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Ed DeMarco is president of the Housing Policy Council. Previously, he served as the acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency from 2009 to 2014.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending June 14.

Sheryl Kravitz is a director of brand and communications at the digital agency One North. She has more than 15 years’ experience in helping highly matrixed organizations solve their most pressing brand and communications challenges. She has worked with a broad range of industries – from aerospace and defense to industrials and professional services organizations – and specializes in helping companies grow their brand and drive business growth.

David Lareau is CEO of Medicomp Systems, a physician-driven provider of clinically contextual patient data solutions.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has appeared willing to take its own steps to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but legislation would be necessary to create an explicit guarantee of the mortgage system.

Chris Duncan is chief operating officer of Decisely Insurance Services.

Presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and another Democratic senator are asking whether Kushner Cos. "may have received special treatment" on a U.S.-government-backed loan of about $800 million.

The Indiana company, which has an acquisition pending, will make more loans in minority neighborhoods around Indianapolis.

The interpretation by HUD, conveyed in a letter to Congress by Assistant Secretary Len Wolfson, appeared to contradict the agency's earlier comments about borrowers in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Despite the Fair Housing Act going into effect 51 years ago, LGBTQ+ still face discrimination when buying a home or applying for a mortgage.