Fannie Mae's Affordable Housing and Community Development activities focus on tackling America's toughest housing problems by developing solutions to housing barriers faced by underserved populations and communities that traditionally have not been well served by the mortgage industry.

Also, Fannie Mae plays a critical role in the housing finance system. We are committed to the highest standards of safety and soundness. We work hard to ensure that our risk management, capital, liquidity practices, and disclosures are among the best for financial institutions worldwide.

In July 2002, Fannie Mae announced that it would voluntarily register its common stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) beginning in 2003, which permanently requires the company to file its periodic financial disclosures with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

We work to reduce mortgage interest rates for consumers, expand homeownership and affordable rental housing, and improve the liquidity of the mortgage market for investors and consumers.