WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Mortgage guaranty insurance

H.R. 5830, The FHA Housing Stabilization and Homeownership Retention Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $24.95

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5830 would create a voluntary FHA program that provides mortgage refinancing assistance to allow families to stay in their homes, protect neighborhoods, and help stabilize the housing market....

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S. 2734, The SAFE Act

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2734 would aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure and address the subprime mortgage crisis....

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S. 2736, The Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Act of 2008

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2736 would amend section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 to improve the program under such section for supportive housing for the elderly....

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S. 2523, The National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2007

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2523 would establish the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United States to provide for the construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families....

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H.R. 4884, The Helping Our Veterans to Keep Their Homes Act of 2008

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4884 would amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the home loan guaranty programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs....

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S. 2452, The Home Ownership Preservation and Protection Act of 2007

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2452 would amend the Truth in Lending Act to provide protection to consumers with respect to certain high-cost loans....

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H.R. 4202, The Inclusive Home Design Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4202 would require all newly constructed, federally assisted, single-family houses and town houses to meet minimum standards of visitability for persons with disabilities....

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S. 2338, The FHA Modernization Act of 2007

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2338 would modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the Federal Housing Administration to more effectively reach underserved borrowers....

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S. 2325, The Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2325 would modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the Federal Housing Administration to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers....

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S. 2270, The Community Health Center Capital Investment Act

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2270 would include health centers in the list of entities eligible for mortgage insurance under the National Housing Act....

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P.L. 110-166, The Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2007 - Savings per Average Family: $519.40

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3996 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions....

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H.R. 3970, The Tax Reduction and Reform Act of 2007

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3970 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional tax relief to low and moderate income individuals, it would repeal the individual alternative minimum tax, and it would reform the corporate income tax....

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H.R. 3965, The Mark-to-Market Extension and Enhancement Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $3.49

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3965 would extend the Mark-to-Market program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development....

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H.R. 3915, The Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $4.11

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3915 would amend the Truth in Lending Act to reform consumer mortgage practices and provide accountability for such practices, to establish licensing and registration requirements for residential mortgage originators, and to provide certain minimum standards for consumer mortgage loans....

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H.R. 3906, The Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2007

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3906 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for State and local sales tax, the deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses, the deduction for mortgage interest premiums, and the modifications to the dependent care credit....

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H.R. 3873, The Section 515 Rural Housing Property Transfer Improvement Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.16

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3873 would expedite the transfer of ownership of rural multifamily housing projects with loans made or insured under section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 so that such projects are rehabilitated and preserved for use for affordable housing....

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H.R. 3837, The Escrow, Appraisal, and Mortgage Servicing Improvements Act

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3837 would require escrows for certain mortgage loans, it would improve mortgage servicing, it would promote sustainable homeownership opportunities, it would enhance appraisal quality and standards, it would better appraisal oversight, and it would mitigate appraiser pressure....

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P.L. 110-142, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income, and for other purposes - Savings per Average Family: $0.83

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3648 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income....

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P.L. 110-92, Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes - Cost per Average Family: $2012.18

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.J. Res. 52 would make continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2008....

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H.R. 3587, The Homeowners' Emergency Mortgage Assistance Act

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3587 would establish a program to assist homeowners experiencing unavoidable, temporary difficulty making payments on mortgages insured under the National Housing Act....

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S. 1985, The Capital Access for Senior Homeowners Act of 2007

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1985 would improve access of senior homeowners to capital....

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P.L. 110-289, The Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $483.26

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3221 would provide needed housing reform....

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H.R. 3074, The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $915.42

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008....

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H.R. 3081, The Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2007

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3081 would amend the Truth in Lending Act to protect consumers from certain practices in connection with the origination of consumer credit transactions secured by the consumer's principal dwelling....

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S. 1741, The FHA Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization Act of 2007

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1741 would modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program under title I of the National Housing Act....

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