Trump’s housing-finance plan aims to curb GSE lending in areas with rent control

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Buckle your seatbelts, California. You may be in for another showdown with the Trump administration. One of the proposals buried in Treasury’s housing-finance plan was: curbing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac multifamily lending in areas that adopt rent control. “The lesson I’ve had through observing the Trump administration is: They tell you in advance what they are going to do and they more often than not follow through,” a Raymond James analyst said.