Democrats Allege Fannie Mae Killed Principal Reduction Program in 2010

Democrats Allege Fannie Mae Killed Principal Reduction Program in 2010

Ideology and not economics may have killed a Fannie Mae principal reduction program in 2010, according to two Democratic congressmen.

Reps. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and John Tierney, D-Mass., sent a letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency contesting an analysis released in January. The report, provided to FHFA Acting Director Edward DeMarco in December 2010, was the backbone for why Fannie and Freddie Mac never installed such a program.

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