Will Trump's Plan To Privatize Mortgages Fix the Housing Market?

In this episode, Chuck and Abby discuss President Trump’s proposal to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, organizations that back the majority of mortgages in the U.S. and have been under a government conservatorship since the 2008 financial crisis. (Transcript included.)

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsApril 9, 2025podcast, upzoned, Incremental Housing, federal housing policy, Fanny Mae, Freddie Mac

From Crime to Common Practice: How Fraud Dominates the Housing Market

In this special episode of the Strong Towns Podcast, Chuck talks about the ways housing fraud manifests, how it gradually saturates the market and how it’s connected to the current housing crisis.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsAugust 28, 2024podcast, housing crisis, crime, Fanny Mae, Incremental Housing

The Housing Market Is a Bubble Full of Fraud, and It’s Going To Pop

The U.S. is in a massive housing bubble fueled by widespread fraud. With banks incentivized to look away and Wall Street and Washington incentivized to keep housing prices artificially high, a bottom-up approach is the only hope for bringing sanity back to the housing market.