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Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2017 [S.325]
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Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2017 This bill restores and revives the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009, and any regulations promulgated pursuant to it, as if the Act had not expired after 2014.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 02/07/2017
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Credit Score Competition Act of 2017 [HB-898]
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Credit Score Competition Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to allow the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), when determining whether to purchase a residential mortgage, to consider a borrower's credit score only if certain procedural requirements are met with respect to the validation and approval of credit-scoring models. The Federal Housing Finance Agency may, by regulation,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 02/07/2017
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A bill to clarify that nonprofit organizations such as Habitat for Humanity may accept donated mortgage appraisals, and for other purposes. [S.310]
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A bill to clarify that nonprofit organizations such as Habitat for Humanity may accept donated mortgage appraisals, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to deem mortgage appraisal services donated by a fee appraiser to an organization that is eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions to be customary and reasonable.
Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 02/06/2017
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Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2017 [HB-851]
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Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Housing Act to modify the discount given by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) on single-family mortgage-insurance premium payments for first-time homebuyers who complete a financial-management counseling program. Under current law, the maximum premium amount for such homebuyers is 2.75% of the original insured principal obligation of the mortgage (compared to 3% for other homebuyers). The bill instead requires that the maximum premium amount for such homebuyers be 25 basis
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 02/03/2017
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Protect Our Schools from Tax Delinquents Act of 2017 [HB-614]
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Protect Our Schools from Tax Delinquents Act of 2017 This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require that each housing assistance payments contract entered into under the Section 8 rental assistance voucher program by a public housing agency (PHA) and the owner of a dwelling unit provide that such owner pay, on a timely basis, all covered taxes validly assessed against the property in which the unit is located. A "covered tax" is any tax under state or local law assessed upon real property or the revenue of which is dedicated for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Costello
Introduced In House on 01/23/2017
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HUD Inspection Process and Enforcement Reform Act of 2017 [S.160]
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HUD Inspection Process and Enforcement Reform Act of 2017 This bill allows the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to remove certain HUD employees from civil service or to reduce their grade or pay for misconduct or performance. HUD employees may challenge a removal or reduction in grade or pay by filing an appeal with the Merit Systems Protection Board. This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require an entity receiving section 8 housing assistance payments under a payment contract to: (1) maintain decent, safe,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Marco Rubio
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 01/17/2017
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Energy Efficient Manufactured Home Act of 2017 [HB-515]
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Energy Efficient Manufactured Home Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development to carry out a program to provide grants and loans to assist low-income owners of manufactured homes constructed before December 31, 1994, in decommissioning their dated homes and replacing them with Energy Star-qualified manufactured or modular homes. Grants or loans may be made only to a low-income owner of a dated manufactured home who has used that home as a primary residence on a year-round basis for at least the preceding 24
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Sponsored by: Rep. Keith Ellison
Introduced In House on 01/13/2017
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Safe Recovery and Community Empowerment Act [HB-472]
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Safe Recovery and Community Empowerment Act This bill amends the Fair Housing Act to provide that nothing in federal law relating to protections for persons with disabilities prohibits a local, state, or federal government body from: requiring a reasonable minimum distance between residential recovery facilities within a particular area zoned for residential housing if such requirement is necessary to preserve the residential character of the area and allows for some of such facilities to be located within such area; and requiring that such a facility
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Gosar
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 02/06/2017
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End Unnecessary Borrowing Act of 2017 [HB-492]
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End Unnecessary Borrowing Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Housing Act with respect to the requirement that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) endeavor to ensure that the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMI Fund) attains a capital ratio of not less than 2% within 10 years after enactment of that requirement (November 5, 1990) and to ensure that the fund maintains at least that capital ratio at all times thereafter. The bill prohibits these requirements from being construed to authorize or require HUD to borrow any amounts
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Capuano
Introduced In House on 01/12/2017
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Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017 [HB-482]
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Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017 This bill nullifies: the final Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rule entitled "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing" and any successor rule substantially similar to it, and the notice relating to the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool and any successor notice or rule substantially similar to it. No federal funds may be used to design, build, maintain, utilize, or provide access to a federal database of geospatial information on community racial disparities or disparities
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Introduced In House on 01/12/2017
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Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017 [S.103]
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Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017 This bill nullifies: the final Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rule entitled "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing" and any successor rule substantially similar to it, and the notice relating to the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool and any successor notice or rule substantially similar to it. No federal funds may be used to design, build, maintain, utilize, or provide access to a federal database of geospatial information on community racial disparities or disparities
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 01/11/2017
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Housing Pilot Program for Low-income Students [HB-312]
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Housing Pilot Program for Low-income Students
Sponsored by: Sen. Howard Stephenson
House/ Filed In House File For Bills Not Passed on 03/09/2017
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Housing Accountability Act of 2017 [S.73]
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Housing Accountability Act of 2017 This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide statutory authority for the requirement for an entity receiving low-income housing assistance payments for existing public housing units to maintain decent, safe, and sanitary conditions for any structure covered under a payment contract. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) shall develop a process by which a Performance-Based Contract Administrator shall, on a semiannual basis, conduct a survey of the tenants of each such structure
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Nelson
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 01/09/2017
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Community Parks Revitalization Act [HB-343]
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Community Parks Revitalization Act This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a community revitalization program of federal grants to eligible local governments located within standard metropolitan statistical areas for various park and recreation purposes, including grants for rehabilitation and construction, innovation and recreation programming, and recovery action programs. HUD may designate local governments not located in standard metropolitan statistical areas to receive such grants under a partial
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Sponsored by: Rep. Albio Sires
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 02/10/2017
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Home Foreclosure Reduction Act of 2017 [HB-134]
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Home Foreclosure Reduction Act of 2017 This bill amends federal bankruptcy law governing a Chapter 13 debtor (adjustment of debts of an individual with regular income) to exclude from the computation of debts the secured or unsecured portions of: (1) debts secured by the debtor's principal residence if the value of the residence is less than the applicable maximum amount of noncontingent, liquidated, secured debts; or (2) debts secured or formerly secured by the debtor's principal residence that was either sold in foreclosure or surrendered to the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Assuming First Sponsorship - Mr. Jeffries Asked Unanimous Consent That He May Hereafter Be The First Sponsor Of H.r. 134, A Bill Originally Introduced By Representative Conyers, For The Purpose Of Adding Cosponsors And Requesting Reprintings Pursuant To Clause 7 Of Rule Xii. Agreed To Without Objection. on 07/26/2018
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Landlord Accountability Act of 2017 [HB-202]
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Landlord Accountability Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Housing Act to make it unlawful to discriminate in connection with the rental of a dwelling because the current or prospective tenant holds a housing voucher for rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937. An owner of a dwelling unit available for rental may not take any action, or fail to take any action, with the intent to make the unit insufficiently decent, safe, sanitary, or inhabitable so that the dwelling fails to qualify for assistance within the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017
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FHA Alternative Credit Pilot Program Reauthorization Act of 2017 [HB-123]
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FHA Alternative Credit Pilot Program Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Housing Act to reauthorize a pilot program that establishes for mortgagees an automated process for providing alternative credit rating information on mortgagors and prospective mortgagors under mortgages on one- to four-family residences who have insufficient credit histories for determining their creditworthiness.
Sponsored by: Rep. Al Green
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017
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Housing Fairness Act of 2017 Veterans, Women, Families with Children, Race, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2017 [HB-149]
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Housing Fairness Act of 2017 Veterans, Women, Families with Children, Race, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to conduct a nationwide testing program to: (1) detect and document differences in the treatment of persons seeking to rent or purchase housing or obtain or refinance a home mortgage loan; (2) measure patterns of adverse treatment because of the race, color, religion, sex, familial status, disability status, or national origin of a renter, home
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Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017
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To amend subtitle IV of title 40, United States Code, regarding county additions to the Appalachian region. [HB-89]
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To amend subtitle IV of title 40, United States Code, regarding county additions to the Appalachian region. This bill adds the Tennessee counties of Hickman, Perry, and Wayne to the definition of "Appalachian region" for purposes of Appalachian regional development efforts.
Sponsored by: Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings And Emergency Management. on 01/04/2017
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To improve the Department of Housing and Urban Development's regulations on hazardous storage containers. [HB-209]
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To improve the Department of Housing and Urban Development's regulations on hazardous storage containers. This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to prescribe, or amend existing, regulations concerning the siting of HUD-assisted projects near hazardous operations handling conventional fuels or chemicals of an explosive or flammable nature to include as an exception from the definition of the term "hazard" any stationary container which stores, handles, or processes hazardous substances of an explosive or fire-prone
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Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017