Open Congress : Housing and Community Opportunity - Major Bill Actions

Bill Introduced: H.R.5772 Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2008

2008-04-10T00:00:00Z

To amend section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to improve the program under such section for supportive housing for persons with disabilities.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5679 Foreclosure Prevention and Sound Mortgage Servicing Act of 2008

2008-04-02T00:00:00Z

To amend the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to require mortgagees for mortgages in default to engage in reasonable loss mitigation activities.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.1010 Recognizing the importance of manufactured housing in the United States.

2008-02-28T00:00:00Z

Recognizing the importance of manufactured housing in the United States.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5108 Mobile Home Protection Act

2008-01-23T00:00:00Z

To amend section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide for rental assistance payments to assist certain owners of manufactured homes who rent the lots on which their homes are located.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4461 Community Building Code Administration Grant Act of 2008

2007-12-12T00:00:00Z

To promote and enhance the operation of local building code enforcement administration across the country by establishing a competitive Federal matching grant program.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4202 Inclusive Home Design Act of 2007

2007-11-15T00:00:00Z

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

Bill Introduced: H.R.4161 Veterans Homelessness Prevention Act

2007-11-13T00:00:00Z

To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to carry out a pilot program to prevent at-risk veterans and veteran families from falling into homelessness, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4002 Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2007

2007-10-30T00:00:00Z

To establish a program to preserve rural multifamily housing assisted under the Housing Act of 1949.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3498 Neighborhood Reclamation and Revitalization Program Act of 2007

2007-09-07T00:00:00Z

To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to assist cities with a vacant housing problem, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3355 Homeowners' Defense Act of 2007

2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

To ensure the availability and affordability of homeowners' insurance coverage for catastrophic events.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3385 National Homelessness Task Force Act of 2007

2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

To establish a task force to examine homelessness in the United States and make recommendations to alleviate the causes and effects of such homelessness.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3397 Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2007

2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

To amend the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 to define environmental intervention blood lead level.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3329 Homes for Heroes Act of 2008

2007-08-02T00:00:00Z

To provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3310 Earning and Living Opportunities Act

2007-08-01T00:00:00Z

To amend the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to ensure improved access to employment opportunities for low-income people.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3018 Family Self-Sufficiency Act of 2007

2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

To provide for payment of an administrative fee to public housing agencies to cover the costs of administering family self-sufficiency programs in connection with the housing choice voucher program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2930 Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Act of 2007

2007-06-28T00:00:00Z

To amend section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 to improve the program under such section for supportive housing for the elderly, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1980 Housing Assistance Council Authorization Act of 2007

2007-04-20T00:00:00Z

To authorize appropriations for the Housing Assistance Council.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1982 Rural Housing and Economic Development Improvement Act of 2007

2007-04-20T00:00:00Z

To authorize appropriations for the rural housing and economic development program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1752 Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007

2007-03-29T00:00:00Z

To modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the Federal Housing Administration to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1723 Fair FHA Appraisals Act of 2007

2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

To amend the National Housing Act to ensure fair appraisals in connection with mortgages insured under the FHA single family mortgage insurance program.