Fannie Mae is a society that aims to help people achieve their goal of owning a home. Their facilities are targeted towards low and middle-income families. Fannie Mae believes that by helping more people to own their own home they are making a positive contribution to communities and society as a whole.

The Fannie Mae Corporation was created by U.S. Congress in 1938 to boost the housing industry which was in a sad plight as a result of the Great Depression. At that time the Corporation was a part of the Federal Housing Administration. In 1968 Fannie Mae was privatized and continued to operate on a self-sustaining basis. At this time it's operation was expanded to reach a greater proportion of the American public.