Center for American Progress’ Julia Gordon on the President’s Plan for Strengthening the Nation’s Housing Market

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2013.  For the first time since early 2011, President Barack Obama today outlined his agenda for strengthening the nation’s housing market and laid out a plan for the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The president endorsed moving toward an explicitly priced, catastrophic government backstop, with provisions to support broad access and affordability for all parts of the market and continued support for affordable rental housing.