http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills info@washingtonwatch.com http://www.pjdoland.com/chai/?v=0.1 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/history/110_HR_1960.html?rev=6998 <p>H.R. 1960 would amend the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to allow community reinvestment credit for investments and other financial support to enable veterans to purchase residential homes or to assist organizations with the establishment of housing opportunities and assisted living facilities for veterans.</p> <h2 id="toc0"> Detailed Summary </h2> <p>A Home for the Brave Act - Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to require the appropriate federal financial supervisory agency, when assessing the record of a financial institution, to take into account capital investments, low interest loans, loan participation, technical assistance, and grants by the institution to support or enable: (1) any veteran to purchase a home for use as the principal residence of the veteran; and (2) any entity that is establishing housing opportunities or assisted living facilities for veterans to carry out such activities.</p> <!--Leave in the 'summary' tags if you want the latest summary from the Congressional Research Service automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc1"> Status of the Legislation </h2> <p>Latest Major Action: 4/19/2007: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.</p> <!-- Leave in the 'status' tags if you want the latest reported status from THOMAS automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc2"> Points in Favor </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> <h2 id="toc3"> Points Against </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should not pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> 6998@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:42:42 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/history/110_HR_1960.html?rev=6999 <p>H.R. 1960 would amend the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to allow community reinvestment credit for investments and other financial support to enable veterans to purchase residential homes or to assist organizations with the establishment of housing opportunities and assisted living facilities for veterans.</p> <h2 id="toc4"> Detailed Summary </h2> <p>A Home for the Brave Act - Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to require the appropriate federal financial supervisory agency, when assessing the record of a financial institution, to take into account capital investments, low interest loans, loan participation, technical assistance, and grants by the institution to support or enable: (1) any veteran to purchase a home for use as the principal residence of the veteran; and (2) any entity that is establishing housing opportunities or assisted living facilities for veterans to carry out such activities.</p> <!--Leave in the 'summary' tags if you want the latest summary from the Congressional Research Service automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc5"> Status of the Legislation </h2> <p>Latest Major Action: 4/19/2007: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.</p> <!-- Leave in the 'status' tags if you want the latest reported status from THOMAS automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. --> <h2 id="toc6"> Points in Favor </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> <h2 id="toc7"> Points Against </h2> <p>(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should not pass!)<br /> <!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! --> </p> 6999@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:42:42 EDT