debt into fixed-amortizing installment loans. FFAM provides long-term risk-adjusted returns for investors in consumer lending. In 2019, Freedom Financial Network announced the launch of Lendage, its home mortgage business, founded to enable people to tap into their home value to consolidate debt, and start building a solid foundation for the future. In 2021, Freedom Financial Network announced that it had surpassed more than $15 billion in debt settlement on behalf of over one million customers. Awards Winner of 2008 Ernst & Young Entrepreneurs of the Year for the Northern California region. Named to the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal's "40 Under 40" list. Freedom Financial Network was named Best Places to Work in the San Francisco Bay area: 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014. Freedom Financial Network was named Best Places to Work in the Phoenix area: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018. In 2016, 2017 and 2021, Freedom Financial Network was ranked No. 1 among Extra-Large Employers. Personal life Housser lives with his family in Northern California. He is married to Lara Bridges Housser and the father of three children. References Talks State of the School 2018 Andrew Housser on How to Run a Successful Business with Heart 21st-century American businesspeople Businesspeople from Vancouver Silicon Valley people Stanford University alumni Stanford Graduate School of Business alumni 1973 births Living people