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» VISIT US ONLINE @ DSNEWS.COM 23 FIVE STAR AND TEN-X PARTNER TO PROVIDE HOMES TO VETERANS e Five Star Institute President and CEO Ed Delgado announced ursday at the 2016 Five Star Government Forum in Washington, D.C., that the Institute would be partnering with the nation's leading online real estate marketplace, Irvine, California-based Ten-X (formerly Auction.com), to donate $50,000 to Operation Homefront, a national non-profit organization that provides mortgage- free homes to veterans. Five Star has partnered with various non-profit organizations over the last five years to provide approximately $4 million worth of homes to service members. "e Five Star Institute remains committed to supporting our military members and their families. We are honored to stand behind a cause that does so much to help our nation's heroes," Delgado said. "is home presentation to veterans program is part of our ongoing mission to raise awareness of the needs of our veterans to obtain housing. We are humbled by the immense level of dedication shown by Auction.com and Operation Homefront in helping us fulfill this mission." e partnership between Five Star, Auction.com, and Operation Homefront was announced in March at last year's Five Star Government Forum in Washington, D.C., when Auction.com donated $50,000 to the home donation program and another $50,000 on at the 2015 Five Star Conference. is donation brings Ten-X's total contribution to Operation Homefront over the last two years to $150,000. e check will be presented by Ten-X EVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Rick Sharga. "We are proud to support an organization that does so much to help our veterans. We are excited to help fulfill their mission, and to be able to help our military heroes and their families" Sharga stated. Operation Homefront, which is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, has helped thousands of service members and their families with emergency and other financial assistance since it was founded in 2002. Currently, more than 2,500 volunteers nationwide assist Operation Homefront with this effort. "We are very grateful to receive this generous donation from Ten-X and to be working with our amazing friends from the Five Star Institute again this year. Both partners share our passion for and are dedicated to our mission to build strong, stable and secure military families so they can thrive, not simply get by, in the communities they have worked so hard to protect." said John Pray, Operation Homefront CEO. Editor's note: e Five Star Institute is the parent company of DS News and DSNews.com. INDUSTRY LEADERS AND REGULATORS MEET TO SHAPE HOUSING POLICY For the seventh consecutive year, leaders from both government and mortgage servicing converged in Washington, D.C. for the 2016 Five Star Government Forum to work together to shape housing policy in America. e historic Newseum provided the backdrop for the day-long exclusive event on ursday, March 31, as leaders from government agencies such as the Federal Housing Administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae joined with top executives from companies such as Wells Fargo, Nationstar Mortgage, Ten-X, Equifax, Redfin, SecureView, Deloitte, the Collingwood Group, Seneca Mortgage Servicing, Bayview Loan Servicing, Weiner Brodsky Kider PC, Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS), and Rock Ventures to engage in open dialogue about the mortgage industry's most pressing issues and how rules and regulations that originate in Washington, D.C. affect the everyday American homeowner. "is event [Government Forum] provides a unique platform to engage mortgage servicers, federal regulators and agencies that seek to establish common ground on the establishment of best practices and solutions, ultimately designed to protect homeownership," Five Star Institute President and CEO Ed Delgado said. "It has been and continues to be a privilege to bring the mortgage industry together to promote these conversations that are for the benefit of all engaged." e morning's events at the Five Star Government Forum included a keynote address from HUD Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Edward Golding as well as panel discussions on the potential effects of the upcoming presidential election on housing policy ("Changing of the Guard") and effective strategies for regulators and the industry to work together for the good of the American homeowner ("Meeting in the Middle"). e afternoon's activities included a keynote address from Ginnie Mae President eodore W. Tozer, an update on single-family housing by leaders from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a discussion on the economic indicators that are expected to drive the housing market in 2016, and a discussion on the challenges that communities are facing while still trying to recover from the housing crisis eight years later. Editor's note: e Five Star Institute is the parent company of DS News and DSNews.com. "We are very grateful to receive this generous donation from Ten-X and to be working with our amazing friends from the Five Star Institute again this year." —John Pray, Operation Homefront CEO

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