### Question
How is the term State housing finance agency defined?


### Answer
The term **State housing finance agency** is defined in *12 U.S.C. § 1441a* as the following:

> the public agency, authority, corporation, or other instrumentality of a State that has the authority to provide residential mortgage loan financing throughout such State

#### Citation:
  - *12 U.S.C. § 1441a*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 11-FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS**

