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Washington, DC – After a disappointing meeting with Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Acting Director Edward DeMarco on October 6, Ranking Member Elijah E.
Washington, DC – After a disappointing meeting with Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Acting Director Edward DeMarco on October 6, Ranking Member Elijah E.
Washington, DC (Oct. 18, 2011) – Today, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, responded to an announcement by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) that it has instructed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to begin "transitioning away" from their use of designated foreclosure attorney networks to a system under which "mortgage servicers select qualified law firms that meet certain minimum, uniform criteria."
(Washington, D.C.)—On Tuesday, July 12, 2011, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Representative Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, convened a forum to examine illegal foreclosures against U.S. service members and their families.
Agency's Own Data Show Principal Reduction Would Save Taxpayers Billions of Dollars
Former Fannie Mae Employee Calls into Question DeMarco's Response to Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings, Housing Stabilization Task Force Co-Chair Congressman Dennis Cardoza, and 15 other Members of Congress met with Edward DeMarco, the Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to discuss the implementation of President Obamas mortgage refinance proposal.
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings, Housing Stabilization Task Force Co-Chair Congressman Dennis Cardoza, and other Members will hold a meeting with Edward DeMarco, Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to discuss how the agency plans to implement President Obama's proposal to help responsible homeowners to refinance their mortgages at historically low rates.
Washington, D.C. -- Today Representatives Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the Committee on Armed Services, and Robert Andrews, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, joined nine Members in writing to federal housing regulators requesting a comprehensive review of the challenges facing servicemembers who are forced to relocate for work and risk losing their homes.
Washington, DC - After a disappointing meeting with officials from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today, more than two dozen Members of Congress sent a letter to FHFA Acting Director Edward DeMarco requesting a meeting to discuss ways to implement President Obama's proposal to help the greatest number of American families avoid foreclosures.
Below is a copy of the letter.
September 15, 2011
Mr. Edward DeMarco
Acting Director
Federal Housing Finance Agency
1700 G Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20551
Members ramp up pressure on FHFA to implement President's plan to boost economy by helping responsible homeowners refinance at historically low rates.