Lending to veterans
Loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) were 16.2% of its lending, higher than at any similar lender (state member banks making between half and twice as many loans). In 2020 the share was 8.3%. FHA loans (insured by the Federal Housing Administration) were 6.4% and RHS loans (guaranteed by the Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service) 2.0%. At the typical peer each was 0.0%.