Articles by John Ligon

FHFA Should Not Give GSEs New Lease on Life

John Ligon | May 19, 2014

Mel Watt, President Obama’s new Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) director, has broken his silence and has left no doubt that he will break with… Read More

Don’t Be Fooled: Johnson-Crapo Bill Isn’t Significant Housing Reform

John Ligon | April 28, 2014

In an effort to reform the nation’s housing finance system, Senate Banking Chairman Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) and ranking member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) will hold a… Read More

Economy

Fannie-Freddie 2.0: Government Housing Polices Shouldn’t Get a Free Pass

John Ligon | April 23, 2014

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Shaun Donovan lamented statistics from a Pew report showing Hispanics lost 66 percent of their net worth between… Read More

Economy

Housing Finance: Fannie–Freddie 2.0

John Ligon | March 29, 2014

Josh Rosner, who in Reckless Endangerment (2011) exposed the cronyism of Fannie Mae and warned of a meltdown of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) as far… Read More

Economy

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Articles by John Ligon

FHFA Should Not Give GSEs New Lease on Life

Don’t Be Fooled: Johnson-Crapo Bill Isn’t Significant Housing Reform

Fannie-Freddie 2.0: Government Housing Polices Shouldn’t Get a Free Pass

Housing Finance: Fannie–Freddie 2.0

Johnson–Crapo Housing Finance Reform Misguided

HAMP: Focusing on Mortgage Relief Programs Misses the Big Picture

Time to Eliminate Fannie and Freddie, Not Replace Them

Focus on Eliminating Housing GSEs, Not Giving Them a Duty to Serve

Revenue from GSEs Continuing to Distract from Housing Finance Reform

Congress to Mega Banks: It Was All Your Fault—Pay No Attention to the GSEs