Abstract The Great Recession inflicted enormous financial damage to household balance
sheets, and while the ongoing economic and housing market recovery has been restorative …

The federal government has long promoted homeownership through preferential tax
treatment, credit enhancements offered through the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) …

Federally funded rental assistance programs in the US address housing-related hardship for
participants, but are unable to reach a majority of eligible households due to current funding …

Fannie Mae recently completed the first ever GSE securitization of single family rental (SFR)
properties owned by an institutional investor for Invitation Homes, one of the largest …

The authors would like to thank Eugene Amromin and Daniel Hartley of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Chicago for reviewing this article, as well as Anne Cole of Neighborhood Housing …

The single-family rental (SFR) industry became a new site of institutional investment in the
aftermath of the 2008 foreclosure crisis and the wider macroeconomic and policy shifts that …

Since the advent of the US mortgage crisis, access to homeownership financing has
become more difficult, particularly for many low-and moderate-income households. While …

In the wake of the 2008 housing bust, Single Family Rental (SFR) strategies have become
popular investment vehicles for private equity funds and hedge funds. Industry estimates …

Owning a home has long been a meaningful milestone for many Americans. But as the
recovering economy continues to drive up home prices and lending standards remain tight …

Fannie and Freddie—so-called government-sponsored enterprises—broaden access further
by cross-subsidizing the loans they guarantee, charging some borrowers more than the …