A New Foundation: Different Fundamentals for Housing Finance, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services Housing Conference

Affordable Housing and Community Development Partner Anthony Freedman will speak at Standard & Poor's Ratings Services Housing Conference titled "A New Foundation: Different Fundamentals for Housing Finance." Mr. Freedman will speak on a panel titled "Trends in Appropriated-Backed Debt."

Panelists will discuss how the decreasing federal support of many types of bond transactions on direct federal subsidies will affect credit quality perform, the potential impact of the U.S. sovereign rating and the related budgetary environment on debt backed by annual Congressional appropriations. They will address public housing appropriations, military housing and Section 8.