Recent Articles and Publications by Barry Zigas
Posted on January 17, 2017
The Federal Home Loan Banks Should Embrace Their Housing Mission. American Banker, December 21, 2023
Stop Subsidizing Wall Street Buying Up Homes, Housing Wire, September 19, 2022
Washington, We Need Every Dollar of Housing Aid, Calmatters Commentary, October 25, 2021
Building a Better Ladder of Housing Opportunity in the United States, Terner Center for Housing Innovation, UC Berkeley, February 25, 2021, consulting contributor.
Pulse, Renters Need Help Now -- Here's How to Deliver It, with Carol Galante, April 29, 2020.
Mortgage Media, Act with Speed and Focus to Protect Homeowners and Renters, March 24, 2020
Housing Wire, Reforming the Mortgage Interest Deduction: a Chance for Fairness for American Taxpayers, with Carol Galante, November 15, 2017
Urban Institute Housing Finance Policy Center, Achieving Access and Affordability in Mortgage Finance Reform, 2016
Economy.com, A More Promising Road to GSE Reform, March 22, 2016
Shelterforce Rooflines, FHFA's Proposed Duty to Serve Rule -- New Opportunities for Community Builders, January 8, 2016
Urban Wire, Making Sure the FHFA's Duty to Serve Regulations Help Underserved Markets, Urban Institute, December 31, 2015
Housing Wire, Recap and Release: Not the Right Path to Affordable Mortgages, November 16, 2015
Housing Wire, The Devil is in the Mortgage Finance Reform Details, September 1, 2014
Congress Blog, New Mortgage Rules Strike the Right Balance,The Hill.com, January 3, 2014
Orange County Register, Special Report, "Housing Recovery a 'Myth' For Many", Nov. 9, 2013
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Community Development Investment Review, Learning from the Low Income Housing Tax Credit, Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2013
American Prospect, Restoring the Dream, Special Report, May, 2011
CSPAN's Washington Journal, August 18, 2010
CNN Money.com Fortune, "The Fannie-Freddie Turkey Shoot," August 16, 2010
American Banker Thanks, Hank! July 30, 2010
American Banker "Viewpoint" on the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, published March 2, 2010
National Housing Conference Open House Blog,"What's Next for Fannie and Freddie?" December 24, 2009
What Does the Future Hold for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?, Shelterforce Magazine, Fall, 2009
Retooling HUD for a Catalytic Federal Government: A Report to Secretary Shaun Donovan, Chapter 1: Preventing Foreclosures, February, 2009
What Does Financial Capital Owe Society?, The American Prospect, July/August 2009