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Past Webinar: ADU Construction Financing: Opportunities to Expand Access for Homeowners

The USC Lusk Center for Real Estate and the Terner Center hosted a webinar discussing Freddie Mac’s recent changes to make it easier for homeowners to finance the construction of an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) and identifying what else needs to happen to improve similar loan products offered by Fannie Mae and the Federal Housing Administration. Watch the video recording above.

Intro Remarks:

Erika Poethig | Special Assistant to the President for Housing and Urban Policy at The White House Domestic Policy Council

Diane Slemmer | Single-Family Affordable Lending Manager, Freddie Mac

 

Panelists:

Susan Geddes Brown, CMB, AMP | Chief Executive Officer, Core SGB, LLC

Samar Jha | Government Affairs Director, AARP

Meredith Stowers | Branch Business Development Manager, Cross Country Mortgage, LLC

 

Moderator:
Ben Metcalf  | Managing Director, Terner Center for Housing Innovation

 

Host:

Richard Green | Director, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate

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