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8.17.26 Escrows and Midterms; Bipartisan Policy Center’s Emma Waters on Housing Reform; Rate Review
The administration is advancing a wide range of controversial housing and credit proposals while Congress has largely shifted to campaigning, leaving federal agencies with the difficult task of implementing the bipartisan housing-supply law and navigating legal challenges to new rules such as the prohibition on states requiring national banks to pay interest on mortgage escrow balances. Robbie interviews Bipartisan Policy Center’s Emma Waters on the shift from legislation to execution now that the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is law, and how quickly its provisions will translate into…
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