Antonio Weiss, Columnist

How Not to Fix Fannie and Freddie

"Recap and release" plan to end government control is misguided.

October 19, 2015 at 9:00 AM UTC

Antonio Weiss, a research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, served as counselor to the secretary of the Treasury until January 2017.

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The recent push to recapitalize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and release them from conservatorship is misguided.

Proponents of the “recap and release” proposal claim homeowners and taxpayers would benefit if the federal government ceded control of the mortgage finance giants to private shareholders.