The Federal Housing Administration
(FHA) released its annual Report to Congress several weeks ago, reporting significant
improvement in its Mutual Mortgage Insurance (MMI) Fund. Late last week Brian
D. Montgomery, FHA Commission and Assistant Secretary of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD), testified regarding the report to a hearing
of the House Financial Services Committee. Montgomery said the
MMI's capital ratio increased to 4.84 percent in the 2019 fiscal year (FY2019)
from 2.76 percent in FY2018, well above the 2.00 percent statutory
minimum. Additionally, MMI Capital was $62.38 billion, an increase of more than
$27.52 billion from FY 2018, and perhaps the highest ever.