The FHA needs more authority in crisis

Courtesy Marketplace  Thu, 03/06/2008 - 15:35

Commentator and economist Glenn Hubbard says that to fix the housing crisis we must give the Federal Housing Administration more authority.

He believes it should offer new loans to subprime mortgage holders to enable them to refinance.


 

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