I would like to take a moment to remind them that when the private sector virtually left our struggling housing market during the worst of the crisis, the FHA stepped up and provided the liquidity that kept it afloat.
Maxine Waters: “I would like to take a moment to remind them that when the private sector virtually left our struggling housing market…”
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Waters defends FHA's role during the housing crisis and its importance for recovery.
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