The


Federal
Housing
Finance
Agency
(FHFA)
on
Thursday
named
the
inaugural
members
of
its
newly
created
advisory
committee
on
affordable,
equitable
and
sustainable
housing.

The
purpose
of
the
committee
is
to
provide
nonbinding
advice
to
the
agency
on
how


Fannie
Mae,


Freddie
Mac
and
the


Federal
Home
Loan
Banks
can
achieve
their
goals
as
a
“reliable
and
responsible
source
of
liquidity
and
funding“
across
the
single-family
and
multifamily
housing
sectors.

The
FHFA
began
soliciting
applications
for
the
committee
in
September
2023.
It
initially
sought
members
with
expertise
in
fields
such
as
fair
lending,
fair
housing,
civil
rights,
capital
markets,
investments,
single-family
and
multifamily
lending,
community
advocacy,

Low-Income
Housing
Tax
Credits,
research
and
more.

The
committee’s

charter
states
that
representatives
will
report
directly
to
FHFA
Director

Sandra
Thompson.
Members
will
not
be
paid
for
their
service
but
will
be
reimbursed
for
travel
and
miscellaneous
expenses
at
an
estimated
cost
of
$325,000
per
year
to
the
agency.
The
group
will
not
have
access
to
confidential
information
and
will
not
be
directly
responsible
for
setting
agency
policies.

“I
thank
the
Committee
members
for
their
willingness
to
share
their
deep
housing
expertise
with
FHFA,”
Thompson
said
in
a
statement.
“The
wide-ranging
factors
driving
the
Nation’s
housing
affordability
challenges
will
be
best
identified
and
addressed
with
perspectives
anchored
in
on-the-ground
experience.”

The
committee
is
scheduled
to
meet
for
the
first
time
this
fall
and
each
member
will
serve
a
two-year
term.
The
inaugural
committee
members
are:

• Laura
  Arce,
  senior
  vice
  president
  of
  economic
  initiatives,
  
  UnidosUS
• Nikitra
  Bailey,
  executive
  vice
  president,
  
  National
  Fair
  Housing
  Alliance
• David
  N.
  Castillo,
  CEO,
  
  Native
  Community
  Capital
• Ozaa
  EchoMaker,
  leader
  and
  organizer,
  
  Bozeman
  Tenants
  United
• Ofo
  Ezeugwu,
  founder
  and
  CEO,
  
  WYL.co (WhoseYourLandlord)
• Lisa
  Gomez,
  CEO,
  
  L+M
  Development
  Partners
  LLC
• Tiena
  Johnson
  Hall,
  executive
  director,
  
  California
  Housing
  Finance
  Agency
• Alexis
  Iwanisziw,
  senior
  vice
  president
  of
  policy
  and
  communications,
  
  Inclusiv
• Lark
  Mallory,
  president
  and
  CEO,
  
  Affordable
  Housing
  Trust
  for
  Columbus
  &
  Franklin
  County
  (Ohio)
• Michael
  Newman,
  general
  counsel,
  
  Insurance
  Institute
  for
  Business
  &
  Home
  Safety
• 
  Pamela
  Patenaude,
  principal,
  
  Granite
  Housing
  Strategies
  LLC
• Sosseh
  Prom,
  national
  housing
  justice
  director,
  
  African
  Communities
  Together
• 
  Janneke
  Ratcliffe,
  vice
  president,
  
  Urban
  Institute
  Housing
  Finance
  Policy
  Center
• Paula
  Reeves,
  president
  of
  affordable
  housing, Land
  Home
  Financial
• Sipho
  Simela,
  founder
  and
  CEO,
  
  Matrix
  Rental
  Solutions
• Debra
  W.
  Still,
  vice
  chair,
  
  Pulte
  Financial
  Services
• Sheri
  Thompson,
  executive
  vice
  president
  and
  head
  of
  affordable
  housing,
  
  Walker
  &
  Dunlop
• Eileen
  Tu,
  vice
  president
  of
  mortgage
  policy
  and
  credit
  development,
  
  Rocket
  Mortgage
• John
  Wiechmann,
  president
  and
  CEO,
  
  Midwest
  Housing
  Equity
  Group
  Inc.
• Stacie
  Young,
  president
  and
  CEO,
  
  Community
  Investment
  Corp.

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