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    <submissionType>SCHEDULE 13G</submissionType>
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      <securitiesClassTitle>Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>12/31/2025</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
      <issuerInfo>
        <issuerCik>0001828937</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>FINANCE OF AMERICA COMPANIES INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerCusip>31738L206</issuerCusip>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
          <common:street1>5830 Granite Parkway, Suite 400,</common:street1>
          <common:city>Plano</common:city>
          <common:stateOrCountry>TX</common:stateOrCountry>
          <common:zipCode>75024</common:zipCode>
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        <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(b)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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      <reportingPersonName>Blue Owl Capital Holdings LP</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>DE</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>827409</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>0</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>827409</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>0</sharedDispositivePower>
      </reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>827409</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <classPercent>9.49</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>PN</typeOfReportingPerson>
      <comments>The reported securities represent 827,409 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock (as defined below). The percentage of class is calculated based upon 7,891,348 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding as of November 7, 2025, as reported on the Issuer's Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2025, as increased by 827,409 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock.</comments>
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        <issuerName>FINANCE OF AMERICA COMPANIES INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>5830 Granite Parkway, Suite 400,  Plano, Texas, 75024.</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
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      <item2>
        <filingPersonName>This statement is filed by the Blue Owl Capital Holdings LP, referred to herein as the "Reporting Person."</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>399 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>See response to Item 4 on the cover page.</citizenship>
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        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <typeOfPersonFiling>IA</typeOfPersonFiling>
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      <item4>
        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>See response to Item 9 on the cover page.

The reported securities represent 827,409 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 50,000 shares of the Issuer's Series A Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock Series A Preferred Stock (which, as of December 31, 2025, would be convertible into 1,428,571 shares of Common Stock in the absence of a conversion blocker that limits the holder's beneficial ownership to 9.4%).

The filing of this statement shall not be construed as an admission that the Reporting Person is, for the purpose of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Exchange Act, the beneficial owner of any securities covered by this statement.</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
        <classPercent>See response to Item 11 on the cover page.</classPercent>
        <numberOfSharesPersonHas>
          <solePowerOrDirectToVote>See response to Item 5 on the cover page.</solePowerOrDirectToVote>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>See response to Item 6 on the cover page.</sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>
          <solePowerOrDirectToDispose>See response to Item 7 on the cover page.</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>See response to Item 8 on the cover page.</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
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      </item4>
      <item5>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item6>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item7>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item8>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item9>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item10>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under ?? 240.14a-11.</certifications>
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    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>Blue Owl Capital Holdings LP</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Karen Hager</signature>
        <title>Karen Hager / Chief Compliance Officer</title>
        <date>02/12/2026</date>
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    </signatureInformation>
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