1 Reviving Homeownership: Solutions for First-Time Home Buyers Joint Informational Hearing Assembly Banking and Housing Committees Paul Leonard March 25, 2015 2 About Self-Help & CRL Self Help Credit Union, since 1980 – Lending to low-wealth communities – People of color, women, rural residents – $6 billion in loans to almost 70,000 families & organizations – Self-Help Federal CU: 20 Branches in California Center for Responsible Lending, since 2002 – Use lending experience to shape policy – Protect homeownership & family wealth
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Reviving Homeownership:
Solutions for First-Time Home Buyers
Joint Informational Hearing
Assembly Banking and Housing Committees
Paul Leonard
March 25, 2015
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About Self-Help & CRL
Self Help Credit Union, since 1980
– Lending to low-wealth communities
– People of color, women, rural residents
– $6 billion in loans to almost 70,000 families &
organizations
– Self-Help Federal CU: 20 Branches in California
Center for Responsible Lending, since 2002
– Use lending experience to shape policy
– Protect homeownership & family wealth
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Overview
• Federal Policy Levers Most Critical
• State Priorities
–Downpayment Assistance
–Deeper Targeting of Mortgage
Loans
–Convene Stakeholders
Macro Economic
• Economic and Housing Price Recovery
• Job Growth
• Wage Increases
• Address Widening Economic Inequality
�Reduces Negative Equity which is concentrated in
lower price areas, increasing available supply and
more qualified borrowers.
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Federal Policy Levers
Most Critical
• FHA
• FHFA/GSEs
• Preservation of Dodd-Frank
Protections
FHA is Major Source of
Purchase Mortgages in CA
21,109
6,223 4,7498,516
88,778
179,118
163,863
127,371
163,198
113,336
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20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
180,000
200,000
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
CA FHA Purchase Loans, 2004-1013
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3.5% Down Makes FHA
Key Source of First-Time Buyers
• FHA: 80 percent of lending is FTHB; FHA insures
nearly 50% of Black and Hispanic Purchases
• After post-crisis surge in credit scores, FHA is
trending back to borrowers in 620-680 FICO range
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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
FHA Borrowers by Credit Score2008-2014
N/A Less than 580 580 -620 620 - 680 680 - 720 Greater than 720