Housing

A resolution to designate the week of June 19, 1983, through June 25, 1983, as "Multi-Housing Laundry Industry Week".

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1983

Designates the week of June 19 through June 25, 1983, as Multi-Housing Laundry Industry Week.

A joint resolution to designate the week beginning April 8, 1984, as "National Building Safety Week".

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1983

Designates the week beginning April 8, 1984, as National Building Safety Week.

A resolution waiving certain points of order against the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3133) making appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1983

Waives points of order against the consideration of H.R. 3133 (Department of Housing and Urban Development appropriations).

Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1984

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1983

Department of Housing and Urban Development - Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1984 - Title I: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Makes appropriations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for FY 1984 for: (1) housing programs, including a pilot program of housing payment certificates (subject to prior approval by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations) and programs providing for specified housing payments, payments for the operation of low-income housing projects, housing counseling assistance, operating subsidies for troubled multifamily housing projects, and payments to cover losses of the Special Risk Insurance Fund and the General Insurance Fund; (2) the Government National Mortgage Association for the payment of participation sales insufficiencies; (3) the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank for assistance for solar and conservation improvements; (4) community development grants, urban development action grants, and the urban homesteading program; (5) policy development and research; (6) fair housing assistance; and (7) salaries and expenses. Increases the contract and budget authority for annual contributions for assisted housing. Requires that amounts recaptured and made available for obligation in FY 1984 be provided only for assistance to projects developed for the elderly or handicapped. Rescinds a specified amount of FY 1984 contract authority for: (1) rent supplement payments; and (2) rental housing assistance. Authorizes a specified amount for loans in FY 1984 to qualified nonprofit sponsors for the development of housing for the elderly or handicapped. Authorizes gross obligations for direct loans under the National Housing Act during FY 1984, with a limitation on temporary mortgage assistance payments. Limits the additional commitments to guarantee loans, the gross obligations for the principal amounts of direct loans, and the amount of loan guarantee commitments on the mortgage-backed securities programs under such Act for FY 1984. Authorizes the use of amounts in the rehabilitation loan fund for loans, operating costs, and the capitalization of delinquent interest during FY 1984. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to transfer all of the assets and liabilities of the New Communities Fund to the revolving fund for liquidating programs. Title II: Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1984 to the: (1) American Battle Monuments Commission for salaries and expenses; (2) Consumer Product Safety Commission for salaries and expenses; (3) Department of Defense-Civil for Army cemetery expenses; (4) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for salaries and expenses, research and development, abatement, control and compliance activities, buildings and facilities, the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund, necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, and construction grants; (5) Executive Office of the President for the Council on Environmental Quality, Office of Environmental Quality, and Office of Science and Technology Policy; (6) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for disaster relief, salaries and expenses, State and local assistance, emergency planning and assistance, and the National Flood Insurance Fund; (7) General Services Administration for the Consumer Information Center; (8) Department of Health and Human Services for the Office of Consumer Affairs; (9) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for research and development, construction of facilities, and research and program management; (10) National Science Foundation (NSF) for research, scientific education, and overseas scientific activities (special foreign currency program); (11) Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (NRC); (12) Selective Service System for salaries and expenses; (13) Department of the Treasury for the Office of Revenue Sharing; (14) Veterans Administration (VA) for compensation and pensions, readjustment benefits, veterans insurance and indemnities, medical care, medical and prosthetic research, medical administration and miscellaneous expenses, general operating expenses, construction of major and minor projects, grants for the construction of State extended care facilities and veterans cemeteries, and grants to the Republic of the Philippines for assisting in rehabilitating the Veterans Memorial Medical Center. Limits the amount that the Central Liquidity Facility of the National Credit Union Administration may borrow from sources other than the Treasury and the amount of its administrative expenses for FY 1983. Prohibits the expenditure of EPA appropriations for Resource Conservation and Recovery Panels. Specifies the amount of NSF appropriations that shall be available for the advanced ocean drilling project and for grants to colleges for equipment and faculty research opportunities. Prohibits the use of NSF appropriations for the Deep Sea Drilling Project (Glomar Challenger). Prohibits the use of NRC appropriations for development costs of a demonstration program with mutual housing associations. Prohibits the expenditure of any funds appropriated to the Selective Service for the induction of any person into the U.S. Armed Forces. Prohibits the use of VA appropriations for major construction projects that have not been approved by Congress, except for the advance planning of projects funded through the advance planning fund. Authorizes obligations on the part of the Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund and the Direct Loan Revolving Fund of the VA. Permits, in specified circumstances, the transfer of funds appropriated to the VA. Limits the use of appropriations for purchasing any site or constructing any new hospital or home. Requires reimbursement if any persons, other than eligible beneficiaries, are hospitalized or examined at veterans facilities. Title III: Corporations - Authorizes certain corporations and agencies of HUD and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board to make commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, with specified exceptions. Limits, with specified exceptions, new loan or mortgage purchase commitments to the extent expressly provided in this Act. Makes appropriations for FY 1984 to the Federal Home Loan Bank Board for administrative and nonadministrative expenses and the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) for administrative expenses. Sets specified limitations on such expenses. Title IV: General Provisions - Limits travel expenditures for the agencies listed in this Act to the amounts set forth in the budget estimate, with specified exceptions. Permits the use of HUD and Selective Service System appropriations for: (1) uniforms; (2) the hire of passenger vehicles; and (3) the employment of experts and consultants. Allows the use of HUD funds to pay for legal services and facilities provided by specified agencies. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the use of appropriated funds: (1) beyond the current fiscal year; (2) without a voucher describing the payees and services or specific statutory authorization; (3) for transportation between the domicile and place of employment of any officer or employee; (4) for payments to recipients that do not share in the cost of conducting research not specifically solicited by the Government; (5) for consultants paid in excess of the GS-18 rate; and (6) for compensation of non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated for personnel compensation and benefits for other object classifications in the budget estimates without congressional approval. Limits expenditures for consulting services to contracts which are a matter of public record and included in a publicly available list of: (1) contracts entered into within the past two years; and (2) contracts on which performance has not been completed. Prohibits any executive agency from expending appropriations under this Act for a contract for services unless the agency: (1) complies with the Office of Procurement Policy Act; and (2) requires reports prepared pursuant to such contract to disclose information about the contract and the contractor. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to: (1) administer any regulation which has been vetoed by Congress; (2) provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servant to any officer or employee of any agency or department; or (3) procure automobiles with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of less than 22 miles per gallon.

Robin Raborn, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Harry K. Schwartz, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 23 May 1983

Housing and Community Development Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1983

Housing and Community Development Act of 1983 - Title I: Rental Rehabilitation - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to: (1) make rental rehabilitation grants to State and local governments to support the moderate rehabilitation of private property for residential purposes; (2) make available contract authority for housing payment assistance to minimize the displacement of very low-income tenants and other lower income tenants from structures undergoing rehabilitation, to assist such tenants, and to assist other very low-income tenants in obtaining decent housing; and (3) make rental development grants to State and local governments to support the substantial rehabilitation or new construction of private property for residential purposes. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to allocate such grant amounts to cities with populations of 50,000 or more, urban counties, and States on the basis of a formula accounting for such factors as low-income renter population, rental housing market conditions, the condition of rental housing stock, and overcrowding of rental housing in each area. Authorizes the Secretary to establish minimum allocation amounts required for direct allocations to cities or urban counties and to adjust an area's allocation on the basis of the area's performance in carrying out its program in a timely manner and achieving low rents in 80 percent of its rehabilitated units. Conditions the receipt of such grants on the submission by grantees of satisfactory information in rental rehabilitation or development program descriptions. Requires that such a description describe the proposed program and activities to be assisted, certify that the grantee consulted with the public, show evidence of the grantee's capacity to undertake the project, show the financial feasibility of the program, indicate the criteria to be used in selecting projects and the effect of the program on neighborhood preservation, and certify compliance with civil rights laws. Prohibits the provision of grants for substantial rehabilitation or new construction unless the Secretary finds that: (1) the area is experiencing a severe shortage of rental housing and has extremely low vacancy rates; and (2) a program of other than moderate rehabilitation is necessary to improve rental opportunities or to advance a neighborhood preservation program. Limits the amount of a rental rehabilitation or development grant to 120 percent of the amount allocated by formula. Requires that at least 70 percent of grant amounts be used for the benefit of lower income families, but authorizes the Secretary to reduce such percentage requirement to 50 percent where the grantee cannot develop a program meeting such higher requirement. Allows the Secretary to limit allocation of housing payment assistance to the amount needed for the number of units to be rehabilitated. Requires such an assistance contract to: (1) permit a grantee to provide assistance for a unit for up to one year; and (2) assure the provision of assistance to all very low-income tenants of structures rehabilitated with assistance under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to reallocate grants and housing payment assistance based on the Secretary's assessment of each grantee's performance. Allows each grantee to shift up to 20 percent of the funds allocated from grants to housing payment assistance or vice versa. Requires grantees to submit annual performance reports and the Secretary to undertake annual reviews and audits of grantee performance. Permits the Secretary to adjust, reduce, or withdraw grants or assistance based on his or her findings. Requires a rental rehabilitation and development program to provide that: (1) grants shall only be used to rehabilitate or develop real property to be used primarily for residential rental property in neighborhoods where the median income does not exceed 80 percent of the median area income; (2) rehabilitated units shall meet housing standards for housing assistance payments under the United States Housing Act of 1937; (3) grant assistance shall not exceed 50 percent of the total rehabilitation or development cost, or 50 percent of such cost plus refinancing and acquisition costs in special circumstances; (4) assisted structures shall be exempt from State or local rent controls; (5) owners of assisted structures shall not discriminate against families receiving housing assistance payments; and (6) financing for an assisted structure shall require the borrower to be personally liable for repayment. Limits the amount of a grant for new construction or substantial rehabilitation to the amount required to provide decent rental or cooperative housing of modest design which is affordable to lower income families without other housing alternatives. Requires a project owner to: (1) enter agreements to assure the project's financial feasibility; (2) agree that for ten years after 50 percent of the project units are available at least 20 percent shall be occupied by lower income persons; and (3) agree, for ten years after project units are available for occupancy, to pass on to tenants any reduction in costs resulting from the assistance provided, not to discriminate against families receiving housing assistance payments, and not to convert the units to condominiums or cooperative units unaffordable for lower income families. Requires an owner who violates any such agreement to repay the total amount of assistance provided plus interest. Requires that an assisted project contain five or more units to be used for primarily residential purposes. Declares that mortgages on such projects are eligible for insurance under the National Housing Act. Requires rents charged for project units to be approved by the Secretary. Limits maximum rents to not more than 30 percent of the income of a family whose income equals 50 percent of the median area income. Exempts such projects from State or local rent controls. Directs a State to administer grants for cities with populations of less than 50,000 and for areas that do not qualify for direct grants and that are not eligible for rural housing assistance under the Housing Act of 1949. Permits a State to use such grant amounts to administer its own rental rehabilitation or development program, or to distribute amounts to local governments. Allows a city with a population exceeding 50,000 to elect to have a State administer its grant program and permits a State to elect to have the Secretary administer its grant program. Requires the Secretary to establish regulations governing relocation payments. Prohibits a State or local government from using grant funds for administrative expenses. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures that support national historical preservation objectives and that prohibit rehabilitation activities on historical structures unless certain standards are met or the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation is offered an opportunity to comment on such activities. Permits consortia of geographically proximate local governments to apply for grants. Establishes grant eligibility for such consortia with populations exceeding 50,000. Amends the National Housing Act to set forth coinsurance provisions for federally insured rental rehabilitation or development projects. Authorizes the Secretary, for purposes of insuring mortgages executed in connection with any purchase or refinancing of rental rehabilitation or development property, to: (1) include a specified amount of rehabilitation or development costs; (2) permit subordinated liens securing up to the full amount of mortgage financing provided by State or local governments; and (3) pay benefits in cash unless a mortgagee submits a written request for debenture payment. Title II: Community and Neighborhood Development - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for FY 1984 through 1986 for the community development block grant (CDBG) program, the urban development action grant (UDAG) program, and the special discretionary fund of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Earmarks a specified amount of the appropriations set aside for the discretionary fund for grants to Indian tribes. Requires the primary objective of the program of each CDBG recipient to be to benefit principally persons of low and moderate income. Conditions an entity's eligibility for a CDBG on the requirement for the use of funds taken as a whole, over a period not exceeding three years, to benefit principally such persons. Repeals the requirement that a State match ten percent of the CDBG funds provided to the State for nonentitlement areas (areas other than metropolitan areas and urban counties). Requires any State that elects after FY 1984 to administer such a small cities grant program to administer such program permanently. Requires the Secretary to administer the small cities grant program in any State that elects not to administer such program. Permits any State administering such a program to deduct from grant funds the first $100,000 of its expenses and 50 percent of its expenses exceeding $100,000, not to exceed two percent of the total grant amount. Requires grant amounts not received by a State because of its failure to comply with performance report or community development requirements to be added to amounts allocated to all States rather than the same State for the succeeding fiscal year. Allows a unit of local government that uses more than ten percent of its CDBG funds for public service expenditures in FY 1983 to allocate the greater of the same percentage or dollar amount of its CDBG funds for such expenditures in succeeding years. Requires any local government that receives a lump-sum drawdown of its CDBG to establish a revolving loan fund to make substantial expenditures from such fund within a specified period. Sets forth conditions under which a grantee may receive a lump sum advance of CDBG funds for a specific project. Requires a grant recipient to submit an annual performance and evaluation report on its activities to the Secretary and to make such report available to citizens in its jurisdiction. Directs the Secretary to: (1) encourage national associations of eligible grantees or States to recommend uniform recordkeeping and performance and evaluation reporting requirements for entitlement grantees and States; and (2) establish requirements based on approved recommendations. Allows the Secretary to guarantee loans to grantees only when such grantees cannot otherwise receive the financing needed for timely execution of their community development programs. Earmarks a specified amount of UDAG appropriations for technical assistance grants to States, municipal technical advisory services, and State associations of municipalities to assist cities with populations of less than 50,000 in developing and implementing programs eligible for UDAGs and in applying for such grants. Authorizes consortia of such cities to apply. Directs the Secretary to select criteria for a national competition for UDAGs. Authorizes UDAG eligibility for certain unincorporated portions of urban counties that are approved by the Secretary as identifiable communities. Revises activities eligible for CDBG funding to include the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, or installation of all public facilities, except buildings for the general conduct of government. Authorizes the Secretary to issue an advisory opinion that a proposed innovative or prototypical activity is an eligible activity. Declares that such eligibility shall not be challenged unless the activity is conducted in a different manner than that proposed by the Secretary. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to repeal provisions authorizing the Secretary to make rehabilitation loans directly to property owners and tenants. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1969 to repeal provisions authorizing the General Services Administration to transfer Federal surplus real property to the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture for sale or lease at fair value for use for low and moderate-income housing. Permits the transfer of property requested before enactment of this Act. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to repeal provisions that prohibit an urban renewal plan from providing for the construction of transient housing unless the community involved has obtained a transient housing study indicating a need for such housing. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 and the Housing Act of 1961 to repeal provisions requiring the Secretary's approval of the conversion of neighborhood facilities or open space land to uses not originally approved by the Secretary when awarding a grant for acquisition of such facilities or land. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to provide that, for purposes of CDBG eligibility, entities classified as metropolitan cities until the decennial census of 1980 indicated that their populations dropped below 50,000 shall continue to be classified as metropolitan cities until September 30, 1984. Declares that the entitlement status of an entity designated as a metropolitan area or central city of such area shall not be affected by a withdrawal of such designation without one year's prior notice of such withdrawal. Permits the population of a central city that falls below 50,000 during the funding period of an urban county to be included in such county before the expiration of such period. Requires CDBG recipients to include in proposed and final statements on community development objectives and the projected use of funds a description of the use of funds received in specified past periods and an assessment of the relationship of such use to the objectives proposed for such funds. Provides that, under certain conditions, the CDBG amount for a government formed by the consolidation of metropolitan cities and urban counties shall be equal to the sum of amounts such cities and counties would have received if they had not consolidated. Requires the Secretary to distribute any excess metropolitan city and urban county grant amounts in a fiscal year on a pro rata basis. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to qualified groups and groups designated by governmental units to assist such units in carrying out the CDBG and UDAG programs. Permits a local government to retain program income realized from CDBG funds if: (1) such income was realized after the initial disbursement of such funds; and (2) such government agrees to use such income for eligible community development activities. Provides that after September 1, 1983, UDAG funds set aside for small cities that remain unobligated for two years may be made available for grants to metropolitan cities and urban counties. Authorizes appropriations for the urban homesteading program for FY 1984 and 1985. Provides for the payment of consideration by a State or local government to the Secretary and by an individual or family to such government for real property transferred under an urban homesteading program. Requires such a government to remit to the Secretary 50 percent of any amount by which the consideration it receives for such property exceeds the consideration it paid for such property. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake a program to demonstrate the feasibility of using homesteading techniques to facilitate the reuse of multifamily properties owned by the Secretary for home ownership purposes. Directs the Secretary to convey suitable properties to State and local governments for subsequent transfer to individuals under a cooperative or condominium form of ownership. Requires the Secretary to undertake a program to demonstrate the feasibility of providing assistance to lower income families for the rehabilitation of conveyed property. Establishes the amount of such assistance on the basis of the payment standard for rental assistance payments under the United States Housing Act of 1937. Directs the Secretary to conduct a program to demonstrate the feasibility of providing assistance to State and local governments for the purchase of unoccupied real property that is improved by a one- to four-family dwelling and designated for use in a single-family homestead program. Requires the property to be conveyed under such program to a low- or moderate-income family or individual who agrees to: (1) repair all dangerous defects within one year; (2) make repairs or improvements necessary to meet applicable local buildings standards; and (3) occupy such property as a principal residence for at least five years. Directs the Secretary to evaluate the success of the demonstration as a method of increasing the stock of housing available for the homesteading program and to submit a report to Congress by March 1, 1985. Directs the Secretary to conduct a three-year demonstration program to determine the feasibility of supporting neighborhood development activities by providing Federal matching funds to certain nonprofit neighborhood development organizations on the basis of monetary support from the private sector. Limits the amount of grants that may be multiyear awards. Directs the Secretary to use a competitive process in selecting program participants. Requires that a selected participant: (1) demonstrate measurable achievements in certain neighborhood development activities; (2) specify a plan for accomplishing one or more of such activities; and (3) specify a strategy for achieving long term private sector support. Directs the Secretary to establish a Neighborhood Development Advisory Council to evaluate the applicants and recommend selections. Requires the Secretary to: (1) assign each participating organization a program year during which time voluntary private contributions shall be eligible for matching funds; and (2) establish a ratio of between one and ten Federal dollars matched for each dollar privately contributed, which the Secretary shall pay to each organization at the end of each three-month period of the organization's program year. Limits the maximum amount the Secretary may pay to any organization for a year to $50,000. Requires the Secretary to insure that: (1) assistance may be provided only if the local government of the neighborhood to be assisted certifies that such assistance is consistent with such government's objectives; and (2) eligible neighborhood development activities comply with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the activities carried out under the demonstration program, an evaluation of the program, and any findings or recommendations concerning the program. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Housing Assistance Programs - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to require the Secretary to allocate certain Federal housing assistance on the basis of a formula accounting for the relative needs of different States, areas, and communities. Repeals the requirement that between 20 and 25 percent of such assistance be allocated to metropolitan areas. Requires the Secretary to allocate authority for assistance under the housing assistance payment program of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for the rural housing preservation grant program. Directs the Secretary to accommodate the desires of State and local governments regarding the types of assistance to be provided within the limits of each area's allocation. Authorizes the Secretary to approve the use of such assistance for existing public housing projects. Authorizes the appropriation of funds from the Secretary's discretionary housing fund for emergency shelter assistance grants to local governments, Indian tribes, and nonprofit organizations. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to establish FY 1984 limitations on reservations of authority for assistance to public housing agencies for annual contribution contracts for specified lower income housing assistance programs. Permits public housing agency annual contribution contracts using a payment standard for family-selected existing housing. Establishes such payment standard as the maximum monthly rent that an owner of an existing dwelling may receive for a unit assisted under such a contract. Revises procedures for selecting tenants for such units to establish a preference for families that pay more than 50 percent of their incomes as rent. Allows a public housing agency to adjust assistance payments to such an owner by up to 20 percent of the maximum monthly rent or payment standard for categories of families or for an individual family, provided such agency certifies to the Secretary that it has consulted the local government and public and determined that such adjustment is required. Requires the Secretary to establish and publish payment standards for various sizes and types of dwelling units in each market area and to use such standards to determine monthly assistance amounts under annual contribution contracts. Requires such standards to: (1) be established at the forty-fifth percentile of rents for recently rented units (excluding public housing units and units not meeting quality standards) unless such rents are found to be excessive; (2) be adjusted if the appropriate public housing agency provides information indicating that an excessive time is required for assisted families to rent standard quality units; and (3) include an amount for utilities. Sets the monthly assistance payment for an eligible family at the lowest of: (1) the amount by which the applicable payment standard exceeds 30 percent of the family's monthly adjusted income; (2) the amount by which the unit rent exceeds ten percent of the family's monthly income; or (3) the amount by which the lower of the rent or the payment standard exceeds a portion of the family's welfare assistance payment as designated by the Secretary. Requires a family to be a very low-income family or a family previously assisted in order to receive such assistance. Establishes preferences for families which occupy substandard housing, are involuntarily displaced, or are paying more than 50 percent of their incomes for rent. Authorizes the Secretary to override such preferences and use authority provided for such assistance for families: (1) previously assisted through annual contribution contracts; (2) occupying units in formerly assisted projects acquired by the Secretary; or (3) occupying dwellings to be rehabilitated under the rental rehabilitation and development program set forth in title I of this Act. Limits the duration of the initial term of a contract for annual contributions for such assistance payments to 60 months. Requires the public housing agency to inspect each unit before any payment is made and at least annually during the contract term to assure compliance with housing quality standards. Authorizes an agency to increase the assistance payments annually to assure continued affordability. Requires contracts for such assistance to provide ten percent more annual contributions than the estimated assistance required during the first year. Authorizes the use of amounts not needed for increases to provide assistance for other families. Permits a public housing agency to commit up to five percent of the payment standard assistance authority for assistance to low-income mutual or cooperative housing if such commitment will assist in maintaining the affordability of such housing for low-income families. Sets forth provisions governing payment standard assistance for families renting manufactured homes, spaces, or both. Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to exempt the establishment of the specific amounts for fair market rents or payment standards from congressional review procedures. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to allow the Secretary to establish an income ceiling higher or lower than 50 percent of the area median income when defining "very low-income families" for purposes of the housing assistance programs if such a variation is necessary because of unusually high or low family incomes. Excludes the value of food stamps from a family's income for purposes of such programs. Requires the adjusted income of an elderly family to exclude medical expenses exceeding three percent of the family's income. Requires the Secretary to identify the portion (not to exceed 30 percent) of a family's welfare payment that a family shall pay as a minimum rent under such programs. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for delayed application or staged implementation of procedures for determining rents or tenant contributions under housing assistance programs as required by specified provisions of this Act or the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1981 with respect to all tenants occupying assisted housing units on or before the effective date of regulations implementing the payment standard assistance program under this Act. Prohibits any annual rent or contribution increase exceeding ten percent for such tenants as a result of such provisions or any other change in Federal law. Subjects tenants who were not occupying assisted housing on such effective date to immediate rent payment or contribution determinations in accordance with such provisions, but limits any annual increase in their rent on contribution resulting from any future change in future law to ten percent. Excludes housing assistance from treatment as income in other Federal programs. Establishes within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a Public Housing Accreditation Commission to: (1) establish accreditation standards for the management of public housing agencies in the operation of lower income housing projects and the administration of Federal assistance; (2) establish evaluation procedures; (3) establish sanctions and remedies for agencies that fail to become accredited or that lose accreditation; and (4) make recommendations to the Secretary on the training of agency officials on distinguishing between preventive maintenance funding (funded as part of operating subsidies) and major systems replacement funding (eligible for HUD discretionary grants). Directs the Commission to: (1) determine the period of accreditation; (2) establish a mechanism for terminating an agency's accreditation and a procedure for appealing adverse determinations by the Commission; and (3) establish a system of evaluation by public housing agency officials. Requires the Commission to publish its proposed standards and procedures in the Federal Register for public comment. Directs the Secretary to accept or reject each proposal. Requires the Commission to publish final standards and procedures by October 1, 1984, and to begin evaluating public housing agencies by January 1, 1985. Permits the Commission to charge fees for the evaluation of public housing agencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 for assistance to public housing agencies for the operation of lower income housing projects. Sets forth requirements for the performance funding system used to determine assistance amounts, including requirements that: (1) expense levels be adjusted annually for inflation; (2) agencies share savings in energy costs with the Secretary; (3) funds received by an agency from sources other than rents be excluded from income in determining allowable subsidies; (4) no assistance be provided for vacant or deprogrammed units; and (5) accredited agencies receive payments for a repair and maintenance fund. Authorizes an accredited public housing agency to receive a contract providing for operating assistance and replacement allowances for the term of accreditation, not to exceed three years. Declares that such a contract shall: (1) require the agency to submit data annually to enable the Secretary and the Commission to determine such agency's compliance with applicable requirements; (2) grant the agency maximum flexibility to establish and implement financial, management, and operating procedures; and (3) not be affected by the receipt of additional assistance by such agency. Limits to one year, with a one-year authorized extension, the length of a contract for operating assistance for an agency that fails to earn or loses its accreditation. Prohibits such an agency from receiving any other Federal assistance without the Secretary's approval. Permits the Secretary to waive limitations on the operation of the major system replacement fund in order to correct physical problems. Requires the imposition of Commission sanctions or remedies. Directs the Secretary to establish a major systems fund for the purpose of making grants to public housing agencies for the costs of replacing or repairing building systems or improving management systems that are not covered by annual contribution contracts for operating assistance. Directs the Secretary to provide the maximum amount of comprehensive improvement assistance available to public housing agencies before their first accreditation evaluations to assure that housing units meet habitability standards and that the maximum number of agencies receive accreditation. Repeals the comprehensive improvement assistance program on October 1, 1985, except for those agencies that have never become accredited due to failure to meet physical quality standards for housing units. Permits the Secretary to approve the demolition of a public housing project or a portion thereof if the project is unusable and cannot be restored feasibly. Allows the Secretary to approve the disposition of such a project or portion if: (1) the property's retention is not in the best interest of the tenants or the public housing agency due to health and safety factors or because disposition allows the acquisition, development, or rehabilitation of more effective or efficient lower income housing projects; or (2) the portion involved is nonresidential property the disposition of which will not interfere with continued operation of the project; and (3) the proceeds will be used to pay off development and modernization costs of the project and to provide other types of lower income housing assistance. Conditions the approval of such demolition or disposition on requirements that: (1) affected tenants be consulted; (2) displaced tenants be provided assistance by the agency to relocate to other decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing of their choice to the maximum extent practicable. Prohibits the Secretary from entering into contracts for: (1) annual contributions regarding obligations financing public housing projects, unless such obligations are exempt from taxation; or (2) periodic payments to the Federal Financing Bank to offset its costs in purchasing obligations issued by public housing agencies to finance housing projects. Amends the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to require that a rental or cooperative housing project be covered by a federally insured mortgage to be eligible for operating assistance for troubled multifamily projects. Amends the National Housing Act to extend through September 30, 1985, the period during which amounts in the rental housing assistance fund may be approved for such operating assistance. Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to direct the Secretary: (1) when selecting projects for elderly and handicapped housing loans, to assure the inclusion of special design features and congregate space necessary for elderly and handicapped residents; and (2) to encourage the provision of small and scattered group homes and independent living centers for nonelderly handicapped persons. Allows any project sponsor to voluntarily provide funds from other sources for appropriate amenities if they are not financed or subsidized with Federal money. Increases the Treasury borrowing authority and authorizes direct loan authority for a specified number of units under such program for FY 1984. Amends the Congregate Housing Services Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations for the congregate housing services program for FY 1984 through 1986. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to repeal provisions concerning assistance payments to owners for the construction or substantial rehabilitation of lower income housing projects, except with respect to projects for the elderly and handicapped. Older Americans' Housing Demonstration Act of 1983 - Directs the Secretary to carry out during FY 1984 a program for the development, demonstration, and evaluation of improved methods of assisting older homeowners who wish to: (1) sell their homes but are unable to purchase or rent a smaller unit; or (2) stay in their homes but are unable to pay utility, tax, repair, and maintenance costs. Directs the Secretary to assure that a broad spectrum of senior citizens, localities, and project types is represented by the groups selected to receive assistance. Sets forth the required scope of such demonstration projects. Directs the Secretary to coordinate and jointly target resources with other appropriate agencies (such as the Administration on Aging of the Department of Health and Human Services). Directs the Secretary to submit a report to Congress by December 31, 1984, on the activities conducted under such program. Earmarks a specified amount of the authority available for the Secretary's discretionary fund for such program during FY 1984. Amends the National Housing Act and the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary to offer to amend contracts entered into with owners of rental housing projects assisted but not insured under such Acts to provide sufficient payments to cover rent increases and changes in the incomes of tenants occupying such projects before enactment of this Act. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 to revise provisions limiting housing assistance to certain aliens to: (1) prohibit the provision of such assistance to any family unless the head of the family and the majority of its members are citizens or resident aliens of the United States who meet prescribed requirements; and (2) authorize assistance to be continued for up to six months for a family found to be ineligible in order to permit such family to adjust its eligibility status or to obtain alternative housing. Prohibits federally assisted rental housing projects for the elderly or handicapped from forbidding tenants to have pets or discriminating against persons having pets. Permits a project authority to require the removal of a pet that constitutes a threat to the health or safety of project occupants or other persons in the community. Amends the Housing Act of 1950 to require the rate of interest charged on Federal loans made to educational institutions for the construction or purchase of student housing facilities to be the higher (currently, lower) of: (1) three percent annually; or (2) the Treasury borrowing rate plus one quarter of one percent. Title IV: Insurance Programs - Amends the National Housing Act to extend the authority for the Federal crime and riot insurance programs. Requires the Federal Insurance Administrator to notify participating insurers of the termination of such authority as of September 30, 1983. Transfers specified functions of the Secretary concerning such programs and the Federal flood insurance program to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the authority for the national flood insurance program. Declares that the expiration of such authority shall not affect the continued availability of insurance to communities participating in the program or to property owners who had a flood insurance contract in effect immediately prior to such expiration. Directs the Secretary to estimate the risk premium rate for an area on the basis of flood-risk zones established by the appropriate flood hazard boundary map. Requires the Secretary to conduct studies and establish by August 1, 1983, risk premium rates for types and classes of properties insured under emergency implementation of the program. Confers original exclusive jurisdiction on the appropriate U.S. district court for actions disputing claims against insurers under such program. Authorizes FEMA to make a grant to a nonprofit agency, educational institution, or State or local agency to finance a study of the feasibility of expanding the national flood insurance program to cover damage or loss arising from sinkholes. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Rural Housing - Rural Housing Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to revise the definitions of "low-income families and persons" and "very low-income families and persons" to correspond with such definitions under the United States Housing Act of 1937. Requires that at least 40 percent of all dwelling units financed by a rural housing loan through the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) and at least 30 percent of such units in each State be available only for very low-income persons and families. Authorizes such loans for manufactured homes and lots meeting specified safety standards and installation, structural, and site requirements, whether such homes and lots are real property, personal property, or both. Deletes provisions: (1) limiting the interest rate charged on such loans; (2) requiring loans to be conditioned on the borrower paying any fees and charges specified by the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter in the title referred to as the Secretary) and prepaying any taxes and insurance to the Secretary as an escrow agent; and (3) authorizing the Secretary to guarantee rural housing loans made by private lenders. Authorizes the Secretary to make a loan, grant, or combined loan and grant to an eligible very low-income applicant to improve or modernize a rural dwelling, to make the dwelling safer or more sanitary, to remove hazards, regardless of whether such applicant is eligible for rural housing loans for adequate or potentially adequate farms. Sets maximum loan or grant amounts at limits determined by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to permit demonstrations involving innovative housing units that do not meet published standards or regulations if the Secretary finds that the health and safety of the population of the area will not be adversely affected. Limits aggregate expenditures for such demonstrations in a fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress annually on such demonstrations. Requires the Secretary to approve a residential building as meeting standards required for rural housing assistance if the building meets the minimum standards prescribed by the Secretary the minimum property standards required for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance, the standards of any of the voluntary national model building codes, or the standards for manufactured housing prescribed under this Act. Permits the Secretary to refuse to finance a building that exceeds design or other limitations prescribed by the Secretary to avoid excessive costs. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer certain rural property purchased at foreclosure sales to nonprofit organizations or public bodies for use as rental or cooperative units for the elderly or handicapped or other low-income persons in rural areas. Provides for mortgages on such properties containing repayment terms of up to 50 years. Permits the transfer of such property at the lesser of the appraised value or the FmHA's investment if the transfer will provide housing for persons of very low-income. Sets forth limitations on, and authorizes appropriations for, specified rural housing programs for FY 1984. Extends until September 30, 1984, the authority of the Secretary to: (1) insure loans for rural housing for elderly or handicapped persons and other persons of low income; (2) make and insure loans for housing on adequate farms; and (3) make grants for programs and loans for property acquisition to assist needy low-income families in carrying out mutual or self-help housing efforts. Directs the Secretary to consider the value of a person's assets in determining the person's income for purposes of eligibility for occupying financed housing for elderly or handicapped families of low or moderate income and other families of low income in rural areas. Requires the Secretary to assure that such financed, newly constructed housing is modest in design and does not contain living space exceeding the space necessary for the expected number of occupants. Prohibits the Secretary from entering into a contract to finance such a newly contructed project if project units exceed size standards. Prescribes limitations on rent increases for assisted newly constructed or substantially rehabilitated housing. Permits the Secretary to approve increases in the costs of proposed projects only for unforeseen factors beyond the owner's control, design changes required by the Secretary or local government, or approved changes in financing. Directs the Secretary to give preference for assistance to projects to be located on suitable land provided by State or local governments if awarding such preference will be cost effective. Limits the percentage of financed project units that may be leased to individuals other than individuals of very low income. Prohibits the leasing of project units to persons other than low-income persons. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans to owners to convert single family residences to two or more rental units. Eliminates certain loan interest rate limitations. Authorizes the Secretary to insure loans for detached units for cooperative housing. Requires a borrower, in order to obtain a loan or loan insurance, to submit a market survey that indicates a need for very low- and low-income housing in the community. Includes as housing which qualifies for assistance any manufactured home park where the lots or lots and homes are available to eligible occupants. Limits the amount of a loan for housing on an adequate farm to the amount necessary to provide adequate housing that is of moderate size, design, and cost. Directs the Secretary: (1) to establish and maintain part of the Rural Housing Insurance Fund as a reserve against losses on insured loans; and (2) upon submission of the Federal budget, to transmit to Congress a report setting forth the amount proposed for such reserve and the estimated amount required to provide interest credits during the life of loans made and proposed to be made from the Fund. Provides for the accounting treatment of Certificates of Beneficial Ownership. Directs the Secretary to prescribe: (1) rules that encourage the rehabilitation or purchase of existing buildings to provide economical housing; and (2) criteria to assure that assistance is first provided to the persons with the greatest need residing in the most rural areas. Limits or increases to, generally, 30 percent of adjusted income the maximum rent contribution of tenants receiving rental assistance in certain rural housing projects. Prohibits any annual increase of over ten percent in a tenant's contribution unless the increase is attributable to an increase in the tenant's income. Lists priorities for the use of funds available for such rental assistance contracts. Repeals provisions that: (1) authorize the Secretary to provide housing for rural residents who are enrolled in training courses designed to improve their employment capability; (2) permit the Secretary to cancel repayment of part of a loan provided for the expenses of planning and obtaining financing for the rehabilitation or construction of housing under a rural housing program; and (3) provide for the continued availability of funds appropriated for such loans. Prohibits the Secretary from refusing to make or insure a loan to a low- or moderate-income family for the purchase of a condominimum unit in a rural area, or a blanket loan for a project of such units, unless: (1) the Secretary determines that the project or units are higher in cost on a per unit basis than single-family detached units in the same area; or (2) the project or units do not meet other prescribed requirements. Prohibits the Secretary from making such loans that would result in the displacement of low- or very low-income families, unless such families are provided relocation assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) act as an agent of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to recommend insurance of any mortgage meeting FHA mortgage insurance requirements; and (2) utilize funds available for rural housing rental assistance to assist mortgagors who are low-income persons in reducing their required downpayments or monthly payments on such mortgage loans by providing a lump-sum payment or credit at the time of purchase. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the rehabilitation of: (1) single-family housing in rural areas that is owned by low- and very low-income persons; and (2) multifamily rental properties serving low- and very low-income persons in rural areas. Authorizes the Secretary to provide rental assistance payments at the request of grantees to minimize the displacement of very low-income tenants of units to be rehabilitated. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to allocate grant funds among States on the basis of the rural population and the extent of poverty and substandard housing in rural areas of each State relative to all States. Sets forth provisions governing the allocation of rental assistance payments, and procedures for the selection of grantees. Requires each grant applicant to submit a Statement of its activities containing a description of its proposed rehabilitation program. Includes among the criteria the Secretary shall use to evaluate the statements the extent to which each program would: (1) serve very low-income families while minimizing their displacement; and (2) alleviate overcrowding in rural residences inhabited by low- and very low-income families. Limits the amount of assistance provided for a structure under any program to not more than 50 percent of the total rehabilitation costs for that structure. Prohibits the owner of an assisted structure from refusing to rent a structure unit to a family solely because the family is receiving Federal rental assistance payments under the United States Housing Act of 1937. Directs the Secretary to review each grantee's performance at least annually and to adjust, reduce, or withdraw assistance provided as appropriate. Sets forth special requirements for proposed rehabilitation involving historic structures. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress annual reports on the success and use of funds under such grant and assistance program. Prohibits FmHA rules from becoming effective unless they have been published for public comment in the Federal Register for at least 60 days. Requires the Secretary to transmit to specified congressional committees a copy of each such rule when it is sent to the Federal Register. Provides an exemption for rules certified to be emergency rules. Title VI: Program Amendments and Extensions - Amends the National Housing Act to extend through September 30, 1985, the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure housing loans and mortgages under specified insurance programs contained in such Act. Terminates the Secretary's authority to insure mortgages for: (1) servicemen after May 20, 1983; and (2) mortgagors qualifying for home ownership assistance payments under such Act after September 30, 1984. Authorizes the Secretary to insure mortgages for public hospitals. Authorizes the appropriation of such funds as may be necessary to cover losses sustained by the General Insurance Fund. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 to authorize appropriations for research activities of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for FY 1983 through 1985. Repeals specified provisions that authorize special assistance and emergency mortgage purchase functions of the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA). Amends the National Housing Act to repeal the Secretary's authority to establish maximum interest rates on Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans. Provides that housing mortgages or loans insured under programs that are extended beyond FY 1983, with specified exceptions, shall bear interest at such rate as may be agreed upon by the borrower and the lender. (Currently, the Secretary sets or approves such interest rates within prescribed limits.) Continues the authority of the Secretary to set the maximum interest rate for insured mortgages of mortgagors receiving home ownership assistance payments. Authorizes the Secretary to agree to an extension of the term of an insured mortgage on property or land to be improved or developed, upon determining that unusual circumstances make such extension necessary to avoid undue hardship to the mortgagor. Amends the Multifamily Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1981 to direct the Secretary to provide rental assistance payments to tenants displaced following the foreclosure sale of a multifamily project mortgage held by the Secretary. Limits the aggregate amount of commitments that the Government National Mortgage Association may make to guarantee mortgage backed securities during FY 1984. Limits the amount of loans and mortgages that the Secretary may enter commitments to insure during FY 1984. Repeals a provision of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1977 that requires the Secretary to publish prototype housing costs for each housing market area of the United States. Amends the National Housing Act to increase the maximum amounts of loans for purchasing manufactured homes and lots that may be insured under the FHA program. Allows the Secretary to increase such maximum amounts for an area but not to exceed the percentage by which the maximum insurable amount for a one-family home in that area is increased. (Currently, such increase is limited to $7500.) Allows a qualified owner-occupant of a manufactured home and lot purchased without FHA insurance to refinance such home through an FHA-insured loan, provided the home was constructed in accordance with standards established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974. Allows the provision of FHA insurance for a mortgage having a principal obligation of up to 97 percent of the appraised value of not more than $50,000 of property on which a one- to four-family dwelling is located, provided the Secretary reports to Congress that such loan-to-value ratio will not adversely affect the actuarial soundness of the FHA mortgage insurance program. Increases the amount of the principal obligation of a mortgage executed by a non-occupant mortgagor which is eligible for FHA insurance. Authorizes the Secretary to fix mortgage insurance premiums separately for the different alternative mortgages, subject to the limitation of one percent of the outstanding principal obligation per year. Authorizes the Secretary to insure, on a coinsurance basis, a specified number of mortgage loans for the purchase and construction of shell homes for occupancy by the buyers. Directs the Secretary to encourage buyers to contribute the value of their labor as equity in the property. Authorizes the Secretary to provide mortgage insurance benefits to a mortgagee without requiring conveyance of the title to the insured property if: (1) the property is sold at foreclosure for at least its fair market value and the proceeds of the sale are deducted from the value of the mortgage; and (2) all claims of the mortgagee relating to the mortgage are assigned to the Secretary. Makes it discretionary (rather than mandatory) for the Secretary to regulate the rents and rate of return on HUD-insured housing projects and to provide such insurance primarily to projects providing for families with children. Permits the Secretary to insure mortgages of manufactured home parks designed exclusively for the elderly. Eliminates special limitations on the amount of a mortgage involving refinancing for rehabilitation purposes which qualifies for FHA insurance. Authorizes the Secretary to direct mortgagees exercising their option to assign certain insured mortgages to the Secretary, to deliver the mortgages and original credit installments directly to the Government National Mortgage Association in lieu of the Secretary. Authorizes the Association to hold and service such loans as agent for the Secretary. Eliminates the option of mortgagees to assign such insured mortgages to the Secretary with respect to a commitment to insure entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. Eliminates the requirement that a condominium meet one of the following conditions to qualify for FHA insurance: (1) the project containing the condominium is or has been federally insured; (2) there are less than 12 units in the project; or (3) if the project has 12 or more units, it is more than one year old. Deletes the additional condition that the mortgagor acquire the condominium for his or her own use and occupancy and not own more than four units covered by insured mortgages. Adds a condition that at least 80 percent of the units with insured mortgages be occupied by the mortgagors or comortgagors. Allows insurable mortgage limits to equal those for a single-family home in the area. Prohibits the provision of insurance for converted rental units unless: (1) the conversion occurred more than one year prior to the application for insurance; (2) the mortgagor was a tenant of the rental unit; or (3) the conversion is sponsored by an organization representing the majority of project households. Extends the Secretary's authority to insure graduated payment mortgages. Eliminates the requirements that a mortgagor must be unable to afford a dwelling under any other mortgage insurance program and must not have owned a dwelling within the previous three years in order to qualify for graduated payment mortgage insurance. Deletes restrictions on the number of graduated payment mortgages which may be insured during a year. Provides authority for the Secretary to insure graduated payment mortgages for housing projects consisting of five or more dwelling units. Authorizes the Secretary to insure a limited number of adjustable rate mortgages for dwellings designed for occupancy by one to four families (single-family homes). Permits annual interest rate adjustments of not to exceed one percent through adjustments in the monthly payment, the outstanding principal balance, the mortgage term, or a combination of these factors. Prohibits: (1) extending the mortgage term beyond 40 years; or (2) increasing the interest rate by more than five percentage points over the mortgage term. Directs the Secretary to require the mortgagee to provide information to the mortgagor describing the features and maximum possible payment schedule for an adjustable rate mortgage. Authorizes the Secretary to insure a specified number of shared appreciation mortgages for single-family homes, cooperative housing stock, and multifamily housing projects. Provides that the mortgagee's share of a property's or stock's net appreciated value shall be paid upon the sale or transfer of the property or stock or payment in full of the mortgage, whichever comes first. Excludes a mortgagee's share of the net appreciated value from the mortgagee's insurance benefits in the event of a default. Directs the Secretary: (1) to prescribe consumer protection and disclosure requirements applicable to shared appreciation mortgages; and (2) in insuring such mortgages, to give a priority to low- and moderate-income tenants affected by the conversion of rental housing to condominium or cooperative ownership. Exempts such mortgages from State authority. Requires a shared appreciation mortgage on a multifamily housing project to have a mortgage term of at least 15 years and to be repayable in monthly installments needed to retire the debt over 30 years. Directs the Secretary to establish the maximum percentage of net appreciated value of a multifamily housing project that is payable as the mortgagee's share. Authorizes the Secretary to insure certain housing loans which do not completely amortize over the loan term. Authorizes the Secretary to insure a specified number of home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners on a demonstration basis. Declares that such a mortgage shall: (1) be secured by a first lien on property designed as a one-family residence; (2) provide for periodic or lump sum payments to the homeowner based upon accumulated equity; (3) have a fixed or variable term or provide for the lender and the homeowner to share the appreciation in the value of the property; (4) become due on a specified date after disbursement of the full principal amount or when a specific event occurs such as the sale of the property or the death of the homeowner; (5) allow prepayment without penalty; and (6) provide for a fixed or adjustable interest rate. Lists other conditions for insurance eligibility. Establishes the eligibility of mortgagees for insurance benefits. Directs the Secretary to require mortgagees to provide a written explanation of the features of a home equity conversion mortgage to any applicant. Preempts State regulation of certain aspects of such a mortgage. Authorizes the Secretary to take any actions necessary to: (1) provide a mortgagor with funds to which the mortgagor is entitled but which the mortgagor has not received under an insured mortgage because the party responsible for payment has defaulted; and (2) obtain repayment of such funds. Directs the Secretary to evaluate such equity conversion mortgage program and report to Congress on: (1) the appropriate types of mortgages for such program; (2) any State or local laws which must be preempted; (3) appropriate changes in FHA insurance; (4) any risk to the FHA or mortgagors of such programs; (5) whether such program has improved the financial situation or met the special needs of participating elderly homeowners and included any safeguards to offset the risks to mortgagors; and (6) the potential for acceptance of such program in the private market. Prohibits the Secretary from accepting an offer from an owner of an assisted multifamily housing project to prepay the project mortgage unless: (1) the Secretary determines that the project no longer meets a need for low-income rental housing in the area or that the needs of the families in the project could be met more effectively through other Federal assistance programs; (2) the tenants are notified of, and provided an opportunity to comment on, such prepayment; and (3) there is a relocation plan to provide comparable housing to displaced tenants. Directs the Secretary to give priority for rental assistance payments to tenants of projects whose owners do not need the Secretary's approval for prepayment. Requires the owners who receive such additional assistance to maintain the low-income character of the project for the remaining term of the mortgage to the extent that assistance is provided. Authorizes the Secretary to make expenditures to correct or provide compensation for structural defects in an FHA-insured single-family home for which a Veterans Administration loan guaranty was approved prior to construction. Requires payment to the Government of mortgage insurance premiums promptly: (1) upon their receipt from the borrower with respect to mortgages on single-family homes; and (2) when due to the Secretary with respect to mortgages on multifamily housing projects. Authorizes appropriations for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for FY 1983 through 1985. Authorizes the Secretary to insure loans on units of a cooperative housing project constructed more than one year before the application for such insurance was submitted if the Secretary does not disapprove the underlying financing of such project. Eliminates the requirement that projects be nonprofit to qualify for insurance. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with the National Institute of Building Sciences to implement procedures for reviewing and accepting building systems and materials for use in structures approved for Federal loan or mortgage insurance. Authorizes the Secretary, on a demonstration basis, to provide mortgage insurance for certain single-family homes through reinsurance contracts with private mortgage insurance companies. Sets forth contract requirements. Directs the Secretary to evaluate such demonstration program and report to Congress on the possible effect on the characteristics of the pool of mortgages remaining wholly under the General Insurance Fund and the actuarial soundness of the Fund under those conditions. Provides for the liquidation of the new communities program authorized by the Housing and Urban Development Acts of 1968 and 1970. Authorizes the transfer of the assets and liabilities of the new communities revolving fund to HUD's revolving fund (liquidating programs). Cancels the duty of the Secretary to repay the principal and interest on obligations issued to the Treasury to finance such programs. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to authorize the corporations formed to build and rehabilitate housing for low- and moderate-income families to acquire and finance such housing. Authorizes the corporations and the national housing partnerships to: (1) manufacture products and services for use in connection with such housing; and (2) engage in commercial facilities which are ancillary to housing projects to the level of 15 percent of the corporation's or partnership's activity. Title VII: Homeowners' Relief - Unemployed Homeowners' Relief Act of 1983 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, acting through GNMA, to guarantee the timely payment of the principal and interest on junior mortgage loans made to assist homeowners in avoiding foreclosure on their mortgage loans. Restricts eligibility for such junior mortgage loan guarantees to mortgagors who: (1) have lost income as a result of involuntary unemployment or underemployment due to adverse economic conditions and are, therefore, unable to make full mortgage payments; (2) are in default on mortgages on their principal residence; and (3) maintained good mortgage payment practice prior to becoming unemployed or underemployed. Prohibits the Secretary from providing assistance for a mortgage unless: (1) the property securing the mortgage is a one-family residence that is the mortgagor's principal residence; (2) the mortgage is not insured by the FHA or the FmHA; and (3) the original principal obligation of the loan does not exceed FHA mortgage limits. Permits the Secretary to make such a guarantee only if: (1) foreclosure would result without such assistance; and (2) there is a reasonable prospect that the mortgagor will be able to resume making full mortgage payments. Limits the amount of a guaranteed loan to the amount required to cover the payments due under the first and any other senior mortgage for three months preceding, and up to 24 months following, the date of the loan. Requires that the mortgagor make partial payments of up to five percent of such payments during the period of the guaranteed loan. Conditions any junior mortgage loan guarantee on agreement by the lender to: (1) assume the first ten percent of any loss; (2) place the loan proceeds in escrow for payments on the first mortgage, interest payments to the lender, and prepayment of principal on the guaranteed loan; and (3) pay the mortgagor any amounts remaining in escrow after fulfillment of all obligations of the guaranteed loan. Requires the Secretary to guarantee the timely payment of interest before the mortgagor's repayment obligation begins and of principal and interest thereafter for any guaranteed junior mortgage loan that is sold to investors. Requires a mortgagor to begin repaying any guaranteed loan not later than the end of 24 months after the date the loan was executed and to pay the loan in full within 12 years. Directs the Secretary to make a guarantee under this Act upon a lender's certification that: (1) the loan and the mortgagor meet the requirements of this Act; (2) the mortgage is secured by a lien on the mortgagor's principal residence; and (3) the lender has provided credit counseling to the buyer. Directs the Secretary and certain Federal supervisory agencies to: (1) waive or relax limitations on the operations of financial institutions and other mortgagees in order to cause or encourage forebearance in residential mortgage loan foreclosures; and (2) direct mortgagees to inform mortgagors involved in foreclosure proceedings of the assistance available under this title. Allows the Secretary to impose a one percent fee for any guarantee under this title.

A bill to amend the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to establish a minimum level of guarantee and insurance authority.

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1983

Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make commitments to guarantee or insure loans in the full amount provided by law for any loan guarantee or insurance program subject only to: (1) the availability of qualified applicants; and (2) limitations in appropriation Acts.

A bill to amend title V of the Housing Act of 1949 to establish a minimum level of guarantee and insurance authority.

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1983

Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make commitments to guarantee or insure loans for housing and buildings on adequate farms in the full amount provided by law subject only to: (1) the availability of qualified applicants; and (2) limitations in appropriation Acts.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 relating to industrial development bonds used for residential rental housing in mixed-use structures.

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1983

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax-exempt treatment (interest excluded from gross income) for industrial development bonds used for residential rental housing in mixed-use structures.

A bill to improve the method of verifying the income of individuals and families receiving assistance pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937.

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1983

Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the verification and semiannual review of the income of each family in a public housing project. (Currently, the incomes of only a random sample of families are verified and only annual income reviews are required.)

A joint resolution to designate October 2 through October 9, 1983, as "National Housing Week".

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1983

Authorizes the President to designate October 2 through October 9, 1983, as National Housing Week.

A joint resolution to provide for the temporary extension of certain insurance programs relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1983

Amends the National Housing Act to extend certain Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance and assistance programs. Extends the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to set maximum interest rates on certain mortgage insurance programs. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend certain Farmers Home Administration mortgage insurance programs and mutual and self-help housing programs. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the national flood insurance program. Amends the National Housing Act to extend the national riot reinsurance and crime insurance programs. Amends the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to exempt Corporation securities from Securities and Exchange Commission regulations. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 to direct the Secretary to extend the annual contributions contracts for the experimental housing allowance supply program through September 30, 1994, solely to provide assistance for homeowners participating in such program on June 1, 1983.

Indian Housing Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1983

Indian Housing Act of 1983 - Declares it to be the policy of the United States to provide grants, financing, and loan guarantees to assist Indians in obtaining decent, safe, and sanitary housing. Title I: Indian Housing Improvement Program - Establishes an Indian housing improvement program to make grants or provide assistance to preserve existing housing, make repairs, and construct or acquire standard housing for Indians. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, upon application of an Indian tribe or individual, to make grants or provide assistance to Indian families ineligible for housing assistance under titles II or III of this Act because of low income or extremely isolated circumstances. Requires that grants or assistance under this title be consistent with plans and priorities established by tribes. Authorizes the Secretary, in providing such assistance, to: (1) make direct grants to individual Indians; (2) enter into agreements with tribes or tribal housing agencies; (3) contract with private construction firms; or (4) have repairs or new construction performed directly by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Authorizes a tribe or tribal housing agency, with respect to such agreements, to require an assisted family to make a monthly payment, not to exceed the amount of an administrative charge or an amount satisfactory to the Secretary, to be used solely for tribal housing-related activities. Permits grants or assistance under this title to be used, under specified conditions, to finance: (1) minor repairs and additions (under $5,000); (2) major repairs, renovations, and enlargements; and (3) the construction or acquisition of new standard housing. Requires appropriate insurance for such housing, unless waived by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to insure that a lien upon fee land is recorded under appropriate State law whenever a house on such land is constructed, acquired, or repaired pursuant to this title. Prohibits the Secretary from approving the sale or lease of trust land upon which a house is so located, constructed, acquired, or repaired unless: (1) funds provided under this title are reimbursed to the United States in an amount equal to the initial cost reduced by ten percent per year; and (2) the tribe has first refusal on the sale of houses located on tribal land. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title in FY 1984 through FY 1987. Title II: Indian Housing Finance Fund - Establishes an Indian housing finance fund to provide financing to Indian tribes for the construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation of standard housing for Indian families who are: (1) unable to obtain financing from other sources on reasonable terms and conditions; (2) not eligible for assistance under title III of this Act; and (3) able to meet the minimum monthly payment required by this title. Requires a tribe, as a prerequisite for eligibility for financing from the fund, to submit a tribal housing plan for approval by the Secretary. Sets forth required inclusions in such plan and in applications for financing from the fund. Sets forth criteria upon which applications shall be evaluated and approved. Requires that tribal housing agencies be established to implement housing project agreements. Sets forth requirements for project agreements. Empowers the Secretary, under conditions specified in the project agreement, to attach any obligated or unobligated funds held by the United States in trust for the benefit of any Indian or Indian tribe. Prohibits the Secretary from rejecting an application or refusing to enter into a project agreement, and prohibits a tribal housing agency from refusing to execute a housing assistance contract, on the basis that a tribe or Indian family has no trust funds to its credit. Provides for a period of notice, prior to attachment of trust funds, during which a tribe may: (1) pay the amount in default; (2) negotiate a repayment schedule; or (3) institute administrative appeals. Sets forth requirements relating to: (1) disbursements from the fund; (2) construction or acquisition contracts; (3) final plans and specifications; (4) fee titles and leases; and (5) land purchases. Sets forth provisions for: (1) housing assistance contracts between eligible Indian families and tribal housing agencies; (2) minimum monthly payments to such agencies by such families; and (3) residual receipts to be deposited into the fund by such agencies. Makes tribal housing agencies responsible for implementation of monitoring and construction inspection procedures. Makes the technical staff of the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services responsible for providing recommendations to the Secretary with respect to the adequacy of such procedures to assure compliance with minimum housing standards and project plans and specifications. Sets forth bonding requirements. Makes maintenance and utilities costs the responsibility of participating families. Sets forth contract bidding requirements. Permits tribal housing agencies to formulate Indian affirmative action plans satisfactory to the Secretary. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) family sale or purchase of houses constructed, acquired, or rehabilitated with funds under a project agreement; (2) inheritance or assignation of family contractual interests in such housing; and (3) abandoned houses. Authorizes tribal housing agencies to use project agreement funds to assist Indian families in making down-payments on standard housing to be financed through other sources of credit, under specified conditions. Requires tribal housing agencies to require that families with specified incomes provide evidence that at least two area lending institutions rejected home loan applications before such families are eligible for housing assistance under this title. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title in FY 1984 and thereafter. Title III: Indian Housing Loan Guaranty Fund - Establishes an Indian housing loan guaranty fund to provide access to sources of private financing for Indian families who otherwise would not be eligible for housing credit because of Federal laws restricting the mortgage or other encumbrance of trust land. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee up to 100 percent of the unpaid principal and interest due on any loan made to an Indian for the acquisition or construction of a standard house, on trust land. Sets forth provisions relating to loan security, interest, premium charges, applications, sale or assignment, maturity, default, collection, and reimbursement guaranty. Sets forth requirements for lenders. Requires that this title's guaranteed loan program be operated separately from the Indian housing finance fund under title II of this Act and that no designated funds be transferred from one program to the other. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through FY 1987 in specified amounts and thereafter in such amounts as necessary to maintain a specified guaranty fund balance. Sets forth permissible uses of such guaranty fund. Limits the aggregate outstanding principal amount which may be guaranteed by the Secretary. Sets forth provisions relating to guaranty fund assets, liabilities, and obligations and to servicing or purchasing guaranteed loans. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Secretary to establish in the Bureau of Indian Affairs an Office of Indian Housing Programs with primary responsibility for administering the programs created by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to Indian tribes for housing plan development and implementation and for application preparation and submission. Directs the Secretary to provide for establishment of a training program to develop understanding by the participating families of the roles and responsibilities of the tribal housing agency, the Government, and participants under titles I and II. Requires that such program include basic home maintenance training. Allows up to one percent of funds appropriated under authority of titles I and II to be used to provide such technical assistance and training. Makes the Indian Health Service responsible for provision of water and sanitation facilities for houses constructed, acquired, or rehabilitated with assistance provided under this Act. Directs the Secretary to coordinate such activities and responsibilities with the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Directs the Secretary to continue to provide all-weather access roads to multiunit projects constructed under this title through existing road programs and authorizations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a biennial housing inventory of current Indian housing needs and conditions to be used for purposes of specified title II provisions; and (2) submit a copy of such inventory to the Congress.

Veterans' Housing Benefits Amendments of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1983

Veterans' Housing Benefits Amendments of 1983 - Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to make advances to the holder of a veteran's primary mortgage when such veteran: (1) is living in the dwelling concerned; (2) is unemployed or suffered a substantial reduction in household income; (3) is at least six months delinquent in payments; and (4) has a reasonable prospect of being able to resume full payments within six months. Sets limits on the amount of assistance which may be advanced. Requires the veteran to repay the advance with interest at the rate specified by the Administrator for veterans' guaranteed loans within 48 months. Makes the Administrator's decisions regarding advances final and nonreviewable. Terminates the advance program after two years. Authorizes the Administrator to make guaranteed loans to eligible veterans for manufactured homes permanently affixed to a lot. Permits the Administrator to exclude from the computation of a veteran's aggregate guaranty or insurance entitlement any amount taken over by any veteran-transferee, not just an immediate veteran-transferee, who consents to use his own entitlement. Extends by five years, through FY 1989, the Administrator's grants to States to assist in the establishment or improvement of State veterans' cemeteries. Authorizes the Administrator to make contributions to local authorities for the construction of traffic controls or other improvements or devices necessary for safe ingress to or egress from a national cemetery.

Fair Housing Amendments of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1983

Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1983 - Enacts into law the short titles "Civil Rights Act of 1968" and "Fair Housing Act". Amends the Fair Housing Act to expand the definition of "discriminatory housing practice" to include any violation under such Act (thus codifying case law which holds that the obligation of Federal agencies to administer programs affirmatively to further the purposes of fair housing and the prohibition against interference with rights under the Act are separately actionable). Adds new definitions of "handicap", "aggrieved person" and "familial status." Excludes from the meaning of "handicap" any impairment consisting of alcohol or drug abuse or which would be a direct threat to the property or safety of others. Defines "familial status" as one or more minors being domiciled with their parent or guardian. Retains the two current exemptions from the prohibition against the discriminatory sale or rental of housing which are given to: (1) an owner of three or less single-family houses; and (2) the owner of a dwelling consisting of four or fewer family units who also resides in such dwelling (the "Mrs. Murphy" exemption). Makes it unlawful to: (1) refuse to sell or rent to a handicapped person unless such handicap would prevent a prospective occupant from conforming to specified non-discrimination rules and practices; and (2) discriminate against a handicapped person in the conditions of sale or rental, or in the provision of related services or facilities. Includes within such discrimination a refusal to: (1) permit reasonable modifications to permit access to the premises (but only if a renter agrees to restore the premises to their original condition); and (2) make reasonable accommodations in policies, services, or facilities to afford handicapped persons equal enjoyment of the premises. States that such discrimination shall not include a refusal to: (1) make alterations at the expense of sellers, landlords, owners, or persons acting on their behalf; (2) make modifications which would unreasonably inconvenience others; and (3) allow architectural modifications which materially decrease the value of a building or alter its intended use. Prohibits discrimination against families with children. Makes it unlawful for an insurer to discriminate in the provision or terms of insurance against hazards to a dwelling because of the race, color, religion, sex, handicap, national origin or familial status of persons owning or residing in or near the dwelling. Adds handicapped persons as a protected class under other existing prohibitions on discriminatory activities. Modifies the housing financing discrimination provision to prescribe all conduct which denies or "otherwise makes unavailable" financial assistance because of race, color, religion, handicap, national origin, or familial status. Includes with such prohibition persons in the business of selling, brokering, or appraising real property. States that nothing in this Act is to be construed to defeat any reasonable local, State or Federal restrictions on the maximum number of persons permitted to occupy a dwelling unit. Provides that familial status does not apply to any State or Federal programs aimed at assisting elderly persons. Establishes the Fair Housing Review Commission, composed of three members appointed by the President for staggered six-year terms. Stipulates that no more than two members may be of the same political party. Directs the Commission to: (1) appoint administrative law judges and other employees as necessary to carry out its functions; (2) promulgate a code of ethics to assure the independence of such judges; (3) promulgate rules of discovery for its proceedings consistent insofar as practicable with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; and (4) consider appeals from the proposed orders of the administrative law judges upon application of a party. Includes Federal agencies having regulatory authority over financial institutions within the executive departments and agencies which are currently required to administer their housing programs in an affirmative manner. Authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide financial as well as technical assistance to public and private organizations seeking to remedy housing discrimination. Establishes a new administrative enforcement procedure within the Department of Housing and Urban Development in addition to the current enforcement provisions of title VIII (allowing civil actions by private parties and the Attorney General). Directs the Secretary to make an investigation of all alleged discriminatory housing practice on his or her own initiative or upon the filing of a charge by an aggrieved person within one year of the alleged discrimination. Requires the Secretary to attempt to correct the discriminatory practice by informal methods of conciliation. Requires the Secretary, if the aggrieved person and respondent consent to binding arbitration, to refer the charge to an arbitrator made available by the Community Relations Service of the Department of Justice. Continues the current authority of the Secretary to utilize discovery measures. Retains the current penalty for failing to produce information (up to a $1,000 fine and/or one year's imprisonment). Makes certain changes in the current requirements for referring charges to State or local agencies for investigation and enforcement. Specifies, with respect to the rights and remedies provided by such agencies, the elements of "substantial equivalency which permit certification and referrals of discrimination charges. Eliminates the Secretary's authority to recall referrals in the interest of justice or to protect the rights of the parties. Prohibits further action by the Secretary unless the agency fails to act in a timely fashion (current law gives the agency 30 days to commence proceedings). Requires the Secretary and other Federal agencies to cooperate to avoid duplication of their housing discrimination authority. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements to permit other agencies to carry out such responsibilities within their jurisdictions. Directs the Secretary to enter into agreements with specified Federal agencies for such purpose with respect to depository institutions. Permits an action for temporary or preliminary relief to be brought on behalf of the Secretary in accordance with rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure when the Secretary establishes that voluntary compliance is unobtainable and prompt judicial action is necessary. Permits the Secretary to file an administrative complaint or refer the matter to the Attorney General for civil action if the investigation supports a finding of reasonable cause, except with respect to matters involving land use controls, which must be referred. Specifies the hearing procedures to be utilized if an administrative complaint is issued. Permits the administrative law judge to award appropriate relief and a civil penalty of up to $10,000. Permits the filing of a position for judicial review of a final order in an appropriate court of appeals within 60 days after entry of such order. Provides that the findings of fact shall be conclusive if supported by substantial evidence in the record considered as a whole. Authorizes the administrative law judge to assess civil penalties for noncompliance with a final administrative order. Makes certain revisions in the private right of action for aggrieved persons under the Fair Housing Act. Extends the statute of limitations from 180 days to two years. Disallows simultaneous administrative and judicial proceedings involving the same charge. Permits the Attorney General to intervene upon certification that the civil action is of general public importance. Continues the current provision permitting the appointment of counsel. Removes the existing $1,000 limit on punitive damages for willful violations. Continues the authority of the Attorney General to initiate civil actions where there is reasonable cause to believe that a pattern or practice of resistance to title VIII rights has occurred. Permits the intervention of aggrieved persons in such actions. Permits the award of costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, to prevailing parties in court and administrative proceedings (current law permits an award of attorney's fees only to prevailing parties who are financially unable to assume them). Authorizes appropriations for this Act, effective October 1, 1983.

A joint resolution designating the week beginning June 12, 1983, as "National Brick Week".

United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1983

Designates the week beginning June 12, 1983, as National Brick Week.

A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the rights of tenants of federally assisted public housing.

United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1983

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the rights and protections afforded tenants of public housing should not be reduced; (2) the percentage of such tenants monthly adjusted income required to be contributed toward rent should be reduced from 30 to 25; (3) a moratorium on the sale, demolition, or other disposal of public housing should be established immediately; (4) the utility costs of public housing tenants should not be increased; and (5) the amount of Federal assistance provided for the operation of public housing should be increased.

Shared Housing Residents Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1983

Shared Housing Residents Assistance Act - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to exclude from unearned income, for the purpose of determining eligibility based on income, support and maintenance received in kind if the residents of a household share the facilities and at least two of the residents (of whom at least one is eligible for SSI) are unrelated. Requires an individual living in such a household to spend for food and shelter at least 25 percent of the applicable monthly amount determined under title XVI.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that participating in certain shared-housing arrangements does not make an individual ineligible for the one-time exclusion of gain from sale of principal residence by individuals who have attained age 55.

United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1983

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that participating in certain shared-housing arrangements does not make a taxpayer ineligible for the one-time exclusion of gain from sale of a principal residence by individuals who have attained age 55. Defines a "shared-housing arrangement" as a living situation in which two or more unrelated individuals who are either handicapped or have attained age 60 share housing.

Public Housing Tenant Reporting Procedures Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1983

Public Housing Tenant Reporting Procedures Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to make it the responsibility of each public housing agency operating a lower income housing project to establish a procedure for determining the eligibility of, and rent to be paid by, families applying for, or occupying, project units. Authorizes such an agency to require families to provide only information directly related to accomplishing fair housing objectives or determining eligibility, rental payments, or appropriate unit size. Prohibits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from: (1) requiring any such family to provide information that duplicates information provided to a public housing agency except for a survey of a sample population or an audit of the agency's procedures for determining rent and eligibility; or (2) maintaining any record on an applicant or occupant family unless such record is necessary for an investigation of a specific allegation of fraud by such family.

Public Housing Tenant Reporting Procedures Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1983

Public Housing Tenant Reporting Procedures Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to make it the responsibility of each public housing agency operating a lower income housing project to establish a procedure for determining the eligibility of, and rent to be paid by, families applying for, or occupying, project units. Authorizes such an agency to require families to provide only information directly related to accomplishing fair housing objectives or determining eligibility, rental payments, or appropriate unit size. Prohibits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from: (1) requiring any such family to provide information that duplicates information provided to a public housing agency except for a survey of a sample population or an audit of the agency's procedures for determining rent and eligibility; or (2) maintaining any record on an applicant or occupant family unless such record is necessary for an investigation of a specific allegation of fraud by such family.

A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to proclaim 1984 as the "National Year of Voluntarism."

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1983

Authorizes and requests the President to designate 1984 as the National Year of Voluntarism.

State Fiscal Assistance Block Grant Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1983

State Fiscal Assistance Block Grant Act - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to consolidate into a single program of assistance to States specified health, social, educational, and community services programs. Establishes in the Treasury a State Fiscal Assistance Block Grant Fund. Requires that funds appropriated for FY 1984 for the programs consolidated by this Act be deposited into such fund and that an equal amount be deposited for FY 1985 through 1988 financed from taxes on alcohol, tobacco, and communications. Places a limit on appropriations and entitlements for the programs consolidated by this Act. Limits the amount of any financial assistance provided to any State for FY 1985 and for each of the succeeding three fiscal years to the amount to which it become entitled for FY 1984. Makes amounts in the fund available for the programs for which they were appropriated in the event that a State does not participate in the consolidated program. Entitles a State to financial assistance under this Act upon notification to the Secretary of the Treasury and designation of one or more of the programs. Entitles a State, for each applicable fiscal year for which it designates a formula grant program, to receive the financial assistance it would have received under that program for FY 1985. Sets forth the procedure for determining the amount of assistance if a State designates a program that is not a formula grant program. Sets forth special rules with respect to water, waste disposal, and community facility loans. Permits a State to use amounts made available by this Act for a fiscal year only for: (1) the same general purposes as are served by any of the consolidated programs; and (2) administrative activities. Provides for the allocation of block grant amounts among program purposes for FY 1984 through 1987. Requires each State to provide to units of local government the same proportion as the State maintained with respect to those entities during FY 1981, 1982, and 1983. Requires a State, if it designates a water, waste disposal, or community facility program under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, to use the funds exclusively for the purpose of the designated program. Sets forth similar restrictions on the allocation of funds by a State if it designates a program under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. Requires a State, in order to become entitled to assistance under this Act, to prepare a report on proposed funds use. Requires assurance by a State that it has complied with the requirements of this Act. Sets forth requirements concerning reports, fiscal controls, audits, and prohibitions on age and sex discrimination. Requires Federal agencies to reduce or conclude their administrative activities with respect to the programs specified by this Act.

Rural Housing Block Grant Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1983

Rural Housing Block Grant Act - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make block grants to any State (including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) for: (1) the acquisition, construction, repair, and improvement of low-income housing; (2) refinancing indebtedness incurred for such purposes; and (3) temporary housing costs. Requires the Secretary to allocate grant funds among the States electing to participate each year on the basis of the number of occupied substandard rural housing units, the number of rural households with incomes not exceeding 50 percent of a State's median income, and the rural population of each State relative to all States. Directs each State to use at least 80 percent of its grant funds to assist persons with incomes of up to 50 percent of the greater of the State or national median income, and to use the remaining funds to assist persons with incomes of up to 80 percent of the State median income. Directs the Secretary, after determining that a State has failed to comply with this Act and after providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing, to notify the State that if it fails to take corrective action within 60 days the Secretary will: (1) withhold further funds pending corrective action; or (2) require the repayment of funds not spent in accordance with this Act. Requires each participating State to: (1) make available for public comment annual reports on its intended use of block grant funds; and (2) conduct and publicize, at least every two years, financial and compliance audits of funds received. Requires a State, prior to receiving block grant funds, to provide to the Secretary written assurances that: (1) the intended use report has been developed with an opportunity for public comment; (2) funds will be used only for the purposes authorized under this Act; (3) the State will comply with nondiscrimination provisions; and (4) local governments have been consulted on major decisions regarding the use of such funds. Prohibits discrimination under any program or activity funded under this Act. Provides for the enforcement of such prohibition. Authorizes appropriations for block grants under this Act for FY 1984 through 1988. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 for: (1) Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) insured loans; (2) direct housing repair loans to very-low-income persons; (3) financial assistance for housing for farm laborers; (4) such sums as may be necessary to pay the interest on obligations issued by the Secretary to obtain loan funds; and (5) sums necessary to administer rural housing services for certain multi-family housing mortgage insurance and rental assistance programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Extends the Secretary's authority to insure loans for rural housing for elderly or handicapped persons or families of low or moderate income and loans for housing and buildings on adequate farms. Provides that transactions in FmHA certificates of beneficial ownership shall be treated as debt transactions. Increases from 25 to 30 the percentage of a tenant's income to be contributed for renting an assisted rural housing unit. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into rental assistance contracts of a specified aggregate amount during FY 1984. Eliminates the Secretary's authority to make loans to low-income individuals participating in a mutual or self-help housing programs for the acquisition and development of a homesite. Abolishes the Self-Help Housing Land Development Fund and transfers its assets and liabilities to the Rural Housing Insurance Fund.

Home Maintenance Assistance for Older Americans Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1983

Home Maintenance Assistance for Older Americans Act of 1983 - Authorizes the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, the appropriate State agency designated under the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide home maintenance and repair services to older individuals. Requires preference in the provision of services to be given to low-income older individuals. Provides that, to the maximum extent practicable, the maintenance and repair services shall be accomplished by older individuals. Directs the Commissioner to administer a program of housing counseling for older individuals, in coordination with the repair and maintenance program. Directs the Commissioner to report annually to Congress concerning housing and the elderly. Authorizes appropriations.

Local Fiscal Assistance Block Grant Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1983

Local Fiscal Assistance Block Grant Act of 1983 - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to consolidate revenue sharing and community development block grant programs into a single program of assistance to local governments. Establishes in the Treasury a Local Fiscal Assistance Block Grant Fund. Restricts the use of amounts in such Fund to payments to local governments and transfers to Federal administering departments. Requires a local government eligible to receive payments under the community development block grant program-entitlement portion and revenue sharing to notify the Secretary of the Treasury of its wishes to designate one or both of the programs. Declares that a decision to designate a program shall entitle such government to receive a block-grant payment for that fiscal year and each succeeding fiscal year for which payments are authorized. Provides that in the absence of a designation such government shall be entitled to receive payments in accordance with the statute and regulations applicable to the program. Requires the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to inform the Secretary of the Treasury of the amount allocable under the community development block grant-entitlement portion to each local government in the applicable fiscal year. Requires that such block-grant payments be made in quarterly installments not later than the fifth day after the close of a quarter. Declares that any community development block grant - entitlement portion shall be paid in payments that reasonably reflect the historical outlay pattern of budget authority paid to local governments for that program. Makes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1987 to the Local Fund to carry out programs pursuant to this Act. Terminates the authority of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and of the Secretary to obligate the amounts appropriated to the Local Fund on September 30, 1990. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth restrictions on the use of block-grant funds by local governments. Requires a local government, in order to be eligible to receive block-grant payments for a fiscal year, to report on their intended and actual uses. Requires assurance by a local government that it has complied with the requirements of this Act. Requires public participation in the decision-making process on the expenditure of block-grant payments. Requires independent audit of a government's financial statements on such expenditures.

Homeowners Loan Corporation Charter Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1983

Homeowners Loan Corporation Charter Act of 1983 - Establishes the Homeowners Loan Corporation as an independent Federal agency. Sets forth provisions governing the Board of Directors, general powers, and capital stock of such Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to acquire home mortgages facing foreclosure in exchange for obligations and to make cash advances to pay the taxes, assessments, and maintenance expenses of the property involved as well as other incidental expenses of the exchange. Limits the value of any obligation exchanged for a mortgage to: (1) the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insurable amount for the home involved; and (2) 80 percent of the appraised value of the home. Requires that each acquired mortgage be carried as a first lien or refinanced as a home mortgage by the Corporation. Limits the amortization period and interest on such acquired mortgages. Directs the Corporation to set the monthly mortgage payment for an assisted homeowner at an amount that, when combined with the homeowner's monthly housing expense, does not exceed 30 percent of the homeowner's monthly net effective income. Directs the Corporation to establish certain procedures for monitoring the financial circumstances of such homeowners. Allows the Corporation to extend the time for an installment payment or to revise the term of a mortgage upon consideration of a mortgager's circumstances. Authorizes the Corporation to make loans to homeowners for taxes, assessments, and maintenance expenses if the property involved is not otherwise encumbered, and to make cash advances on behalf of a homeowner to a mortgage holder who refuses to accept Corporation obligations, subject to the same provisions governing interest, amortization, and extensions as are applicable to acquired mortgages. Authorizes the Corporation to acquire mortgages and make loans and cash advances under this Act in any Federal Home Loan Bank district only when the mortgage delinquency rate for three consecutive months for either such district or the nation exceeds a specified amount. Provides for the termination and reinstitution of such authority based on such mortgage delinquency rate. Directs the Corporation to notify mortgagees in a district when instituting program assistance. Includes as conditions of eligibility for mortgage acquisition or cash assistance under this Act the requirements that: (1) the mortgage is not federally insured; (2) the homeowner has incurred a substantial reduction in income as a result of a loss of, or reduction in, employment for the homeowner or for any person contributing to the homeowner's income and the homeowner is, therefore, unable to make full mortgage payments; and (3) the acquisition or assistance is necessary to avoid foreclosure. Sets forth provisions governing the authority of the Corporation to issue obligations to finance the assistance program under this Act. Limits the aggregate principal amount of outstanding obligations to 12 times the Corporation's capital stock of $1,000,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase such obligations. Declares that the Corporation shall be exempt from all taxes except State and local real property taxes. Directs the Corporation to submit annual reports on its activities to the President and Congress. Authorizes appropriations.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to permit substitution of a veteran's housing loan entitlement when the veteran-transferee is not an immediate transferee.

United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1983

Permits substitution of a veteran's housing loan entitlement when the veteran-transferee is not an immediate transferee.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for the establishment of, and the deduction of contributions to, housing savings accounts.

United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1983

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers who have attained the age of 18 an income tax deduction for contributions (cash or readily tradeable securities) to a savings account established for the exclusive purpose of financing the taxpayer's first principal residence. Limits the maximum annual deduction to the greater of 15 percent of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income or $1,500 ($3,000 if married and filing jointly), with annual inflation adjustments. Provides for a $15,000 maximum lifetime deduction ($30,000 for joint returns), with annual inflation adjustments. Limits to ten years the period during which deductible contributions may be made to housing savings accounts. Prohibits any individual from being a beneficiary of more than one account. Excludes distributions from a housing savings account from the gross income of its beneficiary if such distributions are used exclusively for the purchase of a principal residence. Exempts a housing savings account from taxation. Provides for the forfeiture of such exemption where the taxpayer uses the account for certain prohibited purposes. Imposes a penalty on distributions from an account which are used for a prohibited purpose. Requires the trustee of a housing savings account to file a report on the maintenance of the account. Imposes a penalty for the failure to file any required report.

Housing for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1983

Housing for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1983 - Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to limit to 9.25 percent per year the interest rate plus the allowance for administrative costs and probable losses on loans for the provision of housing and related facilities for elderly or handicapped families. Allows a maximum of 25 percent of the units in an elderly or handicapped housing project financed under such Act to be efficiencies, if the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development determines that such units are appropriate for the local elderly or handicapped population. Prohibits the Secretary from establishing general limitations or preferences concerning the number of units in a project or the number of units made available to any sponsor. Authorizes the Secretary to require a corporation to deposit in a special escrow account a minimum capital investment of up to $10,000 with respect to an assisted project. Directs the Secretary to: (1) consider design features necessary for elderly and handicapped residents when establishing cost limitations on project units; and (2) adjust such limitations annually to reflect changes in construction costs. Requires the project sponsor to determine the basis of employment of development or construction contractors. Prohibits the Secretary from approving the prepayment, sale, or transfer of a loan for such a project without assurances that the project will continue to provide housing for elderly or handicapped families on equally advantageous terms. Requires that all specific eligibility requirements for assistance under such Act be published in the Federal Register in clear and complete language at least 90 days before applications for such assistance are due. Requires the Secretary to afford applicants an opportunity to correct application deficiencies. Allows loan applicants that were rejected during FY 1982 because of religious references in their articles of incorporation or bylaws to reapply for a comparable number of units in the FY 1983 or 1984 funding cycle. Replaces the Secretary's authority to provide such loans with authority to provide assistance in the form of a deferred payment, noninterest bearing advance to any corporation, consumer cooperative, or public agency or body for the provision of housing for elderly or handicapped families. Conditions such assistance only on the Secretary's finding that the construction will be undertaken in an economical manner with no extravagant design or materials. Limits the amount of such assistance to the total development cost of a project. Authorizes the Secretary to provide additional assistance to such an entity in an amount not exceeding 75 percent of the total development cost of a project if part of the financing is to be provided by a public housing agency. Requires repayment of such assistance after 20 years. Permits the Secretary to forgive a portion of an advance for each year after 20 years that a project continues to serve elderly and handicapped families, and the entire advance after 40 years of continued service. Directs the Secretary to require that at least 75 percent of the units of a project receiving an advance be made available to lower income families during the initial 20-year period of such advance. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the rents for lower income families occupying such projects to be determined in accordance with provisions governing the determination of rents for lower income occupants of units assisted under the United States Housing Act of 1937, with certain exceptions. Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts with owners of assisted projects to make payments to cover the costs of units occupied by lower income families that are not met from project income. Limits: (1) the annual contract amount per project; (2) the aggregate contracting authority of the Secretary per year; and (3) the aggregate amount that may be obligated over the duration of the contracts. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts to make monthly homeownership expense payments to lower income families who purchase dwellings from elderly or handicapped families who move into assisted projects. Limits: (1) the amount of such payments for individual families; (2) the duration of such payments; and (3) the annual and aggregate contract authority of the Secretary with respect to such payments. Amends the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to establish the eligibility of assisted projects for the elderly or handicapped for operating assistance for troubled housing projects. Amends the Congregate Housing Services Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations for the congregate services program for FY 1984 through 1986. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the use of community development assistance provided under such Act for grants to neighborhood-based nonprofit organizations for the development of shared housing opportunities for the elderly. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to direct the Secretary to: (1) permit assistance provided under existing housing and moderate rehabilitation programs to be used by elderly families in shared housing arrangements; and (2) issue minimum property standards for shared housing. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to require the Secretary to allow the use of rental assistance by elderly families or persons who elect to live in a shared housing arrangement in a single-family dwelling. Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 to establish in the Department an Office of Housing for the Elderly. Lists the responsibilities of the Office, including: (1) coordinating the Department's housing programs for the elderly with other Federal, State, and local programs; (2) making recommendations to the Assistant Secretary for Housing on research needs, demonstrations, and evaluations with respect to housing for the elderly; and (3) coordinating preparation of a report, to be submitted by the Secretary to Congress annually, on the Department's efforts during the previous and the current fiscal years with respect to housing for the elderly. Directs the Assistance Secretary to establish an advisory Committee on Housing for the Elderly.

Tenants Emergency Relief Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983

Tenants Emergency Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants for rental relief assistance to local governments in any Federal Home Loan Bank district for which the mortgage delinquency rate exceeds a specified percentage for three consecutive months. Provides for the termination and reinstitution of such grants on the basis of such rate. Directs the Secretary to allocate grant funds among the regional offices of the Department of Housing and Urban Development as if such grants were local housing assistance allocated in accordance with the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. Requires the Secretary to consider the need, administrative capacity, and repayment assurances of the local governments applying for such grants and to process grant applications as expeditiously as possible. Includes as conditions for assistance eligibility the requirements that: (1) a tenant's rental payment is not more than the median rental paid for similar units in the area; (2) the tenant has lost income as a result of a loss of employment or occupational returns and is unable to correct a rental delinquency or resume full rental payments; and (3) the local government has determined that the tenant would be evicted without such assistance and that there is a reasonable prospect that the tenant will be able to resume full rental payments within 18 months. Declares that rental assistance shall be provided in the form of emergency rental relief payments from local governments to landlords on behalf of tenants. Limits the duration of such payments to 18 months and the amount of such payments to the amount necessary to supplement the amount the tenant is capable of contributing so that the tenant's total monthly housing expense does not exceed 38 percent of his or her monthly net effective income. Sets forth reporting and review requirements for monitoring the incomes of assisted tenants. Provides for the repayment of such assistance as prescribed by the Secretary and the collection of such repayments by the Secretary. Allows a tenant to be assisted under this Act more than once, except that payments may not be provided for a tenant for more than an aggregate of 36 months. Establishes the Tenants Emergency Relief Fund to finance this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to: (1) report to Congress on the current rate of rental payment delinquencies and evictions, voluntary forebearance by landlords, and actions under this Act to alleviate hardships resulting from delinquencies and evictions; and (2) determine and report to Congress on whether an economic indicator other than the mortgage delinquency series would be a more effective indicator to use to carry out this Act.

Rental Housing Production and Rehabilitation Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983

Rental Housing Production and Rehabilitation Act of 1983 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide financial assistance for State and local governments to use to stimulate the construction or rehabilitation of rental or cooperative housing for persons without other reasonable and affordable housing alternatives. Requires local government approval of any application for assistance to a project before a State may provide such assistance. Allows a local government to apply directly to the Secretary for such assistance, but prohibits a local government from receiving assistance under this Act for any project from both the Secretary and a State. Provides that such assistance shall only be available for projects located in areas experiencing a severe shortage of decent rental housing opportunities for persons with no reasonable and affordable housing alternatives. Directs the Secretary to promulgate minimum standards for determining areas eligible for assistance. Sets forth criteria to be used by the Secretary in selecting projects to receive assistance. Directs the Secretary to seek a reasonable distribution of assistance among eligible areas in different geographic regions, among newly constructed, substantially rehabilitated, and moderately rehabilitated projects, among States and local governments, and between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. Limits the amount of assistance provided to the minimum amount necessary to provide decent, modest, rental or cooperative housing units, twenty percent of which are affordable for persons whose incomes do not exceed 80 percent of the area median income. Includes among conditions for receiving assistance the requirements that: (1) a project owner agree to provide 20 percent of assisted units for occupancy by such low-income persons, to pass on to tenants any reduction in debt service payments resulting from such assistance, not to discriminate against prospective tenants who are receiving other housing assistance, and not to convert project units to condominium or cooperative ownership not eligible for such assistance for 20 years; and (2) the project be newly constructed or substantially or moderately rehabilitated, contain five or more units, and be used predominantly for residential purposes. Provides for the repayment of assistance plus interest if the owner fails to carry out his or her agreements. Limits the rent charged for the assisted units set aside for low-income persons. Grants obligations issued to finance projects assisted under this Act the same tax-exempt status as obligations issued by a public housing agency in connection with low- income housing projects. Authorizes Federal Housing Administration insurance of the mortgages of assisted projects. Requires that any assistance contract require that workers employed in the development and operation of a project be paid not less than the wages prevailing in the locality. Authorizes appropriations.

Indian Housing Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1983

Indian Housing Act of 1983 - Declares it to be the policy of the United States to provide grants, financing, and loan guarantees to assist Indians in obtaining decent, safe, and sanitary housing. Title I: Indian Housing Improvement Program - Establishes an Indian housing improvement program to make grants or provide assistance to preserve existing housing, make repairs, and construct or acquire standard housing for Indians. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, upon application of an Indian tribe or individual, to make grants or provide assistance to Indian families ineligible for housing assistance under titles II or III of this Act because of low income or extremely isolated circumstances. Requires that grants or assistance under this title be consistent with plans and priorities established by tribes. Authorizes the Secretary, in providing such assistance, to: (1) make direct grants to individual Indians; (2) enter into agreements with tribes or tribal housing agencies; (3) contract with private construction firms; or (4) have repairs or new construction performed directly by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Authorizes a tribe or tribal housing agency, with respect to such agreements, to require an assisted family to make a monthly payment, not to exceed the amount of an administrative charge or an amount satisfactory to the Secretary, to be used solely for tribal housing-related activities. Permits grants or assistance under this title to be used, under specified conditions, to finance: (1) minor repairs and additions; (2) major repairs, renovations, and enlargements; and (3) the construction or acquisition of new standard housing. Requires appropriate insurance for such housing, unless waived by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to insure that a lien upon fee land is recorded under appropriate State law whenever a house on such land is constructed, acquired, or repaired pursuant to this title. Prohibits the Secretary from approving the sale or lease of trust land upon which a house is so located, constructed, acquired, or repaired unless: (1) funds provided under this title are reimbursed to the United States in an amount equal to the initial cost reduced by ten percent per year; and (2) the tribe has first refusal on the sale of houses located on tribal land. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title in FY 1984 through FY 1987. Title II: Indian Housing Finance Fund - Establishes an Indian housing finance fund to provide financing to Indian tribes for the construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation of standard housing for Indian families who are: (1) unable to obtain financing from other sources on reasonable terms and conditions; (2) not eligible for assistance under title III of this Act; and (3) able to meet the minimum monthly payment required by this title. Requires a tribe, as a prerequisite for eligibility for financing from the fund, to submit a tribal housing plan for approval by the Secretary. Sets forth required inclusions in such plan and in applications for financing from the fund. Sets forth criteria upon which applications shall be evaluated and approved. Requires that tribal housing agencies be established to implement housing project agreements. Sets forth requirements for project agreements. Empowers the Secretary, under conditions specified in the project agreement, to attach any obligated or unobligated funds held by the United States in trust for the benefit of any Indian or Indian tribe. Prohibits the Secretary from rejecting an application or refusing to enter into a project agreement, and prohibits a tribal housing agency from refusing to execute a housing assistance contract, on the basis that a tribe or Indian family has no trust funds to its credit. Provides for a period of notice, prior to attachment of trust funds, during which a tribe may: (1) pay the amount in default; (2) negotiate a repayment schedule; or (3) institute administrative appeals. Sets forth requirements relating to: (1) disbursements from the fund; (2) construction or acquisition contracts; (3) final plans and specifications; (4) fee titles and leases; and (5) land purchases. Sets forth provisions for: (1) housing assistance contracts between eligible Indian families and tribal housing agencies; (2) minimum monthly payments to such agencies by such families; and (3) residual receipts to be deposited into the fund by such agencies. Makes tribal housing agencies responsible for implementation of monitoring and construction inspection procedures. Makes the technical staff of the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services responsible for providing recommendations to the Secretary with respect to the adequacy of such procedures to assure compliance with minimum housing standards and project plans and specifications. Sets forth bonding requirements. Makes maintenance and utilities costs the responsibility of participating families. Sets forth contract bidding requirements. Permits tribal housing agencies to formulate Indian affirmative action plans satisfactory to the Secretary. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) family sale or purchase of houses constructed, acquired, or rehabilitated with funds under a project agreement; (2) inheritance or assignation of family contractual interests in such housing; and (3) abandoned houses. Authorizes tribal housing agencies to use project agreement funds to assist Indian families in making down-payments on standard housing to be financed through other sources of credit, under specified conditions. Requires tribal housing agencies to require that families with specified incomes provide evidence that at least two area lending institutions rejected home loan applications before such families are eligible for housing assistance under this title. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title in FY 1984 and thereafter. Title III: Indian Housing Loan Guaranty Fund - Establishes an Indian housing loan guaranty fund to provide access to sources of private financing for Indian families who otherwise would not be eligible for housing credit because of Federal laws restricting the mortgage or other encumbrance of trust land. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee up to 100 percent of the unpaid principal and interest due on any loan made to an Indian for the acquisition or construction of a standard house, on trust land. Sets forth provisions relating to loan security, interest, premium charges, applications, sale or assignment, maturity, default, collection, and reimbursement guaranty. Sets forth requirements for lenders. Requires that this title's guaranteed loan program be operated separately from the Indian housing finance fund under title II of this Act and that no designated funds be transferred from one program to the other. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through FY 1987 in specified amounts and thereafter in such amounts as necessary to maintain a specified guaranty fund balance. Sets forth permissible uses of such guaranty fund. Limits the aggregate outstanding principal amount which may be guaranteed by the Secretary. Sets forth provisions relating to guaranty fund assets, liabilities, and obligations and to servicing or purchasing guaranteed loans. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Secretary to establish in the Bureau of Indian Affairs an Office of Indian Housing Programs with primary responsibility for administering the programs created by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to Indian tribes for housing plan development and implementation and for application preparation and submission. Directs the Secretary to provide for establishment of a training program to develop understanding by the participating families of the roles and responsibilities of the tribal housing agency, the Government, and participants under titles I and II. Requires that such program include basic home maintenance training. Allows up to one percent of funds appropriated under authority of titles I and II to be used to provide such technical assistance and training. Makes the Indian Health Service responsible for provision of water and sanitation facilities for houses constructed, acquired, or rehabilitated with assistance provided under this Act. Directs the Secretary to coordinate such activities and responsibilities with the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Directs the Secretary to continue to provide all-weather access roads to multiunit projects constructed under this title through existing road programs and authorizations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a biennial housing inventory of current Indian housing needs and conditions to be used for purposes of specified title II provisions; and (2) submit a copy of such inventory to the Congress.

Unemployed Homeowners' Mortgage Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1983

Unemployed Homeowners' Mortgage Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, acting through the Government National Mortgage Association, to guarantee the payment of the principal and interest on second mortgage loans made to assist homeowners in avoiding foreclosure on their first mortgage loans. Restricts eligibility for such second mortgage loan guarantees to mortgagors who: (1) have lost income as a result of involuntary unemployment or underemployment due to adverse economic conditions and are, therefore, unable to make full mortgage payments; (2) are in default on mortgages on their principal residence; and (3) maintained good mortgage payment practice prior to becoming unemployed. Permits the Secretary to make such a guarantee only if: (1) foreclosure would result without such assistance; and (2) there is a reasonable prospect that the mortgagor will be able to resume making full mortgage payments. Limits the amount of a guaranteed loan to the amount required to cover the payments due for three months preceding, and up to 24 months following, the date of the loan. Requires that the mortgagor make partial payments of up to 15 percent of the payments on the first mortgage during the period of the guaranteed loan. Conditions any second mortgage loan guarantee on agreement by the lender to: (1) assume the first 25 percent of any loss; and (2) place the loan proceeds in escrow for payments on the first mortgage and interest payments to the lender. Requires a mortgagor to begin repaying any guaranteed loan not later than the end of 24 months after the date the loan was executed and to pay the loan in full within 12 years. Directs the Secretary to make a guarantee under this Act upon a lender's certification that: (1) the loan and the mortgagor meet the requirements of this Act; (2) the mortgage is secured by a lien on the mortgagor's principal residence; and (3) the lender has provided credit counseling to the buyer.

A bill to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to enter into insurance contracts with private mortgage insurance companies.

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1983

Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide mortgage insurance for certain single-family homes through reinsurance contracts with private mortgage insurance companies. Sets forth contract requirements.

A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1983) to amend certain housing and community development laws to provide emergency mortgage assistance to homeowners and emergency shelter for the homeless.

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1983

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 1983 (housing and community development).

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide an alternative method of allocation of property taxes for cooperative housing corporations.

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1983

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that, for purposes of the tax deduction for real property taxes of cooperative housing corporations, the tenant-stockholder's proportionate share shall be computed in accordance with laws or ordinances of any State or local government.

Homesteading Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1983

Homesteading Act of 1983 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to revise the urban homesteading program. Discontinues participation by a State or State-designated agency in such program. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to: (1) donate property improved by a one-to four-family residence to a local government or a public agency designated by such government for use exclusively in a single-family homesteading program; (2) convey property suitable for a multifamily homesteading program to such government or agency for negotiated consideration; and (3) provide funds to such government or agency for the acquisition of property for use in a single-family or multifamily program. Requires that a single-family homesteading program provide for: (1) the initial conveyance of property by the government or agency without substantial consideration to a family of low or moderate income (income not exceeding 80 percent of the area median income) upon condition that the family agrees to repair all dangerous defects in the property within one year; (2) the conveyance of such property to such family without substantial consideration after such defects are repaired if the family agrees to occupy the property for at least five years and to make the improvements necessary to meet local housing standards within three years after the initial conveyance; (3) an equitable procedure for selecting property recipients that excludes current homeowners, considers the capacity of the applicant to contribute labor or obtain other assistance, and gives a priority to applicants who pay more than 30 percent of their income for substandard housing and who have little prospect for obtaining improved housing otherwise; and (4) the provision of technical and rehabilitation assistance to property recipients. Requires that a multifamily homesteading program provide for: (1) primarily residential use of all homestead properties following conversion or rehabilitation; (2) 75 percent occupancy by low-or moderate-income families; (3) cooperative ownership; (4) the exclusion of entities operated for profit as the first owners of converted or rehabilitated properties; (4) the contribution of labor by the occupants; (5) technical and rehabilitation assistance; and (6) minimal displacement of prior occupants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to a local government or agency for the provision of rehabilitation assistance for homestead property recipients. Requires that at least 75 percent of such assistance be allocated to aid families of very low income (income not exceeding 50 percent of the area median income). Lists the criteria to be used by the Secretary in selecting projects to receive homesteading assistance. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, as well as the Administrator of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to comply with the request of a local government or agency of an area for a listing of the vacant residential properties in that area to which the Secretary holds title. Requires that such listings be accessible to the public. Requires the annual report of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to Congress to include an assessment of the extent of which homesteading programs consider the housing need and income of homestead applicants and an estimate of the median income of homestead recipients during the year. Authorizes appropriations for the urban homesteading program for FY 1984.

A bill to provide that the moratorium of fringe benefit taxation (P.L. 94-427) applies to the value on certain campus housing furnished by educational institutions to their employees.

United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1983

Excludes from the gross income of employees of educational institutions, for income and employment tax purposes, the value of lodging provided to such employees which is located near their place of employment.

Individual Housing Account Act

United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1983

Individual Housing Account Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for cash contributions to a trust account established for the exclusive purpose of purchasing the taxpayer's first principal residence. Limits the maximum annual deduction to $5,000, with a maximum lifetime deduction of $20,000. Excludes distributions from such account from gross income if they are used exclusively for the purchase of a first principal residence. Imposes a ten percent surtax on distributions from an individual housing account which are not used for the purchase of a principal residence. Requires the trustee of an individual housing account to report on the maintenance of the account. Imposes a penalty for failure to file required reports.

Rural Housing Block Grant Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1983

Rural Housing Block Grant Act - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make block grants to any State (including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) for: (1) the acquisition, construction, repair, and improvement of low-income housing; (2) refinancing indebtedness incurred for such purposes; and (3) temporary housing costs. Requires the Secretary to allocate grant funds among the States electing to participate each year on the basis of the number of occupied substandard rural housing units, the number of rural households with incomes not exceeding 50 percent of a State's median income, and the rural population of each State relative to all States. Directs each State to use at least 80 percent of its grant funds to assist persons with incomes of up to 50 percent of the greater of the State or national median income, and to use the remaining funds to assist persons with incomes of up to 80 percent of the State median income. Directs the Secretary, after determining that a State has failed to comply with this Act and after providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing, to notify the State that if it fails to take corrective action within 60 days the Secretary will: (1) withhold further funds pending corrective action; or (2) require the repayment of funds not spent in accordance with this Act. Requires each participating State to: (1) make available for public comment annual reports on its intended use of block grant funds; and (2) conduct and publicize, at least every two years, financial and compliance audits of funds received. Requires a State, prior to receiving block grant funds, to provide to the Secretary written assurances that: (1) the intended use report has been developed with an opportunity for public comment; (2) funds will be used only for the purposes authorized under this Act; (3) the State will comply with nondiscrimination provisions; and (4) local governments have been consulted on major decisions regarding the use of such funds. Prohibits discrimination under any program or activity funded under this Act. Provides for the enforcement of such prohibition. Authorizes appropriations for block grants under this Act for FY 1984 through 1988. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 for: (1) Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) insured loans; (2) direct housing repair loans to very-low-income persons; (3) financial assistance for housing for farm laborers; (4) such sums as may be necessary to pay the interest on obligations issued by the Secretary to obtain loan funds; and (5) sums necessary to administer rural housing services for certain multi-family housing mortgage insurance and rental assistance programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Extends the Secretary's authority to insure loans for rural housing for elderly or handicapped persons or families of low or moderate income and loans for housing and buildings on adequate farms. Provides that transactions in FmHA Certificates of Beneficial Ownership shall be treated as debt transactions. Increases from 25 to 30 the percentage of a tenant's income to be contributed for renting an assisted rural housing unit. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into rental assistance contracts of a specified aggregate amount during FY 1984. Eliminates the Secretary's authority to make loans to low-income individuals participating in a mutual or self-help housing programs for the acquisition and development of a homesite. Abolishes the Self-Help Housing Land Development Fund and transfers its assets and liabilities to the Rural Housing Insurance Fund.

State Fiscal Assistance Block Grant Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1983

State Fiscal Assistance Block Grant Act - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to consolidate into a single program of assistance to States specified health, social, educational, and community services programs. Establishes in the Treasury a State Fiscal Assistance Block Grant Fund. Requires that funds appropriated for FY 1984 for the programs consolidated by this Act be deposited into such fund and that an equal amount be deposited for FY 1985 through 1988 financed from taxes on alcohol, tobacco, and communications. Places a limit on appropriations and entitlements for the programs consolidated by this Act. Limits the amount of any financial assistance provided to any State for FY 1985 and for each of the succeeding three fiscal years to the amount to which it become entitled for FY 1984. Makes amounts in the fund available for the programs for which they were appropriated in the event that a State does not participate in the consolidated program. Entitles a State to financial assistance under this Act upon notification to the Secretary of the Treasury and designation of one or more of the programs. Entitles a State, for each applicable fiscal year, if it designates a formula grant program, to receive the financial assistance it would have received under that program for FY 1985. Sets forth the procedure for determining the amount of assistance if a State designates a program that is not a formula grant program. Sets forth special rules with respect to water, waste disposal, and community facility loans. Permits a State to use amounts made available by this Act for a fiscal year only for: (1) the same general purposes as are served by any of the consolidated programs; and (2) administrative activities. Provides for the allocation of block grant amounts among program purposes for FY 1984 through 1987. Requires each State to provide to units of local government the same proportion as the State maintained with respect to those entities during FY 1981, 1982, and 1983. Requires a State, if it designates a water, waste disposal, or community facility program under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, to use the funds exclusively for the purpose of the designated program. Sets forth similar restrictions on the allocation of funds by a State if it designates a program under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. Requires a State, in order to become entitled to assistance under this Act, to prepare a report on proposed funds use. Requires assurance by a State that it has complied with the requirements of this Act. Sets forth requirements concerning reports, fiscal controls, audits, and prohibitions on age and sex discrimination. Requires Federal agencies to reduce or conclude their administrative activities with respect to the programs specified by this Act.

Local Fiscal Assistance Block Grant Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1983

Local Fiscal Assistance Block Grant Act of 1983 - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to consolidate revenue sharing and community development block grant programs into a single program of assistance to local governments. Establishes in the Treasury a Local Fiscal Assistance Block Grant Fund. Restricts the use of amounts in such Fund to payments to local governments and transfers to Federal administering departments. Requires a local government eligible to receive payments under the community development block grant program-entitlement portion and revenue sharing to notify the Secretary of the Treasury of its wishes to designate one or both of the programs. Declares that a decision to designate a program shall entitle such government to receive a block-grant payment for that fiscal year and each succeeding fiscal year for which payments are authorized. Provides that in the absence of a designation such government shall be entitled to receive payments in accordance with the statute and regulations applicable to the program. Requires the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to inform the Secretary of the Treasury of the amount allocable under the community development block grant-entitlement portion to each local government in the applicable fiscal year. Requires that such block-grant payments be made in quarterly installments not later than the fifth day after the close of a quarter. Declares that any community development block grant - entitlement portion shall be paid in payments that reasonably reflect the historical outlay pattern of budget authority paid to local governments for that program. Makes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1987 to the Local Fund to carry out programs pursuant to this Act. Terminates the authority of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and of the Secretary to obligate the amounts appropriated to the Local Fund on September 30, 1990. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth restrictions on the use of block-grant funds by local governments. Requires a local government, in order to be eligible to receive block-grant payments for a fiscal year, to report on their intended and actual uses. Requires assurance by a local government that it has complied with the requirements of this Act. Requires public participation in the decision-making process on the expenditure of block-grant payments. Requires independent audit of a government's financial statements on such expenditures.

Emergency Housing Assistance Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1983

Emergency Housing Assistance Act of 1983 - Amends the Emergency Housing Act of 1975 to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make emergency mortgage relief payments to mortgagees on behalf of certain delinquent mortgagors in a district when, for three consecutive months, the amount of delinquent mortgage loans exceeds a specified percentage of the amount of all loans accounted for in the mortgage delinquency series maintained by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board for such district or the nation. Provides for the discontinuation and reinstitution of such assistance program depending on such delinquency rate condition. Directs the Secretary to notify the mortgagees in a district of the institution or reinstitution of such a program in that district. Lists the conditions for assistance eligibility, which include requirements that: (1) the mortgage is not federally insured under the National Housing Act or the Housing Act of 1949; (2) the mortgagor has suffered a substantial reduction in income as a result of circumstances beyond the mortgagor's control which renders the mortgagor unable to make full mortgage payments; and (3) the Secretary has determined that assistance is necessary to avoid foreclosure and that it is likely that the mortgagor will be able to resume full mortgage payments within 36 months and pay the mortgage in full by its maturity date. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that a mortgagor will be able to resume making full payments and pay the mortgage in full if the mortgagor suffered a reduction in income because of a loss of, or reduction in, employment. Requires each mortgagee, at least 30 days before instituting any foreclosure proceeding, to assist the mortgagor involved in applying for assistance under this Act, unless the mortgagor waives such assistance. Prohibits a mortgagee from instituting foreclosure proceedings until it receives notice of the Secretary's decision on such an application. Allows a mortgagor to apply for assistance after foreclosure proceedings have begun, in which event such proceedings shall be stayed pending the Secretary's decision. Requires an application to contain the mortgagee's certification that at least three full monthly payments are past due and that the mortgagee has extended a specified amount of voluntary forebearance. Declares that assistance payments shall: (1) not exceed amounts necessary to supplement the amounts the mortgagor is able to contribute; (2) be not less than the amount necessary to ensure that the total monthly housing expense of the mortgagor does not exceed 38 percent of his or her net effective income; and (3) be provided for a period not to exceed 18 months plus any period of delinquency, with an 18-month extension if necessary to avoid foreclosure. Directs the Secretary to establish certain procedures for ascertaining the mortgagor's financial circumstances to determine whether such payments should be adjusted or terminated. Declares that all assistance payments shall be secured by a lien on the property and repayable on terms prescribed by the Secretary, with certain restrictions. Allows a mortgagor to receive assistance under this Act more than once, except that payments may not be provided for a mortgagor for more than an aggregate of 36 months. Sets forth the authority of the Secretary to recapture such assistance. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide homeownership counseling to persons assisted under this Act; and (2) approve or disapprove an application for assistance within 45 days. Creates the Homeowners Emergency Relief fund to be available to carry out this Act. Authorizes appropriations and limits expenditures for assistance under this Act. Requires the Secretary and certain Federal agencies which supervise financial institutions to: (1) encourage such institutions to exercise forebearance with respect to residential mortgages; and (2) waive or relax limitations pertaining to the operations of such institutions or mortgagees with respect to mortgage delinquencies. Directs the Federal home loan banks, the Federal Reserve banks, and the National Credit Union Administration to give special consideration to advance, discount, or credit applications of the institutions or borrowers that have exercised forebearance in residential mortgage foreclosures. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress every 90 days on: (1) the rate of delinquencies and foreclosures in various housing markets; (2) the prospects of voluntary forebearance by mortgagees in such areas; (3) Government actions to encourage such forebearance and to provide assistance under this title; and (4) the default status of mortgages on multifamily properties with recommendations on curing and avoiding such defaults. Directs the Secretary to study and report on the use of alternative mortgage delinquency series under this title. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for grants by the Secretary to local governments and Indian tribes for the provision of shelter and essential services for individuals who are subject to life-threatening situations because of their lack of housing. Requires that a house which is rehabilitated with such assistance be used for emergency housing for at least three years. Directs the Secretary to: (1) consider the special housing needs of families and single women; and (2) ensure that such grants do not replace funds currently expended for such shelter and services. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of Agriculture, prior to taking any action that would result in a borrower losing housing financed by a rural housing loan, to grant a moratorium on loan payments if the borrower shows that he or she is unable to continue making payments because of circumstances beyond his or her control. Requires the Secretary to: (1) ensure that delinquent borrowers are informed of the availability of such assistance; and (2) provide technical assistance to borrowers applying for such assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to reamortize the accrued debt of a borrower if reamortization is likely to result in the resumption of payments by the borrower.

A bill to provide that the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall use the same cost-based criteria in determining payments for the operation of lower income housing projects that were used immediately prior to January 1, 1983.

United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1983

Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to use the public housing cost- based criteria used prior to January 1, 1983, in determining payments for the operation of low-income housing projects.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow an individual to withdraw amounts from an individual retirement account for the purchase of a principal residence.

United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1983

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual to withdraw amounts from an individual retirement account for the purchase of a principal residence. Requires that ten percent of the amount withdrawn shall be included in the gross income of the distributee over a period of ten years beginning with the taxable year in which the distributee: (1) disposes of such principal residence or ceases to use it as a principal residence; or (2) attains the age of 59 1/2. Allows such withdrawals only if: (1) the amount withdrawn is used within 90 days for the purchase of the principal residence; (2) the individual retirement account was established at least 36 months before such withdrawal; (3) the trustee of such account is a qualified home mortgage institution; and (4) the trustee is given at least 60 days notice before such withdrawal.

Residential Rental Unit Conversion Moratorium Act of 1981: For Tenant Protection and for the Preservation of Rental Housing

United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1983

Residential Rental Unit Conversion Moratorium Act of 1981: For Tenant Protection and for the Preservation of Rental Housing - Title I: Two-Year Moratorium - Prohibits the use of federally related mortgage loans, any other form of Federal assistance, any means or instrument of transportation or communication in interstate commerce, or the U.S. mails for the conversion of residential rental units to units offered for sale or the purchase of such a converted unit during the next two years, unless such units are to be converted for purchase pursuant to an offer by a bonafide tenants' organization. Title II: Presidential Commission - Directs the President to establish a Commission on Problems Relating to the Conversion of Residential Rental Units. Requires the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to Congress.

Condominium-Cooperative Conversion Tax Adjustment Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1983

Condominium-Cooperative Conversion Tax Adjustment Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat gain from the sale or exchange of residential rental property as ordinary income (rather than capital gains) if such property is converted into a condominium or cooperative within three years of the date of such sale or exchange. Treats such gain as capital gain if the sale of the residential rental property is made to a tenants association which represents more than 50 percent of the households residing in the rental property prior to the sale or exchange. Requires tenant-stockholders of cooperative housing corporations to reside in the cooperatives in which they own shares in order to qualify for preferential tax treatment. Disallows any amounts of income tax deductions related to the rental of a condominium or cooperative which exceed the gross income from such rental. Requires 100 percent recapture of depreciation on condominium and cooperative rental units which are rented for more than half of the period in which they are owned.

Individual Housing Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1983

Individual Housing Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for cash contributions to a savings account established for the benefit of the taxpayer (or the taxpayer and spouse if married) for the exclusive purpose of purchasing the taxpayer's first principal residence. Limits the maximum annual deduction to $3,000, with a maximum lifetime deduction of $15,000. Provides for an inflation adjustment for these limits to be calculated annually. Excludes distributions from such account from gross income if they are used exclusively for the purchase of a first principal residence. Imposes a ten percent surtax on distributions from an individual housing account which are not used for the purchase of a principal residence. Requires the trustee of an individual housing account to report on the maintenance of the account. Imposes a penalty for failure to file required reports.

A joint resolution to designate the week of April 17, 1983, as "National Architecture Week".

United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1983

Designates the week of April 17, 1983, as National Architecture Week.