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Showing posts with label federal legislation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label federal legislation. Show all posts
Thursday, December 23, 2010

HUD Section 202 and 811 Bills On Way to President for Signature.

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PR from NY Senator Chuck Shumer is HERE .  Summary from his PR: ...S. 118, is designed to streamline the Section 202 Supportive Housing fo...
Friday, September 24, 2010

Study on Savings from Rent Legislative Proposal a Stretch.

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Study HERE looks at potential savings to family (loss to mortgage holder) from legislation that would allow families in foreclosure to live...
Thursday, July 15, 2010

Title 14 Mortgage Reform and Anti Predatory Lending Act Provisons Extracted from Financial Services Reform Bill on Way to President for Signature.

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While there are other mortgage lending provisions scattered throughout the Financial Services Reform bill that is now on the way to the Pres...
Saturday, June 26, 2010

Mortgage Provisions From Housing Finance Reform Conference Committee Approved Version.

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Title XIV (aka "14") provisions, all 206 double space pages, are HERE . ( There is a LOT to digest in this Titl e, so if anyone s...
Friday, September 25, 2009

CBO Issues Cost Estimate for Voucher Reform Act.

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CBO cost estimate is HERE . CBO estimates that implementing this legislation would have a net cost of $7.6 billion over the 5 year 2010-2014...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Anti ACORN Legislation Might Also Prohibit Business with Some Defense Contractors.

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File this under "Proposed Laws with Unintended Consequences". Huffington Pos t item is HERE .
Wednesday, August 5, 2009

LIHTC Advocacy Groups Start to Focus on Next Legislative Asks.

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Courtesy of Novogradac , HERE is letter signed by number of LIHTC advocacy groups listing 3 specific "asks" as part of a developi...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

UPDATE 1: HUD House FY 2010 Appropriations Bill Nearing Vote; Listing of Related Resources.

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UPDATE 1: House Rule Committee Consideration; Conference Committee Report Now Available, Includes Earmarks. The HUD appropriations bill is ...
Tuesday, July 7, 2009

National Housing Act 60th Anniversary Coming Next Week (Period Video).

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The 60th Anniversary of the National Housing Act is July 15th, next Wednesday. This is the law with the " decent home in a suitable liv...

House Committee Markup of Voucher Reform Bill is Tomorrow/Wednesday.

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Web page on House Financial Services website is HERE . Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog .
Sunday, May 3, 2009

Transcript of Last Weeks Supreme Court Hearing on Federal Preemption of State Bank/Mortgage Regulation.

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Case was Cuomo vs. The Clearing House Association Transcript is HERE . NY Times news story is HERE . Full meal deal: Questions, briefs et...
Monday, April 20, 2009

Correction: CRS Report on the Low Income Housing Tax Credit: "A Framework for Evaluation".

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Correction: Report actually from 2008, not 2009. Text has been corrected below. 30 page Congressional Research Report published last year i...

NLIHC Posts Side by Side of New Homeless Bills With Existing Law.

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Detailed comparison from National Low Income Housing Coalition is HERE .
Monday, December 15, 2008

Foreclosure Bankruptcy Legislation Introduced; News Story Says Homebuilders Remove Opposition.

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LA Times story HERE . Thomas bill status page (H.R. 7328) is HERE .
Friday, October 3, 2008

CBO Analysis of Senate Rescue Bill.

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Can be found HERE .
Sunday, September 28, 2008

Bail Out Bill Initial Thoughts with HOPE for Homeowners Act Revisions.

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Several documents, including the draft bill, can be found within House Financial Services Commitee website HERE . Note: Bail out bill is no...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008

New CRS Report on Bail Out Proposal.

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A new report out from CRS HERE .

House Version of Bail Out Legislation.

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Can be found HERE . Note Section 8 on page 9, related to HOPE for Homeownership Program: " SEC. 8. FORECLOSURE MITIGATION EFFORTS: To t...

Dodd Proposed Amendments to Bail Out Bill.

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Senate Banking Committee Chris Dodd is proposing changes to the draft Treasury bail out bill. A summary of his proposals can be found HERE ;...
Monday, August 25, 2008

Oregon Subprime and Alt A ARM Loan Estimate: 62,000+ Loans

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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York publishes monthly maps and data on subprime and ALT A loans HERE . After my State Housing Council prese...