By establishing annual housing goals for mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) seeks to encourage lending to creditworthy borrowers with low incomes and those in traditionally underserved communities. Setting these goals requires FHFA to walk a fine line to meaningfully expand lending to all qualified applicants without encouraging lending to borrowers who cannot sustain mortgage payments. This commentary critiques the goals proposed by FHFA for 2015 - 2017, examining three central issues: How do the goals interact with other policy issues; Should the FHFA apply both benchmark (prospective) and market (retrospective) goals; and Did the FHFA set its benchmark goals appropriately?