Mortgage Banker Magazine interviewed Evan E. Blau, a partner of Manhattan-based Cassin & Cassin, and chair of the firm’s Agency Lending and Affordable Housing practice on the topic of Federal Housing Finance Agency’s recently release of the 2023 Scorecard for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and their joint venture, Common Securitization Solutions.
Blau focuses on representing lenders in the financing of multifamily properties through the Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting & Servicing program and the Freddie Mac Seller-Servicer program, with an emphasis on affordable housing, credit enhanced tax-exempt bond structures, green financing, moderate rehabilitation, student housing, manufactured housing, and conventional loan programs.
Q. The Federal Housing Finance Agency recently released the 2023 Scorecard for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and their joint venture, Common Securitization Solutions. What are some of the highlights of the scorecard?
FHFA, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac have championed their missions of promoting affordable housing in general. I think one of the newer highlights is that we are starting to see a focus on not only affordable housing, but housing in general that is fair and equitable. I applaud them for their focus on promoting a healthy equitable housing market to all.