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Alex Pollock on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

by Alex J. Pollock

Sept 14, 2019

issues: Federal Government Affairs, Finance and Trade, Housing Finance

originally published in C-SPAN

R Street Institute’s Alex Pollock discussed proposed changes to the housing financing system by the Trump administration, including an overhaul of mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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