Policy

Housing in the State of the Union

President Obama made several references to housing in his Jan. 20 State of the Union address. Touching on broad themes, the speech began with the story of a Minnesota family who were recently able to buy their first home. A later reference later in the speech to “lower mortgage premiums” apparently refers to the President’s recent action to lower HUD FHA mortgage costs.

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