HousingWire informs MHProNews Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Randy Neugebauer, (R-TX), during a committee hearing on the private mortgage insurance market, noted that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) continues to risk taxpayer dollars. In regard to FHA and its Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund, he says, “FHA does not evaluate its risk according to actuarial principles; it does not correlate premiums to risk; it does not spread its risk in a manner supported by its financial resources; and it relies on treating poor results as a quarantined anomaly.” While FHA’s $30 billion in reserves is considered adequate to cover potential losses, House Bill 1028 would eliminate putting taxpayers at risk should a bailout be necessary. Neugebauer says the FHA “should be a complement to the private market, not a direct competitor.”
