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Bill· HRH.R. 9082 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1977
Amends the National Housing Act to eliminate the present exclusion from hospital mortgage insurance programs of hospitals which primarily serve patients with drug and alcoholic conditions or mental disorders.
Bill· SS. 2050 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1977
Individual Housing Account Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual who does not own and has never owned a principal residence an income tax credit for 20 percent of the amounts paid in cash to an individual housing account, up to a maximum credit of $500 annually and $2,000 in a lifetime. Makes such accounts tax exempt.
Bill· HRH.R. 8914 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1977
Prohibits the consideration of any cost of living increase of Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits after May 1977 for purposes of determining the eligibility for or amount of assistance which any individual or family is provided under specified Federal housing programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 8850 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1977
Prohibits any person who makes a federally related mortgage loan to make a commitment to make such a loan for the purchase of a residence on which both the construction and sales transaction has been completed within less than 12 months prior to the date of such commitment, unless the seller has confirmed that disclosure of the date of his purchase and the purchase price paid by the seller with respect to such residence has been made in writing to the buyer.
Bill· HRH.R. 8817 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1977
Requires any community-based organization (defined as an organization which receives and administers Federal funds for the benefit of area residents) which desires to receive Federal financial assistance to certify to the head of the Federal agency furnishing such assistance that such organization will comply with membership and democratic selection requirement established by the Community Services Act of 1974. Sets forth procedures to enforce such compliance.
Bill· HRH.R. 8852 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to postpone from 1978 to 1982 the termination of the 60 month, straight line depreciation deduction for rehabilitated low-income rental housing.
Bill· HRH.R. 8859 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1977
Young Families' Housing Act - Graduated Payment Mortgage Insurance Act - Amends the National Housing Act to permit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure, on a regular basis, mortgages and loans with provisions for varying rates of amortization corresponding to anticipated variations in family income. Sets a percentage limit on the mortgage value ratio of mortgages which will be insurable under this Act. Prescribes eligibility requirements for such insurance. States that mortgages or loans insured pursuant to this Act shall not be subject to State usury laws in most cases. Individual Housing Account Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for amounts paid in cash into an individual housing account. Defines the term "individual housing account" for the purposes of this Act. Limits annual tax deductions to $2,500 and lifetime deductions to $10,000. Makes provisions for tax treatment upon distribution of such accounts. Exempts individual housing accounts from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 243 (95th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1977
Amends Senate Resolution 164, 95th Congress, by authorizing the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs to make expenditures, not to exceed $670,000, from the contingent fund of the Senate, for hearings and investigations.
Bill· HRH.R. 8792 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1977
Amends the National Housing Act to require an affirmative vote of the shareholders of an insured institution owning at least two-thirds of its voting stock or voting power before the Federal Home Loan Bank Board may approve the acquisition of control of such institution by any savings and loan holding company or any other company.
Bill· HRH.R. 8719 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1977
Public Housing Security Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to monitor the planning and implementation of public housing construction, rehabilitation, or modernization projects to assure that crime prevention is taken into account in the design of such housing. Directs the Secretary to make funds available for citizen crime prevention programs.
Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 77 (95th)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1977
Amends the National Housing Act to extend specified Federal Housing Administration insurance programs including the following: (1) general insurance authorization; (2) housing for moderate-income and displaced families; (3) coinsurance of mortgages; and (4) group practice facilities and medical practice facilities. Extends the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to grant flexible interest rates for specified mortgage insurance programs. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act to extend the national flood insurance program until September 30, 1977. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend specified rural housing programs including the Rural Housing Insurance Fund and the mutual or self-help housing programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 8562 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1977
National Domestic Development Bank Act - Establishes a National Domestic Development Bank to provide an alternative source of funds for community facilities and economic development. Outlines the special authority of the Bank to purchase obligations and make loans to finance construction, or reconstruction to energy efficient standards, of community facilities and public works. Provides for the establishment of a regional operating divisions of the Bank and for technical assistance in areas related to the Bank's activities. Provides for capitalization of the Bank and an audit report to Congress. Grants the Bank tax-exempt status, with specified limitations. Provides a partial tax exclusion for individuals for 50 percent of Bank dividends.
Bill· HRH.R. 8541 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1977
Amends the Local Public Works and Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants for local public works projects to any city or township with a population of 50,000 or less which is located in a county or labor market area which contains a city of more than 50,000 people. Provides for the allocation of grants to qualifying cities and townships.
Bill· SS. 1923 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1977
Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act and the Housing Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make, insure, and guarantee loans for the acquisition and installation of solar heating and cooling devices in residential and farm structures.
Bill· HRH.R. 8510 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1977
Prohibits discrimination by federally insured depository institutions in the making of mortgage loans on account of the geographical location of real property upon which such loans are secured.
Bill· HRH.R. 8352 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1977
Young Families' Housing Act - Graduated Payment Mortgage Insurance Act - Amends the National Housing Act to permit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure, on a regular basis, mortgages and loans with provisions for varying rates of amortization corresponding to anticipated variations in family income. Sets a percentage limit on the mortgage value ratio of mortgages which will be insurable under this Act. Prescribes eligibility requirements for such insurance. States that mortgages or loans insured pursuant to this Act shall not be subject to State usury laws in most cases. Individual Housing Account Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for amounts paid in cash into an individual housing account. Defines the term "individual housing account" for the purposes of this Act. Limits annual tax deductions to $2,500 and lifetime deductions to $10,000. Makes provisions for tax treatment upon distribution of such accounts. Exempts individual housing accounts from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code.
Bill· HRH.R. 8328 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1977
Young Families' Housing Act - Graduated Payment Mortgage Insurance Act - Amends the National Housing Act to permit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure, on a regular basis, mortgages and loans with provisions for varying rates of amortization corresponding to anticipated variations in family income. Sets a percentage limit on the mortgage value ratio of mortgages which will be insurable under this Act. Prescribes eligibility requirements for such insurance. States that mortgages or loans insured pursuant to this Act shall not be subject to State usury laws in most cases. Individual Housing Account Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for amounts paid in cash into an individual housing account. Defines the term "individual housing account" for the purposes of this Act. Limits annual tax deductions to $2,500 and lifetime deductions to $10,000. Makes provisions for tax treatment upon distribution of such accounts. Exempts individual housing accounts from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code.
Bill· HRH.R. 8301 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1977
Young Families' Housing Act - Graduated Payment Mortgage Insurance Act - Amends the National Housing Act to permit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure, on a regular basis, mortgages and loans with provisions for varying rates of amortization corresponding to anticipated variations in family income. Sets a percentage limit on the mortgage value ratio of mortgages which will be insurable under this Act. Prescribes eligibility requirements for such insurance. States that mortgages or loans insured pursuant to this Act shall not be subject to State usury laws in most cases. Individual Housing Account Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for amounts paid in cash into an individual housing account. Defines the term "individual housing account" for the purposes of this Act. Limits annual tax deductions to $2,500 and lifetime deductions to $10,000. Makes provisions for tax treatment upon distribution of such accounts. Exempts individual housing accounts from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 280 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1977
Declares it the sense of Congress that the Federal Home Loan Bank Board should adopt regulations permitting Federal savings and loan associations to offer flexible mortgage instruments in states where State-chartered savings and loan associations are permitted to offer such types of mortgages and permits the Board to authorize a similar program in other States. Requires the Board to consider consumer safeguards, the existing competitive environment and the needs of Federal savings and loan associations before adopting such regulations.
Bill· HRH.R. 8203 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1977
Public Housing Security Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to monitor the planning and implementation of public housing construction, rehabilitation, or modernization projects to assure that crime prevention is taken into account in the design of such housing. Directs the Secretary to make funds available for citizen crime prevention programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 8166 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1977
Amends Title XVI (Supplemental Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) to require the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to pay a special housing allowance to each eligible individual whose housing expenses exceed 25 percent of income or $1,200 a year, whichever is less.
Bill· HRH.R. 8164 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1977
Amends Title XVI (Supplemental Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) to require the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to pay a special housing allowance to each eligible individual whose housing expenses exceed 25 percent of income or $1,200 a year, whichever is less.
Bill· HRH.R. 8142 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1977
Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, acting through the States, to make loans to homeowners to assist them in purchasing and installing qualified solar heating and cooling equipment. Describes the financial assistance available under this Act. Sets forth the formula for the allocation of appropriated funds to the States. Directs the Secretary to disseminate information concerning recommended standards and types of qualified solar heating or solar and cooling equipment appropriate for use in residential structures. Imposes criminal penalties for making false or misleading statements in attempting to obtain loans under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 8078 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1977
Amends the Federal Reserve Act to provide low-interest construction and mortgage loans for low- and medium-priced housing by permitting member banks of the Federal Reserve System to elect to be paid interest on their funds on reserve in exchange for furnishing such loans. Permits nonmember banks, savings and loan associations, and other financial institutions to offer deferred-interest loans for low- and medium-priced housing.
Bill· HRH.R. 8027 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1977
Indian and Alaska Native Housing and Community Development Act - Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to create, in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, an Office of Indian and Alaska Native Programs, through which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall administer all departmental programs relating to Indian and Alaska Native housing and community affairs.
Bill· HRH.R. 7901 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1977
National Weatherization Act - Title I: Utility Program - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to promote the voluntary submission by a State to the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration of a residential energy conservation plan for utilities in such State. Requires such plan to direct utilities to implement a program informing residential customers of suggested measures for saving home heating and cooling costs. Permits the Administrator to require a regulated or unregulated utility in a State to offer such program upon the Administrator's determination that such State has not offered such plan for approval or implemented such plan. Title II: Weatherization Grants for the Benefit of Low-Income Families - Amends the Energy Conservation in Existing Buildings Act of 1976 to permit a raise in the eligible income level for weatherization grants to low-income families. Expands the definition of the term "weatherization materials" in such Act to include additional devices and technologies. Limits the amount of financial assistance available under such Act that may be spent on weatherization materials and specified accompanying costs. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a weatherization program financing the installation of weatherization materials in farm residences occupied by low-income people. Title III: Secondary Financing and Loan Insurance for Energy Conserving Improvements - Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to direct the Federal National Mortgage Association to purchase loans insured under the National Housing Act and made to low- and moderate-income families for the installation of energy conserving improvements in residences owned by such families. Permits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure a loan for the installation of energy conserving improvements. Specifies the eligibility conditions of such loan. Allows the Government National Mortgage Association to have standby authority to purchase loans for energy-conserving improvements. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Permits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to enter into annual contributions contracts for low-income projects to finance the installation of energy- conserving improvements. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to promote the use of energy saving techniques through minimum property standards established for new rural residential housing assisted under the Housing Act of 1949. Amends the National Housing Act to permit specified increased amounts of assistance if such increase results from increased cost of a residence or project due to the installation of a solar energy system. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct a study for determining the necessity of a mandatory Federal requirement that all residential dwelling units meet energy efficient standards.
Bill· HRH.R. 7903 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1977
Indian and Alaska, Native Housing and Community Development Act - Creates, in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, an Office of Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, through which the Secretary of HUD shall carry out functions relating to Indian and Alaska Native Housing and Community Development. Creates the Office of Assistant Secretary for Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. Directs the Assistant Secretary to submit certain reports to Congress, and conduct an annual conference on Indian and Alaska Native Housing.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 525 (95th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1977
Amends the National Housing Act to extend specified Federal Housing Administration insurance programs including the following: (1) general insurance authorization; (2) housing for moderate-income and displaced families; (3) coinsurance of mortgages; and (4) group practice facilities and medical practice facilities. Extends the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to grant flexible interest rates for specified mortgage insurance programs. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act to extend the national flood insurance program until July 31, 1977. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend specified rural housing programs including the Rural Housing Insurance Fund and the mutual or self-help housing programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 7772 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1977
Community Restoration Act - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to local governments for the purpose of funding qualified nonprofit neighborhood organizations engaged in activities designed to improve housing and prevent neighborhood deterioration. Limits to $50,000 any grant made by a unit of general local government to any organization in any fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to oversee the auditing and accounting of all moneys received and spent by units of local government and community organizations.
Bill· HRH.R. 7787 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1977
Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1968 to allow the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to initiate civil actions to enforce the provisions of such Act. Extends from 30 to 60 days the period during which no civil suits may be initiated and the Secretary must make efforts to obtain voluntary compliance with such Act. Permits courts to award attorneys' fees to prevailing plaintiffs without regard to his financial ability to assume such fees.
Bill· HRH.R. 7737 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1977
Amends the National Housing Act to require an affirmative vote of the shareholders of an insured institution owning at least two-thirds of its voting stock or voting power before the Federal Home Loan Bank Board may approve the acquisition of control of such institution by any savings and loan holding company or any other company.
Bill· HRH.R. 7732 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1977
Urban Trees Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants, on a matching basis, to the States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam in order to provide financial assistance to urban areas for arboriculture programs. Defines "arboriculture" as the planting, growing, maintenance, and protection of trees and shrubs. Authorizes appropriations of up to $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 to carry out such grant program. Requires that grants under this Act be made in accordance with an urban arboriculture plan for the selection, planting, and maintenance of trees agreed upon in advance by the Secretary and the State forester or other appropriate official. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to urban areas for arboriculture programs under this Act.
Bill· SS. 1669 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1977
Amends the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to prohibit the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation from issuing or applying rules or regulations which have the effect of excluding mortgagees approved by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for participation in specified mortgage insurance programs from the servicing of mortgages sold to the Corporation.
Bill· HRH.R. 7658 (95th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1977
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to assist in acquiring specially adapted housing for those veterans who have a permanent and total service-connected disability due to the loss, or loss of use, of one upper and one lower extremity, such as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair.
Bill· HRH.R. 7664 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1977
Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, acting through the States, to make loans to homeowners to assist them in purchasing and installing qualified solar heating and cooling equipment. Describes the financial assistance available under this Act. Sets forth the formula for the allocation of appropriated funds to the States. Directs the Secretary to disseminate information concerning recommended standards and types of qualified solar heating or solar and cooling equipment appropriate for use in residential structures. Imposes criminal penalties for making false or misleading statements in attempting to obtain loans under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 7659 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1977
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to assist in acquiring specially adapted housing for those veterans who have a permanent and total service-connected disability due to the loss, or loss of use, of one upper and one lower extremity, such as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair.
Bill· HRH.R. 7624 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1977
Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exclude from income, Medicare taxes and premiums paid for hospital insurance benefits for individuals not eligible for Medicare insurance for purposes of determining eligibility for and the amount of assistance of any family under the low-income housing program.
Bill· HRH.R. 7601 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1977
Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for the establishment of escrow accounts for taxes and insurance by borrowers for farm housing.
Bill· HRH.R. 7592 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1977
Amends the National Housing Act to make insurance available under the existing program of mortgage insurance for servicemen only to servicemen whose household income does not exceed 95 percent of the median household income for the area in which the serviceman is seeking housing, unless the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development raises or lowers such ceiling based on his findings that a variation is necessary because of prevailing levels of construction costs or other factors.
Bill· HRH.R. 7603 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1977
Young Families' Housing Act - Graduated Payment Mortgage Insurance Act - Amends the National Housing Act to permit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure, on a regular basis, mortgages and loans with provisions for varying rates of amortization corresponding to anticipated variations in family income. Sets a percentage limit on the mortgage value ratio of mortgages which will be insurable under this Act. Prescribes eligibility requirements for such insurance. States that mortgages or loans insured pursuant to this Act shall not be subject to State usury laws in most cases. Individual Housing Account Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for amounts paid in cash into an individual housing account. Defines the term "individual housing account" for the purposes of this Act. Limits annual tax deductions to $2,500 and lifetime deductions to $10,000. Makes provisions for tax treatment upon distribution of such accounts. Exempts individual housing accounts from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code.
Law· HRH.R. 7554 (95th)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1977
Department of Housing and Urban Development - Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1978 - Title I: Department of Housing And Urban Development - Makes the following appropriations for fiscal year 1978: (1) Housing Programs: (a) for annual contributions for assisted housing, (b) for housing for the elderly or handicapped, (c) for housing payments (appropriation to liquidate contract authority), (d) for payments for operation of low-income housing projects, and (e) for the Federal Housing Administration Fund; (2) Government National Mortgage Association: for payment of participation sales insufficiencies; (3) Community Planning and Development: (a) for community development grants, (b) for urban development action grants, (c) for comprehensive planning grants; (4) Federal Insurance Administration: for flood insurance; (5) Neighborhoods, Voluntary Associations and Consumer Protection: for housing counseling assistance; (6) Policy Development and Research; (7) Management and Administration: (a) for Salaries and expenses, Department of Housing and Urban Development, (b) for Federal Housing Administration funds by transfer; and (8) Funds Appropriated to the President: Federal Disaster Assistance Administration (disaster relief). Title II: Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for fiscal year 1978 to the following: American Battle Monuments Commission, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Cemeterial expenses, Army, Environmental Protection Agency, Council on Environmental Quality, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Consumer Information Center, Office of Consumer Affairs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Institute of Building Sciences, National Science Foundation, Selective Service System, Treasury Department, and Veterans' Administration. Title III: Corporations - Appropriates funds for fiscal year 1978 within the Federal Home Loan Bank Board to the following: for the limitation on the administrative expenses; for the limitation on nonadministrative expenses; and for the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. Title IV: General Provisions - Sets forth limitations on appropriations including those for travel expenses which shall be limited to budget estimates without express authorization to the contrary.
Bill· HRH.R. 7545 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1977
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to assist any veteran, who has a permanent and total service-connected disability due to the loss, or loss of use, of one arm and one leg, including but not limited to cases of hemiplegia, such as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair, in acquiring a suitable housing unit with special fixtures or moveable facilities made necessary by the nature of the veteran's disability, and necessary land therefor.
Bill· HRH.R. 7481 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1977
Amends the Older Americans Act by adding the following title: Title X: Relief for Older Americans Who Own or Rent Their Homes - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to reimburse the States for real property tax relief programs aimed at elderly households with incomes of $15,000 or less. Provides that the amount of such reimbursement shall be a percentage (determined on the basis of the household income) of the tax relief provided multiplied by the aggregate number of households receiving such relief. Authorizes to be appropriated the sums necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act for fiscal years 1977 through 1979.
Bill· HRH.R. 7465 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1977
Young Families' Housing Act - Graduated Payment Mortgage Insurance Act - Amends the National Housing Act to permit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure, on a regular basis, mortgages and loans with provisions for varying rates of amortization corresponding to anticipated variations in family income. Sets a percentage limit on the mortgage value ratio of mortgages which will be insurable under this Act. Prescribes eligibility requirements for such insurance. States that mortgages or loans insured pursuant to this Act shall not be subject to State usury laws in most cases. Individual Housing Account Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for amounts paid in cash into an individual housing account. Defines the term "individual housing account" for the purposes of this Act. Limits annual tax deductions to $2,500 and lifetime deductions to $10,000. Makes provisions for tax treatment upon distribution of such accounts. Exempts individual housing accounts from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code.
Bill· HRH.R. 7373 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1977
Foreclosure Forebearance Standards Act - Requires any person who makes a federally related mortgage loan to maintain facilities sufficient to assure availability to the mortgagor of information concerning such mortgage. States that within 60 days after payments on a mortgage become delinquent and within 30 days before the initiation of any foreclosure proceedings the following must occur: (1) a meeting with the mortgagor to work out a repayment plan; and (2) a transfer of information with respect to such proceedings to the mortgagor. Places restraints on the initiation of foreclosure proceedings, including the requirement that a mortgagee refrain from instituting such proceedings until at least three full monthly installments are due and unpaid, except where the mortgagor abandons the secured property. States that a mortgagee must cease foreclosure proceedings where a mortgagor tenders the total amount due plus attorneys fees. Provides that any mortgagee who fails to comply with such stated requirements shall no longer be eligible for Federal assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 7382 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1977
House Piracy Prevention Act - Directs each Federal instrumentality responsible for the supervision, approval, regulation, or insuring of banks, savings and loan associations, or other institutions to issue regulations prohibiting such institutions from making any loan which is to be used to purchase a newly constructed one- to four-family dwelling unit unless such dwelling is to be occupied by the borrower or is to be used by such person for rental purposes.
Bill· HRH.R. 7372 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1977
Foreclosure Forebearance Standards Act - Requires any person who makes a federally related mortgage loan to maintain facilities sufficient to assure availability to the mortgagor of information concerning such mortgage. States that within 60 days after payments on a mortgage become delinquent and within 30 days before the initiation of any foreclosure proceedings the following must occur: (1) a meeting with the mortgagor to work out a repayment plan; and (2) a transfer of information with respect to such proceedings to the mortgagor. Places restraints on the initiation of foreclosure proceedings, including the requirement that a mortgagee refrain from instituting such proceedings until at least three full monthly installments are due and unpaid, except where the mortgagor abandons the secured property. States that a mortgagee must cease foreclosure proceedings where a mortgagor tenders the total amount due plus attorneys fees. Provides that any mortgagee who fails to comply with such stated requirements shall no longer be eligible for Federal assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 7352 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1977
Amends the National Housing Act to set forth the percentage of the total charges, including points and service on carrying charges, which a mortgagee must pay to the Federal Government upon foreclosure of a government - insured mortgage loan. Restricts the power of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to enter mortgage insurance contracts where the mortgagee has already foreclosed upon a specified number of mortgages insured under such Act. Prescribes conditions which must be met before a mortgagee may utilize property which secures a government-insured mortgage.
Bill· HRH.R. 7328 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1977
Urban Grant University Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for, and establish a program of grants to, urban universities for (1) development of urban-oriented educational, research, or service programs; and (2) assistance in carrying out such programs. Establishes a five year comprehensive grant to a university qualifying as an "urban grant university" and establishes criteria for such designation. Creates an Urban University Advisory Council to (1) review, along with the Commissioner of Education, "urban grant university " applications; (2) advise the Commissioner; and (3) make recommendations to the President and to the Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 7315 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a limited tax credit in an amount of $250 for each individual who is at least 65 years of age before the beginning of the taxable year, whose principal place of abode during the taxable year is the principal residence of the taxpayer, and who is not a lodger with the taxpayer.