[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 24CFR81.44]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 81_THE SECRETARY OF HUD'S REGULATION OF THE FEDERAL NATIONAL 

MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (FANNIE MAE) AND THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE 

CORPORATION (FREDDIE MAC)--Table of Contents

 

                         Subpart C_Fair Housing

 

Sec.  81.44  Submission of information to the Secretary.



    (a) General. Upon request from the Secretary, the GSEs shall submit 

information and data to the Secretary to assist in investigating whether 

any mortgage lender with which the GSE does business has failed to 

comply with the Fair Housing Act or ECOA.

    (b) Information requests and submissions--(1) Information requests 

by the Secretary. The Secretary may require the GSEs to submit 

information to assist in Fair Housing Act or ECOA investigations of 

lenders. Under FHEFSSA, other Federal agencies responsible for the 

enforcement of ECOA must submit requests for information from the GSEs 

through the Secretary. For matters involving only ECOA, the Secretary 

will only issue requests for information upon request from the 

appropriate Federal agency responsible for ECOA.

    (2) Information from established data systems. The Secretary may 

request that a GSE generate information or reports from its data 

system(s) to assist a Fair Housing Act or ECOA investigation.

    (3) GSE replies. A GSE receiving any request(s) for information 

under this section shall reply in a complete and timely manner with any 

and all information that it is privy to and collects that is responsive 

to the request.

    (c) Submission to ECOA enforcers. The Secretary shall submit any 

information received under paragraph (b) of this section concerning 

compliance with ECOA to appropriate Federal agencies responsible for 

ECOA enforcement, as provided in section 704 of ECOA.



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