UMMC Announces Guiding Priorities to Ensure Broad Access to Affordable Housing; Launches New Website

 Group convened by NAAHL focused on affordable housing releases priorities, new website to support Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s mission of opening more doors to homeownership and housing stability.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 16, 2025)  – The Underserved Mortgage Markets Coalition (UMMC), a group of more than 40 organizations from across the United States committed to expanding access to affordable homeownership and rental housing, today announced the release of priorities to ensure Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — the government-sponsored enterprises (“Enterprises”) that back most U.S. home loans — can fulfill in their mission to expand access to affordable, sustainable homeownership and rental opportunities nationwide. These priorities underscore UMMC’s commitment to ensuring our housing system works for everyone by offering affordable and sustainable financing options in all markets.

“Homeowners and renters must be at the heart of our federal government’s approach to housing finance,” said Sarah Brundage, President & CEO of NAAHL, which convenes UMMC. “These priorities reflect the Coalition’s belief in that, and our commitment to working with the Administration, Congress, and the Enterprises to expand housing and homeownership opportunities, especially in markets that are too often left behind. Given that federal policymakers are considering changes to our housing finance system, we urge them to ensure that costs don’t go up for homeowners and renters and we improve access to housing in every community.” UMMC is convened by the National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders (NAAHL).

UMMC’s priorities recognize that housing is out of reach for many and that any changes to the housing finance system must not raise housing costs for homeowners and renters.

The announcement of the priorities is accompanied by the re-launch of UMMC’s website: underservedmortgagemarkets.org. The new website includes resources for policymakers and the public about the role Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac play in providing access to long-term affordable mortgage credit throughout the country and ways they can fulfill their mission to serve underserved borrowers and markets.