Federal Housing Finance Agency

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financial regulatory agency independent federal agency

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is a U.S. government regulator that oversees key housing finance institutions like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and helps ensure stability and affordability in the nation’s mortgage market.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight 5
FHFA 3
Federal Housing Finance Board 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf financial regulatory agency ⓘ
independent federal agency ⓘ
abbreviation Federal Housing Finance Agency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: FHFA
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateFormed 2008-07-30 ⓘ
directorAppointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
directorConfirmedBy United States Senate ⓘ
executiveBranch yes ⓘ
formedBy Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 ⓘ
goal protect taxpayers by ensuring safety and soundness of regulated entities ⓘ
support sustainable homeownership and affordable rental housing ⓘ
hasChairpersonTitle Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
hasMission provide effective supervision, regulation, and housing mission oversight of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Bank System ⓘ
hasPower place regulated entities into conservatorship or receivership ⓘ
set and enforce prudential standards ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
isPartOf United States financial regulatory framework ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalBasis Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
oversightArea housing finance system stability ⓘ
housing goals for regulated entities ⓘ
safety and soundness of regulated entities ⓘ
secondary mortgage market ⓘ
ownedBy United States government ⓘ
parentAgency United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
predecessor Federal Housing Finance Board ⓘ
Federal Housing Finance Agency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
regulates Federal Home Loan Bank System ⓘ
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ⓘ
Fannie Mae ⓘ
surface form: Federal National Mortgage Association

Federal Home Loan Bank System ⓘ
surface form: Office of Finance of the Federal Home Loan Bank System

Fannie Mae ⓘ
surface form: government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
responsibility conduct examinations of regulated entities ⓘ
ensure liquidity in the mortgage market ⓘ
issue regulations and guidance for regulated entities ⓘ
oversee conservatorship of Fannie Mae ⓘ
oversee conservatorship of Freddie Mac ⓘ
promote affordability in housing finance ⓘ
promote stability in the housing finance system ⓘ
set capital standards for regulated entities ⓘ
set housing goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ⓘ
supervise Federal Home Loan Banks ⓘ
sector housing finance ⓘ
sectorRegulated government-sponsored enterprises in housing finance ⓘ
website https://www.fhfa.gov ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Public Law 110-289 → abbreviatedAs → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
this entity surface form: FHFA
Federal Housing Finance Agency → abbreviation → Federal Housing Finance Agency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: FHFA
Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 → abbreviation → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
this entity surface form: FHFA
Fannie Mae → conservator → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
HERA → createdAgency → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 → creates → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
Public Law 110-289 → creates → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
Public Law 110-289 → designatesAsRegulator → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
United States housing policy → implementedBy → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
Freddie Mac → placedIntoConservatorshipBy → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
Federal Housing Finance Agency → predecessor → Federal Housing Finance Agency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
Fannie Mae → regulator → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
Federal Home Loan Bank System → regulator → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta → regulator → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago → regulator → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis → regulator → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
Freddie Mac → regulator → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
FHLBB → replacedBy → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
Federal Home Loan Bank Board → replacedBy → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Housing Finance Board
Public Law 110-289 → replaces → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 → replacesAgency → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 → replacesAgency → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Housing Finance Board
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York → supervisedBy → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh → supervisedBy → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
Freddie Mac → supervisedBy → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
Federal Home Loan Bank System → supervisingAuthority → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago → supervisingAuthority → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ
Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta → supervisionBy → Federal Housing Finance Agency ⓘ