WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Cooperative housing

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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H.R. 5138, The Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2008

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5138 would amend title 11 of the United States Code to provide protection for medical debt homeowners, to restore bankruptcy protections for individuals experiencing economic distress as caregivers to ill or disabled family members, and to exempt from means testing debtors whose financial problems were caused by serious medical problems....

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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: $0.56

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

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. 110-166, The Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2007 - Savings per Average Family: $542.80

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

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

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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. 2266, The Cooperative Tax Deduction Preservation Act of 2007

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2266 would amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide for an alternative test for qualifying as a cooperative housing corporation....

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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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H.R. 3074, The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $956.66

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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S. 1805, The FHA Loan Limit Adjustment Act of 2007

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1805 would amend the National Housing Act to increase the mortgage amount limits applicable to housing insured by FHA mortgage insurance....

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H.R. 1852, The Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $38.29

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1852 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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H.R. 2613, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income gain on the sale of certain residential leased-fee interests to holders of the leasehold rights

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2613 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income gain on the sale of certain residential leased-fee interests to holders of the leasehold rights....

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H.R. 1133, The Freedom through Renewable Energy Expansion (FREE) Act

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1133 would provide for the energy independence of the United States....

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H.R. 655, The Pathway to Preservation Act of 2007

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 655 would provide for more accurate valuation of multifamily housing properties, and loans for such properties, that are sold at a discount by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to facilitate acquisition of such properties that maintains the properties as affordable housing....

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H.R. 610, The Preserve Historic America Act of 2007

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 610 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for the rehabilitation of older buildings, including owner-occupied residences....

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H.R. 330, The Homeowners' Insurance Availability Act of 2007

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 330 would establish a Federal program to provide reinsurance to improve the availability of homeowners' insurance....

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H.R. 127, The FHA Multifamily Loan Limit Adjustment Act of 2007

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 127 would amend the National Housing Act to increase the mortgage amount limits applicable to FHA mortgage insurance for multifamily housing located in high-cost areas....

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H.R. 5503, The FHA Multifamily Loan Limit Adjustment Act of 2006 - Cost per Average Family: $0.71

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Under the National Housing Act, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is authorized to insure private loans used to finance certain multifamily homes, subject to loan limitations specified in appropriation acts. H.R. 5503 would increase the current limit on the value of individual loans that FHA can guarantee in certain high-cost areas of the country under 12 of its 20 multifamily loan guarantee programs, such as housing for moderate and displaced families and cooperative projects. (High-cost...

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H.R. 5039, The Saving America's Rural Housing Act of 2006 - Cost per Average Family: $5.25

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5039 would require the Rural Housing Service (RHS) within the Department of Agriculture to implement a program aimed at preserving rural rental housing supported by section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 by restructuring loans on existing properties. Under the legislation, RHS would provide housing vouchers to certain families who would be displaced if property owners prepay the mortgages on properties where they now reside.

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H.R. 3043, The Zero Downpayment Pilot Program Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $0.63

Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3043 would authorize¿through fiscal year 2010¿a new loan guarantee program under the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) that would allow first-time home buyers to purchase a home without a down payment. Currently, FHA's single-family loan guarantee program requires home buyers to make a down payment of at least 3 percent of the sales price....

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H.R. 1541, The Enhanced Energy Infrastructure and Technology Tax Act of 2005 - Savings per Average Family: $70.66

Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1541 would amend a number provisions in the Internal Revenue Code primarily relating to energy. Some of those changes include modifying the depreciation lifetimes of some energy infrastructure, allowing certain energy-related expenditures to be amortized, creating various tax credits related the use of energy-efficient technologies, and allowing energy related tax credits to be applied against the alternative minimum tax....

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