On June 26, the Department of the Treasury announced an effort to revive the residential mortgage-backed private label securities market to improve the overall efficiency of the U.S. housing finance system.  In connection with this effort, the Treasury Department published a request for comment soliciting input from investors, securitizers and other market participants and plans to host a series of upcoming meetings to further explore ways to increase private lending.  Comments are due on August 8, 2014.  Press Release.