They began to loosen and expand the rules of AFDC eligibility, eventually getting to the point where any woman living alone with children could take advantage of the program.

Even now that I can afford to loosen the reins a bit, I still haven't let go as much as I should. 

“It now looks like many of the banks are beginning to loosen those policies and are starting to lend to investors again, so the market is finding a floor,” he said.SQM Research director Louis Christopher agreed that investors were likely to re-enter the market.Most banks were well-below restrictive investment lending targets set by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and had room to start issuing loans to investors again, Mr Christopher said.Investors accounted for nearly 60 per cent of the Sydney properties purchased over 2016 and were one of the main drivers of the earlier boom in prices, he added.

U.S. banks will certainly not be encouraged to loosen up lending by what’s happening with the Euro banks.

A new aCA 2021 law does loosen the restrictions to require HOAs to allow up to 25% rentals but they can still place restrictions. 

I have to say though, I don't like to be controlled, probably one of the reasons why I started my own business, I prefer my customers to have the confidence in me to loosen the reins and allow me to do my job.

For the low-end to get hit hard, we need the lending standards to get loosen up to get the weak borrowers to enter the market.

Hence I was worried about loosening our selection criteria lest we go down that road and 10 years down feel stuck.

However vaccines are rolling out, more bailout money seems inevitable, restrictions are loosening, and more properties are announcing opening dates. 

However, debt levels are increasing off these lows as lending standards seem to be loosening.