Housing Supply And Affordability

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Fair Housing Memorial Authorization Act [HB-3278] [Housing ] [Community Development ] [Human Rights ] [Real Estate ]
Fair Housing Memorial Authorization Act - Authorizes the Fair Housing Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs in commemoration of the national significance of the movement for fair housing for all Americans. Prohibits the use of federal funds to pay any expense for the establishment of the commemorative work. Makes the Fair Housing Commemorative Foundation solely responsible for acceptance of contributions and payment of expenses for the establishment of such commemorative (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton Referred To The Subcommittee On National Parks, Forests And Public Lands. on 10/28/2011

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National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2011 [HB-3259] [Infrastructure ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Construction ] [Housing ] [Water ] [Funding ]
National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2011 - Establishes an independent National Infrastructure Bank to: (1) designate qualified transit, public housing, water, highway, bridge, aviation, freight, passenger rail, or road infrastructure projects for loans, loan guarantees, and other financial assistance; and (2) issue general purpose and project-based infrastructure bonds exempt from state and local taxation.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Insurance, Housing And Community Opportunity. on 01/12/2012

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Homes for Heroes Act of 2011 [HB-287] [Housing ] [Veterans ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Poverty ]
Homes for Heroes Act of 2011 - Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to establish in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs to: (1) ensure veteran access to HUD housing and homeless assistance programs, (2) coordinate all HUD programs and activities relating to veterans, and (3) serve as a HUD liaison with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Directs the HUD Secretary to provide assistance to private nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives to expand the supply (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Insurance, Housing And Community Opportunity. on 03/23/2011

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Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012 [HB-2838] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Defense ] [Environmental ] [Energy ] [National Security ] [Water ] [Trade ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [Military ] [Budget and Spending ] [Infrastructure ] [Science ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Air Quality ] [Manufacturing ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Crime ]
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012 - Title I: Authorization - (Sec. 101) Authorizes FY2013-FY2014 appropriations for the Coast Guard for: (1) operation and maintenance; (2) acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of navigation aids, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, aircraft, and related equipment; (3) the Coast Guard Reserve program; (4) environmental compliance and restoration of vessels, aircraft, and facilities; (5) the Commandant of the Coast Guard for research, development, test, and evaluation of technologies, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo Signed By President. on 12/20/2012

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To provide for treatment of members of a certain Indian tribe under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996. [HB-2620] [Housing ] [Native American Affairs ]
Amends the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992, to consider members of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe who reside within the Arizona communities of Guadalupe, Tucson, Coolidge, Eloy, Chandler, and Scottsdale to be residing on an Indian reservation or area for purposes of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 and any successor federal housing program.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Insurance, Housing And Community Opportunity. on 08/22/2011

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Shelter, Land, and Urban Management (SLUM) Assistance Act of 2011 [HB-2180] [Housing ] [International ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ]
Shelter, Land, and Urban Management (SLUM) Assistance Act of 2011 - Authorizes the President to furnish technical assistance and financial support to developing countries for affordable housing and urban development. Directs the President, through the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to develop a strategy to provide affordable housing and sustainable urban development in developing countries.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky Referred To The House Committee On Foreign Affairs. on 06/14/2011

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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that stable and affordable housing is an essential component of an effective strategy for the prevention, treatment, and care of human immunodeficiency virus, and that the United States should make a commitment to providing adequate funding for the development of housing as a response to the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome pandemic. [SCR-39] [Healthcare ] [Housing ] [Funding ] [Public Health ] [Human Services ]
Declares the sense of Congress that: (1) stable and affordable housing is an essential component of an effective strategy for HIV prevention, treatment, and care; and (2) the United States should make a commitment to providing adequate funding for developing housing as a response to the AIDS pandemic.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S9381) on 09/15/2009

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Community Regeneration, Sustainability, and Innovation Act of 2009 [S.453] [Community Development ] [Construction ] [Economic Development ] [Environmental ] [Housing ] [Infrastructure ] [Real Estate ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Property Tax ]
Community Regeneration, Sustainability, and Innovation Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a demonstration program, under multiyear cooperative agreements with local governments experiencing at least 20% population loss since 1970 (or consortia of them), to encourage and test innovative vacant property reclamation and urban infrastructure renewal strategies in older industrial cities, their suburbs, and metropolitan areas with a history of severe population and employment loss, blight, and decay (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 02/23/2009

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A bill to expand the authority of the Secretary of the Air Force to convey certain relocatable military housing units to Indian tribes located in Idaho and Nevada. [S.390] [Defense ] [Housing ] [Military ] [Native American Affairs ] [Veterans ]
Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2009 to include Idaho and Nevada among specified states to which the Secretary of the Air Force may convey certain relocatable military housing units to Indian tribes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jon Tester Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 02/05/2009

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Housing Assistance Council Program Reauthorization Act of 2010 [S.3637] [Housing ] [Community Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Housing Assistance Council Program Reauthorization Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide financial assistance to the Housing Assistance Council to develop the ability and capacity of community-based housing development organizations to undertake community development and affordable housing projects and programs in rural areas. Authorizes the Council to use such assistance for rural community-based housing development organizations to acquire: (1) technical assistance, training, support, and advice (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Merkley Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S6203) on 07/22/2010

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Affordable Housing Preservation and Revitalization Act of 2009 [S.1676] [Housing ] [Real Estate ] [Community Development ] [Nonprofit ] [Taxes ]
Affordable Housing Preservation and Revitalization Act of 2009 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to ensure that funds in the residual receipts account of an eligible multifamily housing property are transferred, at the time of a qualified sale or exchange, to preservation entities. Requires that funds in the residual receipts account be used, subject to housing agency approval, to: (1) pay for rehabilitation costs approved by the housing agency; (2) deposit funds into the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S9439) on 09/16/2009

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A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to expand eligibility for free school meals to certain families in areas with greater than fair market rent. [S.1499] [Food ] [Housing ] [Poverty ] [Children and Youth ] [Education ]
Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to expand eligibility for free school lunches to children who are from areas with greater than fair market rent, if their family income does not exceed 185% of the poverty level. (Currently, children are eligible for free school lunches if their family income does not exceed 130% of the poverty level.)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 07/22/2009

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Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010 [S.1481] [Housing ] [Healthcare ] [Disabilities ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Poverty ] [Community Development ]
Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to revise requirements for supportive housing for persons with disabilities. Authorizes appropriations for tenant-based rental assistance under section 8 (rental voucher program) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for persons with disabilities in an amount at least necessary to convert the number of authorized vouchers and funding under an annual contributions contract in effect on the date of the enactment of this (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders Signed By President. on 01/04/2011

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Homes for Heroes Act of 2009 [S.1160] [Housing ] [Veterans ] [Nonprofit ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Poverty ] [Public Health ]
Homes for Heroes Act of 2009 - Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to establish in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs to: (1) ensure veteran access to HUD housing and homeless assistance programs; (2) coordinate all HUD programs and activities relating to veterans; and (3) serve as a HUD liaison with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Directs the HUD Secretary to provide assistance to private nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives to expand the supply (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 06/01/2009

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Entitled the "Seniors Bill of Rights". [HR-1342] [Senior Citizens ] [Healthcare ] [Housing ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Safety ] [Economic Development ]
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress should unwaveringly uphold the dignity and independence of older Americans by supporting efforts that guarantee for them: (1) financial security; (2) quality and affordable health and long-term care; (3) protection from abuse, scams, and exploitation; (4) a strong economy now and for future generations; and (5) safe and livable communities with adequate housing and transportation options.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/27/2010

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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States respecting the right to decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing. [HJR-32] [Housing ] [Construction ] [Community Development ] [Human Rights ]
Constitutional Amendment - States that all U.S. citizens shall have a right to decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 03/16/2009

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Expressing the sense of the Congress that the lack of adequate housing must be addressed as a barrier to effective HIV prevention, treatment, and care, and that the United States should make a commitment to providing adequate funding for developing housing as a response to the AIDS pandemic. [HCR-137] [Healthcare ] [Housing ] [Public Health ] [Funding ] [Human Services ]
Declares the sense of the Congress that: (1) stable and affordable housing is an essential component of an effective strategy for HIV prevention, treatment, and care; and (2) the United States should make a commitment to providing adequate funding for developing housing as a response to the AIDS pandemic.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva Received In The Senate And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 05/25/2010

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Community Regeneration, Sustainability, and Innovation Act of 2009 [HB-932] [Community Development ] [Construction ] [Economic Development ] [Environmental ] [Housing ] [Infrastructure ] [Real Estate ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Property Tax ] [Grants ] [Funding ]
Community Regeneration, Sustainability, and Innovation Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a demonstration program, under multiyear cooperative agreements with local governments experiencing at least 20% population loss since 1970 (or consortia of them), to encourage and test innovative vacant property reclamation and urban infrastructure renewal strategies in older industrial cities, their suburbs, and metropolitan areas with a history of severe population and employment loss, blight, and decay (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James R. Langevin Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 02/10/2009

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Responsible GSE Affordable Housing Investment Act of 2010 [HB-5361] [Housing ] [Finance ] [Real Estate ] [Budget and Spending ] [Consumer Protection ]
Responsible GSE Affordable Housing Investment Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 to revise requirements for determination of compliance with the multifamily special affordable housing goal. Requires the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to establish standards for the multifamily special affordable housing goal that proportionately reduce the number of units receiving credit for any mortgage purchase by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) or the Federal (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory W. Meeks Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E908) on 05/20/2010

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Housing Assistance Council Program Reauthorization Act of 2010 [HB-5122] [Housing ] [Community Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Housing Assistance Council Program Reauthorization Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide financial assistance to the Housing Assistance Council to develop the ability and capacity of community-based housing development organizations to undertake community development and affordable housing projects and programs in rural areas. Authorizes the Council to use such assistance for rural community-based housing development organizations to acquire: (1) technical assistance, training, support, and advice (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lacy Clay Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 04/22/2010

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