Submitting FOIA/Privacy Act Requests to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)

You have reached the FHFA Headquarters FOIA/Privacy Act Request Portal for the submission of FOIA and Privacy Act requests.  Members of the public may use this portal to submit requests or check the status of previously submitted requests.  Do not file a FOIA/Privacy appeal through this Portal.  FOIA/Privacy Act appeals are properly filed via email (foia@fhfa.gov) as instructed in FHFA’s final response and on the FHFA FOIA/Privacy Act webpage.

For general information, including information about the Freedom of Information Act and/or the Privacy Act, applicable regulations, the types of records we maintain, and how we process requests, please visit the FHFA FOIA/Privacy Act webpage.

Before you submit a request, note the following:

The FOIA is only intended to provide access to existing records.  The FOIA does not require an agency to create records to respond to a request nor does it apply to publicly available information. Prior to submitting a request, please browse the FHFA FOIA Reading Room and search FHFA’s website for the information you are seeking.

Under the Privacy Act, a request can be made by an individual who is the subject of the records or information that is contained in a system of records or by another individual on behalf of an individual. If not known by the FHFA Privacy Act Officer, the requesting individual, whether acting on behalf of themselves or on behalf of another individual, must have their identity verified by providing the following: 

• Two forms of unexpired identification with photographs issued by a federal, state, or local government agency or entity (i.e., passport, passport card, driver's license, ID card, etc.); or
  
  
• One form of unexpired identification with a photograph issued by a federal, state, or local government agency or entity (i.e., passport, passport card, driver's license, ID card, etc.) and a properly authenticated birth certificate.

If the PA request is made by mail, the requesting individual’s signature must either be notarized or include the following statement just before the requesting individual’s signature on the Request letter: “I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on [date]. [Signature].”

Submitting a request:

When submitting a FOIA/PA request, please include the following:

• Specific search terms that are not general in nature
• Time frame of when the record(s) were created or the date of the record(s)
• Names of individuals, offices and/or systems of records you believe might have the requested information

To submit your FOIA/PA request, please click register or sign in. You may also click here to submit a request for information without creating a profile.