### Question
Can you define what government-sponsored mortgage finance corporations means?


### Answer
**Government-sponsored mortgage finance corporations** is defined as the following in *42 U.S.C. § 12704*:

> the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 12704*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 130-NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING > SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS AND POLICIES**

