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Milken Institute and Urban Institute experts discuss a draft bill under discussion as of March 2018 in the Senate Banking Committee to reform the housing finance system. Given the breadth and the complexity of the bill, which would dramatically overhaul the nation's housing finance system, this informal dialogue between the authors offers reactions to, most interesting findings from, and important components of the draft.
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