§ 1282.12 Single-family housing goals. ( a ) *Single-family housing goals.* An Enterprise shall be in compliance with a single-family housing goal if its performance under the housing goal meets or exceeds either: ( 1 ) The share of the market that qualifies for the goal; or
( 2 ) The benchmark level for the goal.
( b ) *Size of market.* The size of the market for each goal shall be established annually by FHFA based on data reported pursuant to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act for a given year. Unless otherwise adjusted by FHFA, the size of the market shall be determined based on the following criteria: ( 1 ) Only owner-occupied, conventional loans shall be considered;
( 2 ) Purchase money mortgages and refinancing mortgages shall only be counted for the applicable goal or goals;
( 3 ) All mortgages flagged as HOEPA loans or subordinate lien loans shall be excluded;
( 4 ) All mortgages with original principal balances above the conforming loan limits for single unit properties for the year being evaluated (rounded to the nearest $1,000) shall be excluded;
( 5 ) All mortgages with rate spreads of 150 basis points or more above the applicable average prime offer rate as reported in the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data shall be excluded; and
( 6 ) All mortgages that are missing information necessary to determine appropriate counting under the housing goals shall be excluded.
( c ) *Low-income families housing goal.* The percentage share of each Enterprise's total purchases of purchase money mortgages on owner-occupied single-family housing that consists of mortgages for low-income families shall meet or exceed either: ( 1 ) The share of such mortgages in the market as defined in paragraph (b) of this section in each year; or
( 2 ) The benchmark level, which for 2022, 2023, and 2024 shall be 28 percent of the total number of purchase money mortgages purchased by that Enterprise in each year that finance owner-occupied single-family properties.
( d ) *Very low-income families housing goal.* The percentage share of each Enterprise's total purchases of purchase money mortgages on owner-occupied single-family housing that consists of mortgages for very low-income families shall meet or exceed either: ( 1 ) The share of such mortgages in the market as defined in paragraph (b) of this section in each year; or
( 2 ) The benchmark level, which for 2022, 2023, and 2024 shall be 7 percent of the total number of purchase money mortgages purchased by that Enterprise in each year that finance owner-occupied single-family properties.
( e ) *Low-income areas housing goal.* The percentage share of each Enterprise's total purchases of purchase money mortgages on owner-occupied single-family housing that consists of mortgages for families in low-income areas shall meet or exceed either: ( 1 ) The share of such mortgages in the market as defined in paragraph (b) of this section in each year; or
( 2 ) A benchmark level which shall be set annually by FHFA notice based on the sum of the benchmark levels for the low-income census tracts housing subgoal and the minority census tracts housing subgoal, plus an adjustment factor reflecting the additional incremental share of mortgages for moderate-income families in designated disaster areas in the most recent year for which such data is available.
( f ) *Low-income census tracts housing subgoal.* The percentage share of each Enterprise's total purchases of purchase money mortgages on owner-occupied single-family housing that— ( 1 ) Consists of: ( i ) Mortgages in low-income census tracts that are not minority census tracts; and
( ii ) Mortgages for families with incomes in excess of 100 percent of the area median income in low-income census tracts that are also minority census tracts;
( 2 ) Shall meet or exceed either: ( i ) The share of such mortgages in the market as defined in paragraph (b) of this section in each year; or
( ii ) The benchmark level, which for 2022, 2023, and 2024 shall be 4 percent of the total number of purchase money mortgages purchased by that Enterprise in each year that finance owner-occupied single-family properties.
( g ) *Minority census tracts housing subgoal.* The percentage share of each Enterprise's total purchases of purchase money mortgages on owner-occupied single-family housing that consists of mortgages for moderate-income families in minority census tracts shall meet or exceed either: ( 1 ) The share of such mortgages in the market as defined in paragraph (b) of this section in each year; or
( 2 ) The benchmark level, which for 2022, 2023, and 2024 shall be 10 percent of the total number of purchase money mortgages purchased by that Enterprise in each year that finance owner-occupied single-family properties.
( h ) *Refinancing housing goal.* The percentage share of each Enterprise's total purchases of refinancing mortgages on owner-occupied single-family housing that consists of refinancing mortgages for low-income families shall meet or exceed either: ( 1 ) The share of such mortgages in the market as defined in paragraph (b) of this section in each year; or
( 2 ) The benchmark level, which for 2022, 2023, and 2024 shall be 26 percent of the total number of refinancing mortgages purchased by that Enterprise in each year that finance owner-occupied single-family properties.
[80 FR 53430, Sept. 3, 2015, as amended at 83 FR 5899, Feb. 12, 2018; 85 FR 82895, Dec. 21, 2020' 86 FR 73658, Dec. 28, 2021]