Abstract
In February 2009, President Obama’s response to the foreclosure crisis was the Home Affordable Mortgage Program (HAMP), designed to help as many as 4 million borrowers avoid foreclosure by the end of 2012. HAMP was the largest part of a broad array of programs called Making Home Affordable (MHA), which itself was part of the $700 billion TARP bailout. $75 billion was set aside to fund HAMP ($50 billion under TARP and $25 billion from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). This paper will critique the effectiveness of HAMP and its companion programs, and dissect what went wrong. This will include an analysis of strategic defaults, securitization, and legal liability. Then, I will lay out proposed solutions and advocate what I think would have been the best solution from the start. Lastly, this paper will provide an outlook for the real estate market.
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