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Showing posts with label Barney Frank. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barney Frank. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Barney Frank Floats Mortgage Assistance for Unemployed Homeowners Idea.

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So says story HERE . Text of Main Street TARP legislation ( H. R. 3766) referred to in story is HERE , Section 3 has language on this propos...
Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Barney Frank Wants to Be HUD Secretary?

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Barney Frank (my fav member of Congress) has a new book coming out later this month. WSJ story HERE , using The Hill as source, says afte...
Monday, March 9, 2009

House Financial Services Posts Congressional Oversight Panel Status Report on Foreclosure Crisis.

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Dated March 6th, it's posted HERE . (198 pages). This is Congressional mandated panel (includes Elizabeth Warren) required as part of TA...
Saturday, March 7, 2009

Wednesday House Financial Services Hearing:Mortgage Lending Reform-A Comprehensive Review of the American Mortgage System.

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Web page for hearing is HERE .
Thursday, March 5, 2009

Barney Frank's Chief of Staff to Take HUD Congressional Relations Job.

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Boston Globe story HERE .
Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Revised Mortgage Bankruptcy Bill (with other provisions) Referred to House Committees.

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A revised mortgage bankruptcy bill has been introduced in the House and referred to Judiciary, Financial Services, and VA Committees. Former...
Saturday, February 21, 2009

House Hearing Tuesday Feb 24th: Are Mortgage Servicers Assisting Borrowers with Unaffordable Mortgages?

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House Financial Services Subcommittee hearing website is HERE.
Sunday, February 15, 2009

Chair Frank Highlights Housing Provisions of Recovery Bill.

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Short direct summary HERE. But for some reason, it doesn't include several items including public housing , NAHSDA, lead abatement/healt...
Tuesday, February 3, 2009

House Financial Services Committee Hearing Includes HOPE for Homeowners Program Revisions.

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House hearing page is HERE. Bill that would change the Hope for Homeowners H.R. 703 . HUD testimony at the hearing is HERE .
Friday, January 23, 2009

Video: Overlooked House Colloquy Supports TARP Purchase of HFA Mortgage Revenue Bonds.

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Check out the C-SPAN Flash video HERE from House floor on January 14th. Note that this would include ability to purchase HFA revenue bonds ...
Saturday, January 17, 2009

House Hearing: Priorities for TARP II.

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The House Financial Services held a hearing on January 13th on this subject. I created a PDF HERE with all of the witness testimony. (About...
Saturday, January 10, 2009

Frank TARP Reform Bill Includes Several Housing Provisions.

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House Financial Services Committee Chair Barney Frank released a version of a TARP reform bill that would guide use of the remaining $350 Bi...
Friday, January 9, 2009

House Hearing on FHA Oversight of Lenders; FHA Official Testifies in Opposition to Cramdown Bill.

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House Financial Services held hearing on this subject this morning. Hearing page is HERE . Government Executive news story is HERE . It sa...
Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Barney Frank: US Should Buy Low Income Housing Tax Credits as Part of Stimulus.

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Boston Globe story HERE . Strange world where government buys tax credits it issues, no? In other times this would be known as an appropr...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Video, Housing Forum: Includes Barney Frank's Remarks, and Panel on Mortgage Regulation.

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Webcasts of different panels from National Housing Forum held earlier this week are available from Office of Thrift Supervision HERE . Chair...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Video: Barney Frank at Urban Land Institute Conference.

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Video from C-SPAN is HERE . Includes discussion of both homeownership and rental housing. If video doesn't launch directly from link abo...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Senate Banking Committee on Track to Pass Version of FHA/GSE Reform Today.

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On Monday Chair Chris Dodd of Senate Banking Committee announced agreement on FHA/ GSE reform bill prior to markup session scheduled for th...
Friday, May 16, 2008

Web Video: Barney Frank Speaking to National Association of Realtors.

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The always entertaining Chair of the House Financial Services Committee Barney Frank spoke yesterday to a mid year legislative meeting of th...
Tuesday, May 13, 2008

NY Times Profile of Barney Frank.

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Profile of my favorite, and the funniest and one of the smartest members of Congress, House Financial Services Chair Barney Frank is HERE . ...
Saturday, May 10, 2008

Example: Video and Transcript of Barney Frank on Housing Bills.

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In the pane to the right of the blog is a link to C-SPAN video of Congressional sessions that I suspect many readers have never used ( Shame...