De amerikanske realkreditgiganter Fannie Mae og Freddie Mac spillede en stor rolle i overophedningen af det amerikanske boligmarked, og måtte have massiv statsstøtte for at overleve.
Formanden for Financial Services Committee, demokraten Barney Frank ønsker nu at opløse selskaberne, men han vil dog sætte andre selskaber i deres sted.
"I think they should be abolished," Frank told Fox Business Network's Neil Cavuto in an evening interview. "The only question is what do you put in their place. This is a situation where given the importance they had come to play in housing, you can't tear down the old jail until you build a new one."
Han har desuden nogle kloge ord om husejerskab.
"There are people in this society who for economic and frankly social reasons can't and shouldn't be homeowners," he said. "I do want some government help to build affordable rental housing. Working in a bipartisan way the house and the senate just passed legislation to strengthen the FHA's ability to say no to people who shouldn't be getting mortgages and to say yes to people who should."
Formanden for Financial Services Committee, demokraten Barney Frank ønsker nu at opløse selskaberne, men han vil dog sætte andre selskaber i deres sted.
"I think they should be abolished," Frank told Fox Business Network's Neil Cavuto in an evening interview. "The only question is what do you put in their place. This is a situation where given the importance they had come to play in housing, you can't tear down the old jail until you build a new one."
Han har desuden nogle kloge ord om husejerskab.
"There are people in this society who for economic and frankly social reasons can't and shouldn't be homeowners," he said. "I do want some government help to build affordable rental housing. Working in a bipartisan way the house and the senate just passed legislation to strengthen the FHA's ability to say no to people who shouldn't be getting mortgages and to say yes to people who should."
