California ex rel. Harris v. Federal Housing Finance Agency

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, Docket No. 158, AND DENYING DEFENDANTS’ CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, Docket No. 168.

CLAUDIA WILKEN, District Judge.

California, Sonoma and Placer Counties, the City of Palm Desert and the Sierra Club have sued the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), its director, the Federal National Housing Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac).1 The lawsuits challenge actions by the FHFA, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac which have thwarted certain federally funded, state and locally administered initiatives…