Senate Committee to Hold Two-Day Hearing on Housing Finance Reform

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee will hold a two-part hearing on the Chair Mike Crapo’s (R-ID) housing reform outline. The first part of the hearing will take place on March 26 am ET, and the second part will occur on March 27 at 10 am ET. Both hearings will be held room 538 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building and can be watched online.

Witnesses for the first hearing are:

  • Sue Ansel, president and CEO of Gables Residential, on behalf of The National Multifamily Housing Council
  • Edward J. DeMarco, president of the Housing Policy Council
  • Mark M. Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Analytics
  • Hilary O. Shelton, Washington bureau director and senior vice president for advocacy and policy for the NAACP
  • Adam Levitin, professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center

Witnesses for the second hearing are:

  • Michael Bright, president and CEO, The Structured Finance Industry Group
  • Robert D. Broeksmit, president and CEO, Mortgage Bankers Association
  • Lindsey Johnson, president, U.S. Mortgage Insurers
  • Vince Malta, president-elect, National Association of Realtors
  • Carrie Hunt, executive vice president of government affairs and general counsel, National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions
  • Michael D. Calhoun, president, Center for Responsible Lending

More information and to watch the livestream of the first hearing go to: https://bit.ly/2uilWvI     

More information and to watch the livestream of the second hearing go to: https://bit.ly/2Y9B2Bs