housing Trust Fund and the Capital Magnet Fund pursuant to the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA). HERA authorized FHFA to temporarily suspend these allocations, and FHFA informed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac of a temporary suspension on November 13, 2008. In letters sent today (links below), FHFA notified Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac of the agency’s decision to reverse the temporary suspension.

To read FHFA’s statement in its entirety which links to the Interim Final and Director Watt’s letters to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, please click on the link below.

Link to FHFA Statement