Housing

Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1985

Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1985 - Title I: Community and Neighborhood Development - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize FY 1986 through 1987 appropriations for: (1) the community development block grant (CDBG) program; and (2) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development's discretionary fund. Modifies the definition of "Indian tribe" for community block grant purposes to mean an Indian tribe, band, nation, or Alaskan Native Village, and not a tribal organization. Provides for a statewide, rather than a county-by-county basis for determining nonmetropolitan low-and moderate-income levels for CDBG State program purposes. Amends the CDBG statement of activities and review provisions to: (1) repeal provisions requiring a description of a grantee's past use of funds; (2) exempt States from the community development plan requirement; (3) substitute for the housing assistance plan certification a certification that the grantee will cooperate in providing low-and middle-income housing; and (4) repeal the limitation on assessments to recover the cost of CDBG-assisted public improvements. Provides that 60 percent of CDBG funds shall be for metropolitan cities and urban counties, and 40 percent for the State's program. (Current law requires a 70/30 distribution.) Requires (current law authorizes) State administration of the State CDBG program. Repeals the requirement that the Governor sign the necessary program certifications. Sets forth transition funding provisions for communities which lose their classification as a city or urban county for FY 1986 or thereafter. Makes a FY 1985-eligible metropolitan city that loses such classification for FY 1986: (1) eligible for 50 percent funding in FY 1986; and (2) eligible for parallel State funding. Stipulates that any city that elects to have its population included in an urban county for FY 1986 shall be ineligible for such transition funding. Makes a community that loses its metropolitan city or urban county classification as a result of population loss eligible for full transition funding for the first year and 50 percent funding for the second year. Authorizes parallel State funding. Stipulates that: (1) a community that elects to have its population included in an urban county shall be ineligible for such transition funding; and (2) a community that receives such funding for the first year cannot join with an urban county in the second eligibility year. Amends State allocation provisions to include, for cities or counties receiving transition funding, 50 percent of the values relating to population, poverty, housing age, and housing overcrowding for the year or 50 percent funding. Reduces from $102,000 to $100,000 the amount of administrative expenses that a State may deduct from amounts received for distribution in nonentitlement areas. Makes the existing CDBG annual reporting requirement a triennial reporting requirement, with the first such report due within 180 days of the end of FY 1985. Repeals the provisions authorizing: (1) discretionary grants for new communities; (2) advance drawdowns of rehabilitation-designated funds; (3) loan guarantees; and (4) the urban development action grant program. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to repeal the direct rehabilitation loan program. (Retains revolving fund provisions until transferred or until the end of FY 1986, whichever is earlier.) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize FY 1986 and 1987 appropriations for the urban homesteading program. Authorizes States and localities to charge for the conveyance of homestead property to non-lower income people. Directs that such funds be transferred to the Treasury. Title II: Housing Assistance Programs - Part A: General - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to increase budget authority for specified lower-income housing projects. Limits FY 1986 contract authority for public housing improvement assistance to $175,000,000, to be used only for emergency needs. Authorizes the Secretary to require applicants and participants in Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): (1) programs involving loans, grants, interest or rental assistance, or mortgage or mortgage loan insurance to provide their social security number or employer identification number as a condition of eligibility; or (2) programs involving initial or periodic income review to sign a consent form as a condition of eligibility. Amends the Social Security Act to give HUD and public housing authorities access to State unemployment and wage information. Amends the definition of "disabled" in a specified section of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and the definition of "developmentally disabled individual" in a section of the Housing Act of 1959 to conform to the Developmentally Disabled and Bill of Rights Act. Part B: Public and Indian Housing - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to prohibit the Secretary from making low income housing project loans except for projects for which funding has been reserved before October 1, 1986. Provides, with regard to such loans, for the cancellation of: (1) principal and interest, except for those loans not intended to be repaid from annual contributions or involving third parties; and (2) the Secretary's debt to the Treasury. Replaces the existing annual contribution method of financing public housing with a one-time capital contribution method, effective as of October 1, 1987. Increases the portion of income that may be used for rent for public housing home ownership programs. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) apply to a Federal or State court for appointment of a receiver for a public housing authority if such authority is in substantial default of the covenants and conditions to which it is subject; and (2) petition the court for temporary or preliminary relief pending the default determination. Part C: Other Assisted Housing - Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to make permanent borrowing authority for direct loans for housing for the elderly or the handicapped. Provides with regard to the section 8 assisted housing program that FY 1985 fair market rents shall continue through FY 1986. Makes the housing voucher program permanent. Authorizes the Secretary to increase maximum rents above the amounts otherwise permitted if necessary to assist in the sale of HUD-owned multifamily projects. Repeals the moderate rehabilitation program. Permits lower-income families whose rent exceeds 30 percent of their adjusted income to participate in the housing voucher program. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to repeal: (1) the provision providing for local review of housing applications where the local authority has a HUD-approved housing assistance plan; and (2) the notice and comment exemption for specified State-financed assistance. Requires the Secretary, beginning in FY 1988, to allocate housing funds equally between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 to require a rent supplement project owner (currently the Secretary) to give housing priority to persons who are displaced, in substandard housing, or paying more than 50 percent of their income for rent. Repeals the requirement that HUD issue tenant eligibility certificates to requesting project owners. Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to repeal the requirement that entities receiving loans to develop housing for the elderly or handicapped include community representatives in their governing boards. Title III: Program Amendments and Extensions - Part A: Federal Housing Administration - Amends the National Housing Act to extend through FY 1987 the following HUD-Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage and loan insurance programs: (1) property improvement and manufactured home loan insurance; (2) basic home mortgage insurance; (3) rental housing insurance; (4) cooperative housing insurance; (5) rehabilitation and neighborhood conservation housing insurance; (6) moderate income and displaced families housing; (7) miscellaneous housing insurance, including insurance in older urban areas and for existing multifamily housing projects and hospitals; (8) housing for the elderly; (9) experimental housing; (10) condominium insurance; (11) special mortgage insurance; (12) homeowner fee simple purchases; (13) supplemental loans for multifamily housing projects, health facilities, and energy conservation improvements; (14) middle income home ownership; (15) coinsurance; (16) mortgage insurance on graduated payment and indexed mortgages; (17) single family mortgage on Hawaiian and Indian home lands; (18) adjustable rate single family mortgages; (19)shared appreciation mortgages; and (20) mortgage insurance for land development. (Permits expiration of the following HUD-FHA mortgage insurance programs: (1) mortgage insurance for servicemen; (2) mortgage insurance for nursing homes, intermediate care facilities, and board and care homes; (3) homeownership for lower income families; (4) countercyclical economic stimulus; (5) mortgage insurance for hospitals; (6) armed forces housing; and (7) group practice facilities.) Makes conforming and technical amendments to the National Housing Act. Amends the National Housing Act to revise the Secretary's authority in setting insurance premium charges under the property improvement and manufactured home loan programs. Provides that Hawaiian and Indian home lands mortgages shall be General Insurance Fund obligations. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1977 to repeal the requirement that HUD publish prototype housing costs for one- to four-family housing units. Amends the National Housing Act to increase mortgage limits for multifamily projects in high-cost areas. Civil Recovery Double Damages Act - Provides a double damages civil remedy for the unauthorized use of multifamily housing project assets and income. Gives the Attorney General, upon the Secretary's request, exclusive authority to initiate such proceedings (which may be brought up to six years after any misuse of funds has been discovered). Part B: Other Programs - Authorizes FY 1986 and 1987 appropriations for HUD research programs. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with, State or local governments or private or public institutions for programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices. Authorizes FY 1986 and 1987 appropriations. Repeals specified congressional reporting requirements under the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act and the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank Act. Amends the National Manufactured Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 to expand HUD's fee-collection authority. Amends the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act to eliminate the maximum fee amount for interstate land sales registration. Title IV: Rental Rehabilitation and Development Grants - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to repeal the housing development grant program. Permits States to use rental rehabilitation grants in rural areas.

Paul A. Adams, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban Development, vice Charles L. Dempsey, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 1 April 1985

Public Housing Child Care Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985

Public Housing Child Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to: (1) make grants to public housing agencies to contract for lower-income resident child care services; and (2) design such program to determine the extent to which it facilitates resident employability. Requires a report to the Congress within three years. Authorizes FY 1986 through 1988 appropriations.

A bill to repeal section 312 of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975.

United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985

Amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to repeal its October 1, 1985, termination date, thus making its authority permanent.

Housing for the Handicapped Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1985

Housing for the Handicapped Act of 1985 - Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to require that at least 15 percent of loan funds appropriated under the housing for the elderly and the handicapped (Section 202) program be available for housing for (primarily nonelderly) handicapped families. Limits rental subsidies to: (1) 90 percent of the initial rental (and utility) costs; and (2) 20 years. Requires participating families to pay a rent contribution of at least 25 percent, with any such amount requiring approval by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Exempts such housing projects from specified prevailing wage requirements. Requires loan applicants to submit a service benefit plan describing support services for elderly and handicapped families.

A bill to amend section 403 and 403(a) of title 37, United States Code, to permit the advance payments of the basic allowance for quarters and the variable housing allowance to be made to members of the uniformed services.

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1985

Authorizes the advance payment of the basic allowance for quarters and the variable housing allowance to members of the uniformed services.

A bill to amend section 119(d) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974.

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1985

Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 regarding urban development action grant criteria to place major emphasis on private investment leveraging and job creation, especially for low-income persons and minorities, including the unemployed. Limits fiscal year grant amounts to any single community.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to guarantee loans made to veterans for the purchase of residential units held by cooperative housing projects.

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1985

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to guarantee loans made to veterans for the purchase of residential units held by cooperative housing projects.

National Endowment for the Homeless Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1985

National Endowment for the Homeless Act - Authorizes the establishment of a nonprofit corporation to be known as the National Endowment for the Homeless. States the purposes of the Endowment to be to: (1) provide shelter, food, and supportive services for the homeless; (2) promote greater cooperation between the public and private sectors in providing services for the homeless; and (3) provide funds for innovative local programs for the homeless. States that the Endowment may only fund programs undertaken by nonprofit organizations and units of local government, and that such assistance shall be in addition to, rather than a substitute for, financial support otherwise available for the homeless. Sets forth grant distribution and operating provisions. Establishes within the Endowment a National Council of Shelter, Food, and Service Providers. Requires an annual report to the President for transmittal to the Congress. Authorizes FY 1986 through 1988 appropriations including additional matching amounts.

Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1985

Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1985 - Title I: Community and Neighborhood Development - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize FY 1986 through 1987 appropriations for: (1) the community development block grant (CDBG) program; and (2) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development's discretionary fund. Modifies the definition of "Indian tribe" for community block grant purposes to mean an Indian tribe, band, nation, or Alaskan Native Village, and not a tribal organization. Provides for a statewide rather than a county-by-county, basis for determining nonmetropolitan low-and moderate-income levels for CDBG State program purposes. Amends the CDBG statement of activities and review provisions to: (1) repeal provisions requiring a description of a grantee's past use of funds; (2) exempt States from the community development plan requirement; (3) substitute for the housing assistance plan certification a certification that the grantee will cooperate in providing low-and middle-income housing; and (4) repeal the limitation on assessments to recover the cost of CDBG-assisted public improvements. Provides that 60 percent of CDBG funds shall be for metropolitan cities and urban counties, and 40 percent for the State's program. (Current law requires a 70/30 distribution.) Requires (current law authorizes) State administration of the State CDBG program. Repeals the requirement that the Governor sign the necessary State program certifications. Sets forth transition funding provisions for communities which lose their classification as a city or urban county for FY 1986 or thereafter. Makes a FY 1985-eligible metropolitan city that loses such classification for FY 1986: (1) eligible for 50 percent funding in FY 1986; and (2) eligible for parallel State funding. Stipulates that any city that elects to have its population included in an urban county for FY 1986 shall be ineligible for such transition funding. Makes a community that loses its metropolitan city or urban county classification as a result of population loss eligible for full transition funding for the first year and 50 percent funding for the second year. Authorizes parallel State funding. Stipulates that: (1) a comunity that elects to have its population included in an urban county shall be ineligible for such transition funding; and (2) a community that receives such funding for the first year cannot join with an urban county in the second eligibility year. Amends State allocation provisions to include, for cities or counties receiving transition funding, 50 percent of the values relating to population, poverty, housing age, and housing overcrowding for the year or 50 percent funding. Reduces from $102,000 to $100,000 the amount of administrative expenses that a State may deduct from amounts received for distribution in nonentitlement areas. Makes the existing CDBG annual reporting requirement a triennial reporting requirement, with the first such report due within 180 days of the end of FY 1985. Repeals the provisions authorizing: (1) discretionary grants for new communities; (2) advance drawdowns of rehabilitation-designated funds; (3) loan guarantees; and (4) the urban development action grant program. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to repeal the direct rehabilitation loan program. (Retains revolving fund provisions until transferred or until the end of FY 1986, whichever is earlier.) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize FY 1986 and 1987 appropriations for the urban homesteading program. Authorizes States and localities to charge for the conveyance of homestead property to non-lower income people. Directs that such funds be transferred to the Treasury. Title II: Housing Assistance Programs - Part A: General - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to increase budget authority for specified lower-income housing projects. Limits FY 1986 contract authority for public housing improvement assistance to $175,000,000, to be used only for emergency needs. Authorizes the Secretary to require applicants and participants in Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): (1) programs involving loans, grants, interest or rental assistance, or mortgage or mortgage loan insurance to provide their social security number or employer identification number as a condition of eligibility; or (2) programs involving initial or periodic income review to sign a consent form as a condition of eligibility. Amends the Social Security Act to give HUD and public housing authorities access to State unemployment and wage information. Amends the definition of "disabled" in a specified section of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and the definition of "developmentally disabled individual" in a specified section of the Housing Act of 1959 to conform to the Developmentally Disabled and Bill of Rights Act. Part B: Public and Indian Housing - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to prohibit the Secretary from making low income housing project loans except for projects for which funding has been reserved before October 1,1986. Provides, with regard to such loans, for the cancellation of: (1) principal and interest, except for those loans not intended to be repaid from annual contributions or involving third parties; and (2) the Secretary's debt to the Treasury. Replaces the existing annual contribution method of financing public housing with a one-time capital contribution method, effective as of October 1, 1987. Increases the portion of income that may be used for rent for public housing home ownership programs. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) apply to a Federal or State court for appointment of a receiver for a public housing authority if such authority is in substantial default of the covenants and conditions to which it is subject; and (2) petition the court for temporary or preliminary relief pending the default determination. Part C: Other Assisted Housing - Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to make permanent borrowing authority for direct loans for housing for the elderly or the handicapped. Provides with regard to the section 8 assisted housing program that FY 1985 fair market rents shall continue through FY 1986. Makes the housing voucher program permanent. Authorizes the Secretary to increase maximum rents above the amounts otherwise permitted if necessary to assist in the sale of HUD-owned multifamily projects. Repeals the moderate rehabilitation program. Permits lower-income families whose rent exceed 30 percent of their adjusted income to participate in the housing voucher program. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to repeal: (1) the provision providing for local review of housing applications where the local authority has a HUD-approved housing assistance plan; and (2) the notice and comment exemption for specified State-financed housing assistance. Requires the Secretary, beginning in FY 1988, to allocate housing funds equally between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 to require a rent supplement project owner (currently the Secretary) to give housing priority to persons who are displaced, in substandard housing, or paying more than 50 percent of their income for rent. Repeals the requirement that HUD issue tenant eligibility certificates to requesting project owners. Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to repeal the requirement that entities receiving loans to develop housing for the elderly or handicapped include community representatives in their governing boards. Title III: Program Amendments and Extensions - Part A: Federal Housing Administration - Amends the National Housing Act to extend through FY 1987 the following HUD-Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage and loan insurance programs: (1) property improvement and manufactured home loan insurance; (2) basic home mortgage insurance; (3) rental housing insurance; (4) cooperative housing insurance; (5) rehabilitation and neighborhood conservation housing insurance; (6) moderate income and displaced families housing; (7) miscellaneous housing insurance, including insurance in older urban areas and for existing multifamily housing projects and hospitals; (8) housing for the elderly; (9) experimental housing; (10) condominium insurance; (11) special mortgage insurance; (12) homeowner fee simple purchases; (13) supplemental loans for multifamily housing projects, health facilities, and energy conservation improvements; (14) middle income home ownership; (15) coinsurance; (16) mortgage insurance or graduated payment and indexed mortgages; (17) single family mortgage insurance on Hawaiian and Indian home lands; (18) adjustable rate single family mortgages; (19) shared appreciation mortgages; and (20) mortgage insurance for land development. (Permits expiration of the following HUD-FHA mortgage insurance programs: (1) mortgage insurance for servicemen; (2) mortgage insurance for nursing homes, intermediate care facilities, and board and care homes; (3) homeownership for lower income families; (4) countercyclical economic stimulus; (5) mortgage insurance for hospitals; (6) armed forces housing; and (7) group practice facilities.) Makes conforming and technical amendments to the National Housing Act. Amends the National Housing Act to revise the Secretary's authority in setting insurance premium charges under the property improvement and manufactured home loan programs. Provides that Hawaiian and Indian home lands mortgages shall be General Insurance Fund obligations. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1977 to repeal the requirement that HUD publish prototype housing costs for one- to four-family housing units. Amends the National Housing Act to increase mortgage limits for multifamily projects in high-cost areas. Civil Recovery Double Damages Act - Provides a double damages civil remedy for the unauthorized use of multifamily housing project assets and income. Gives the Attorney General, upon the Secretary's request, exclusive authority to initiate such proceedings (which may be brought up to six years after any misuse of funds has been discovered). Part B: Other Programs - Authorizes FY 1986 and 1987 appropriations for HUD research programs. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with, State or local governments or private or public institutions for programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices. Authorizes FY 1986 and 1987 appropriations. Repeals specified congressional reporting requirements under the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act and the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank Act. Amends the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 to expand HUD's fee-collection authority. Amends the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act to eliminate the maximum fee amount for interstate land sales registration. Title IV: Rental Rehabilitation and Development Grants - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to repeal the housing development grant program. Permits States to use rental rehabilitation grants in rural areas.

A joint resolution to designate April, 1985, as "Fair Housing Month".

United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1985

Designates the month of April 1985 as Fair Housing Month.

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 · 7 March 1985

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 · 7 March 1985

Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make commitments to guarantee or insure authorized loans 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 continue the authorization for Federal Crime Insurance under the National Housing Act.

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1985

Amends the National Housing Act to extend the Federal Crime Insurance program from FY 1985 through 1987 (and its reinsurance program from FY 1986 through 1988).

Homeless Emergency Relief Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1985

Homeless Emergency Relief Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Office of Community Services, to provide grants to local governments or nonprofit organizations for the provision of emergency services (shelter, food, and outpatient care) to homeless persons and families. Limits: (1) Federal amounts to 75 percent of project costs; and (2) individual grants to $5,000,000. Establishes in such Office the Emergency Shelter Grants Review Board which shall review applications and recommend grant recipients to the Secretary. Authorizes FY 1986 appropriations.

A joint resolution to designate April, 1985 as "Fair Housing Month".

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1985

Designates the month of April 1985 as Fair Housing Month.

A bill to amend section 119(d) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974.

United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1985

Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 regarding urban development action grant criteria to place major emphasis on private investment leveraging and job creation, especially for low-income persons and minorities, including the unemployed. Limits fiscal year grant amounts to any single community.

Homeless Persons Housing and Supportive Services Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1985

Homeless Persons Housing and Supportive Services Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct a demonstration program to determine: (1) the feasibility of assisting nonprofit organizations in providing housing and supportive services for homeless persons; (2) the cost of acquiring, rehabilitating, and operating such housing and of providing supportive services; and (3) the social, financial, and other advantages of such housing and supportive services as a means of assisting homeless persons and as an alternative to continued institutionalization of handicapped persons. Authorizes the Secretary to provide any eligible nonprofit organization: (1) annual payments of up to 80 percent of the annual operating expenses of such housing for not more than ten years; (2) technical assistance; and (3) a non-interest bearing advance equal to the cost of acquiring and rehabilitating such housing. Waives repayment of such advance if the organization uses the housing for homeless persons for at least ten years after initial occupancy. Requires each organization receiving assistance to agree to: (1) assess the supportive services required by housing residents and employ a full-time residential supervisor to provide such services; and (2) use the housing for homeless persons for at least five years after initial occupancy. Requires each homeless person residing in housing assisted under this Act to pay as rent the amount such person would pay as rent for public housing under the United States Housing Act of 1937. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress after FY 1986, 1987, and 1988. Limits the annual budget authority for advances and annual payments under this Act. Prohibits the Secretary from making any advance after September 30, 1988.

A joint resolution to designate May 24, 1985, as "National Self-Help Housing Day".

United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1985

Designates May 24, 1985, as National Self-Help Housing Day.

A bill to amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to provide for the continued classification of certain cities as metropolitan cities for purposes of assistance under the community development block grant program.

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1985

Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to provide for the permanent classification of certain cities as metropolitan cities for purposes of the community development block grant assistance (unless such city no longer qualifies as metropolitan on the basis of a decennial census conducted after FY 1985).

A bill entitled: "Income Eligibility for Assisted Housing Stabilization Act of 1985".

United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1985

Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to repeal the assisted housing income eligibility provision.

A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to prevent military personnel from suffering a loss in the after-tax levels of military compensation due to changes in the application of Federal income tax laws to otherwise deductible housing expenses.

United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1985

Provides that, in the event a revenue ruling disallowing a Federal income tax deduction for a personal residence to the extent that otherwise deductible amounts are allocable to housing allowances received by military personnel is applied to members of the armed forces, the President shall raise the basic allowance for quarters of each member to offset the reduction in their tax benefit.

A joint resolution to designate May 24, 1985, as "National Self-Help Housing Day".

United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1985

Designates May 24, 1985, as National Self-Help Housing Day.

Homestead Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1985

Homestead Act of 1985 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to establish procedures under which families residing in public housing projects shall be provided with an opportunity to purchase their dwelling units. Requires the formation of a homeownership association composed of families who: (1) are capable of assuming the responsibilities of homeownership; (2) have resided in public housing projects for not less than 24 consecutive months; and (3) have resided in their current dwelling units for at least 12 consecutive months. Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide comprehensive improvement assistance to such projects to ensure that the physical condition, management, and operation of such projects are sufficient to encourage homeownership by resident families. Directs the Secretary and the responsible public housing agency to provide the training and technical and educational assistance necessary to prepare the families and the homeownership association for homeownership. Directs the Secretary to pay to the agency an amount equal to any reduction in the operating expenses of a project realized as a result of providing such assistance. Directs the agency to use such amount to reduce the purchase prices of dwelling units. Authorizes a homeownership association to purchase a public housing project after the Secretary determines that: (1) the association is prepared to manage and maintain the project with continued Federal assistance; and (2) project operating costs have been reduced sufficiently to make home ownership affordable to resident families. Allows an eligible family to purchase a dwelling directly from the public housing agency if the Secretary determines that such purchase will not interfere with the rights of other resident families or harm the efficient operation of the project. Requires the Secretary to continue to pay annual contributions to such project after such a purchase. Limits the purchase price for a project or unit to 25 percent of its fair market value. Lists alternative purchasing arrangements. Directs the agency to assist a purchase by making a loan to a family or association at an interest rate not exceeding 70 percent of the market interest rate. Requires any unit or project purchaser who sells such property before the expiration of five years to pay the public housing agency a specified percentage of the sale price. Establishes procedures under which families residing in public housing projects shall be provided with an opportunity to undertake the management, maintenance, educational, and cultural functions of such project. Requires such families to form a resident management association. Directs the Secretary and the responsible public housing agency to provide such association with the necessary training and technical and educational assistance. Allows such association to undertake such functions after the Secretary determines it is capable. Prohibits the eviction of any resident family because of the sale of a project to a homeownership association. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) help relocate any family which decides not to purchase its dwellings in a project where other units are purchased; or (2) provide such family with a housing voucher to permit such family to obtain comparable alternative housing. Directs the Secretary to furnish financial assistance to: (1) public housing agencies to enable such agencies to carry out this Act; and (2) purchasing families or associations for operating and maintenance expenses.

Homeless Housing Assistance Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1985

Homeless Housing Assistance Act of 1985 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make competitive noninterest bearing advances to States, local governments, and private nonprofit organizations to renovate and convert facilities for emergency housing use. Waives repayment if the facility is used as a shelter for at least ten years. Requires 25 percent non-Federal matching funds and a three-year use commitment. Limits payments for any single facility to not more than $200,000. Directs the Secretary to coordinate activities with the Federal Interagency Task Force on Food and Shelter, chaired by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and to identify vacant and surplus Federal facilities for emergency housing conversion. Requires a report to the Congress within three months after the end of FY 1986. Authorizes FY 1986 through 1988 appropriations. Directs the Secretary to constitute an emergency housing and food program national board of volunteer agencies to carry out an emergency housing and food program. States that such board shall distribute program funds to localities (which shall constitute local boards) with the greatest need for emergency food and housing assistance. Requires the local board to submit to the national board an annual local homeless housing assistance plan. Limits administrative costs to not more than two percent of appropriations. Authorizes FY 1986 through 1988 appropriations. Directs the Secretary to make grants for demonstration projects to assist the homeless in the transition to independent living. Limits Federal participation to up to 75 percent of project costs. Requires interim and final reports to the Congress. Authorizes FY 1986 through 1988 appropriations.

Multifamily Housing Insurance Rental Procedures Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1985

Multifamily Housing Insurance Rental Procedures Act - Amends the National Housing Act to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to require that the rents and financial operations of mortgagors holding certain federally-insured housing be regulated so as to provide reasonable rentals to tenants and a reasonable return on the mortgagors' investments. Prohibits the Secretary from approving any rental increase for dwelling units in certain federally-insured multifamily rental housing unless: (1) the mortgagor involved submits an application for such increase accompanied by copies of the mortgagor's notice to tenants, the tenant's comments, and the mortgagor's evaluation of such comments; (2) at least 30 days before submitting such application, the mortgagor notifies residents of the average increase intended, makes available the documentary material to be submitted to the Secretary to support the increase request, and allows the residents to submit written comments on such increase; and (3) the resulting rental charge for any unit will not exceed the average charge for all units of such housing by more than ten percent. Prohibits the Secretary from insuring the mortgage of any such housing unless the mortgage contract includes such prohibition.

A joint resolution to consent to an amendment enacted by the legislature of the State of Hawaii to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1985

Approves amendments enacted by the State of Hawaii to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 which: (1) reduce the blood quantum requirement for a spouse or child to succeed to a Hawaiian homestead lessee's unexpired homestead interest; and (2) limit the Hawaiian Homes Commission's authority to designate a successor if a lessee dies without having designated a successor.

A bill to amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to provide that 50 percent of the grants under the urban development action grant program shall be made solely on the basis of project quality.

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1985

Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 regarding urban development action grant criteria to require at least one-half of aggregate grant amounts to be made solely on the basis of specified criteria, of which job creation, especially for low-income persons and minorities, shall be given priority. Requires a report to the Congress.

A resolution expressing the opposition of the House of Representatives to efforts to reduce the availability of housing provided by the Section 202 assistance program for the elderly and handicapped.

United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1985

Expresses the opposition of the House of Representatives to efforts to reduce the availability of housing under the section 202 assistance program operated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the elderly and handicapped.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase certain dollar limitations under Veterans' Administration housing programs.

United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1985

Increases the amount of guaranteed loan entitlement to a veteran for the purchase or construction of a home or for the purchase of mobile homes and mobile home lots.

A resolution directing the Senate Legal Counsel to represent the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs in obtaining a Writ of Habeas Corpus Ad Testificandum.

United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985

Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs in its application for a writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum to obtain the presence of Luis Hector Neira at a committee hearing.

A bill to provide that social security benefit increases occurring after January 1985 shall not be considered as income or resources for the purposes of determining the eligibility for or amount of assistance which any individual or family is provided under certain Federal housing laws.

United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985

Prohibits the consideration of any cost of living or general benefit increase of old age, survivors and disability insurance benefits, after January 1985, for purposes of determining the eligibility for or amount of assistance which any individual or family is provided under the United States Housing Act of 1937, the National Housing Act, the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, or the Housing Act of 1949.

Uniform Relocation Act Amendments of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985

Uniform Relocation Act Amendments of 1985 - Title I: General Provisions - Amends the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 to expand the definition of the term "State agency" for purposes of such Act to include any entity having eminent domain authority under State law. Revises the definition of "Federal assistance" to exclude mortgage interest subsidies. Revises the definition of "displaced person" to provide that: (1) any residential tenant, farm operation, or small business which is permanently displaced as a direct result of Federal or federally-assisted rehabilitation or demolition projects shall be entitled to moving expenses and relocation advisory services under such Act; (2) any such entity which is permanently displaced as a direct result of a Federal or federally-funded program or project shall be entitled to moving expenses; (3) any entity which occupied the displacement dwelling illegally or solely for the purpose of obtaining relocation benefits shall not be eligible for relocation benefits; and (4) any utility required to move its facilities from public lands shall be entitled to be relocated or to receive a relocation payment from the Federal Government or the appropriate State or local government. Sets forth the requirements for a "suitable" replacement dwelling, which shall be used in such Act in place of a "comparable" replacement dwelling. Defines a "displacing agency" as any Federal agency, State, or State agency utilizing Federal assistance which causes a person to be displaced. Title II: Uniform Relocation Assistance - Requires the payment to displaced persons of actual expenses, not exceeding $10,000, necessary to reestablish a displaced small business or nonprofit organization at its new site. Removes the limitation on the moving expense allowance and the fixed amount of the dislocation allowance that a person displaced from a dwelling may elect to receive in lieu of itemized expenses. Declares that such allowances shall be determined according to a schedule established by a lead agency designated by the President. Increases the maximum and decreases the minimum limitations on the payment a person displaced from a business or farm operation may elect to receive in lieu of itemized deductions. Declares that such amount shall be determined according to criteria established by the lead agency. (Currently, such amount is based on the annual earnings of the farm or business.) Excludes from entitlement to such payment a displaced person whose sole business was the rental of the displacement property. Entitles a utility (including any transportation or communications system) that is displaced from property owned or controlled by a State or local agency as a result of a federally-assisted program, to a payment (not exceeding its actual reasonable relocation costs) as provided by State or local law or by a contract, if any, between the utility and the agency. Entitles a utility that is displaced from property owned or controlled by a State or local agency as a result of the acquisition of such property by a Federal agency, to relocation or payment of its actual reasonable relocation costs by the Federal agency, except as provided otherwise by a Federal law, a Federal regulation promulgated before March 17, 1983, or a contract between the utility and the Federal agency. Authorizes the head of an agency responsible for a program resulting in the displacement of a utility or cable television facilities from public property to provide a payment to such utility or cable operation not to exceed moving expenses. Increases the maximum amount of assistance that a displacing agency may provide to a displaced homeowner for replacement housing. Requires such assistance to include an amount necessary to: (1) meet the reasonable cost of a suitable replacement dwelling as defined in this Act; and (2) compensate the displaced person for any increased financing costs. Authorizes a displacing agency to extend the one-year period, following payment for an acquired home, during which the displaced person must purchase and occupy a replacement dwelling in order to qualify for housing replacement payments, but limits such payments to the costs of relocating such person within that one-year period. Revises the method of determining the amount of rental housing replacement assistance to be provided to displaced tenants. Eliminates the $4,000 rental assistance limitation and establishes the amount of such assistance for a person whose income exceeds 50 percent of the median area income at the lesser of: (1) $4,500; or (2) 36 times the difference between the monthly cost of a suitable replacement dwelling and the monthly cost of the displacement dwelling. Permits eligible displaced tenants to elect to: (1) receive Federal, State, or local low-income housing assistance in lieu of such rental housing replacement assistance; or (2) apply such rental assistance toward the downpayment on a decent, safe, and sanitary replacement dwelling. Declares that displaced homeowners who meet the residency requirement for rental housing replacement assistance but not for homeowner's housing replacement assistance may qualify for rental assistance, at the discretion of the lead agency. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to give displaced persons priority for assistance under public housing programs. Directs the Small Business Administration and other Federal agencies to provide technical assistance to such persons applying for assistance and to expedite their applications. Requires that all relocation assistance advisory programs: (1) provide information on suitable locations for displaced farming operations; (2) assure that no person is required to move before being given a reasonable choice of suitable replacement dwellings; and (3) assure that a 180-day homeowner occupant is given a reasonable opportunity to remain in such occupancy status. Provides for the designation of a single, cognizant Federal agency to establish procedures to be used by a non-Federal displacing agency to implement related activities funded by two or more Federal agencies. Directs the lead agency to require that provisions authorizing a displacing agency to use project funds to provide dwellings for displaced persons if the project would be delayed because suitable replacement housing is not otherwise available be used to exceed housing replacement assistance ceilings only on a case-by-case basis and for good cause. Authorizes a displacing agency to provide replacement housing for persons eligible for low-income housing assistance through public housing programs. Permits a Federal agency to discharge its responsibilities by accepting the certification by a State agency that it will implement State law to carry out the Federal relocation assistance program, provided that the lead agency determines that such State law will accomplish the purpose and effect of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. Directs the head of the lead agency to monitor and report biennially to Congress on State agency implementation of such certification. Permits an agency to withdraw acceptance of a certification after providing the State government with notice and an opportunity to demonstrate why such action is inappropriate. Permits a Federal agency to withhold approval of any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement with any displacing agency found to have intentionally circumvented such State law. Provides that any payment a displaced person receives under State law shall replace a housing replacement or real property acquisition payment for substantially the same purpose under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act. Requires the President to designate a lead agency which shall: (1) promulgate rules to carry out such Act; (2) coordinate relocation assistance activities with Federal and federally-financed low-income housing programs; (3) monitor the implementation of such Act; and (4) report any major problems under such Act to Congress. Requires a State agency to pay the United States all net amounts (currently all amounts) received from the sale of surplus Federal property transferred to the agency for the purpose of providing replacement housing. Repeals the authority of any displacing agency to make loans to various organizations for planning and obtaining federally-insured mortgage financing for housing for displaced persons. Title III: Uniform Real Property Acquisition Policy - Authorizes the lead agency to prescribe a procedure under which Federal agencies may acquire real property without having it appraised. Permits a displaced person to donate the real property being acquired or any of the compensation paid for such property to the acquiring agency. Prohibits a Federal agency from approving any acquisition of real property involving Federal financial assistance unless the acquiring agency assures that: (1) it will be guided, to the greatest extent possible under State law, by the land acquisition policies of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act; and (2) property owners will be paid for necessary expenses as provided in such Act. Permits a Federal agency to discharge its acquisition responsibilities under such Act by accepting a certification by a State agency, which must be verified by the lead agency, that it will implement State law in a manner that will accomplish the acquisition policies and objectives of such Act. Directs the lead agency to monitor State agency implementation of such certification. Title IV: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective dates of specified provisions of this Act.

Emergency Housing Assistance Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985

Emergency Housing Assistance Act of 1985 - 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 Housing Act of 1949; (2) the mortgagor has suffered a substantial reduction in income, other than as a result of repeated or felonious misconduct, which renders the mortgagor unable to correct a mortgage delinquency or to resume full mortgage payments; (3) the average aggregate annual income of the mortgagor and family members residing with the mortgagor does not exceed a specified amount, or the aggregate value of the assets, with certain exceptions, of such mortgagor and family members does not exceed $10,000; (4) the mortgagor has cooperated with any attempt by the mortgagee to establish a reasonable plan to correct the mortgage delinquency without assistance under this Act; and (5) 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. 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 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. Declares that failure to comply with these provisions shall be the basis of an action to enjoin a foreclosure. 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) not be less than the amount necessary to ensure that the total monthly housing expense of the mortgagor (which excludes the maintenance and utility cost for certain luxury appurtenances) 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; (2) approve or disapprove an application for assistance within 45 days; (3) seek a reasonable distribution of assistance among participating districts; and (4) consider the rates of residential mortgage foreclosure and unemployment in units of local government and whether such units qualify for urban development action grants in providing assistance under this Act. Creates the Homeowners Emergency Relief Fund to be available to carry out this Act. Authorizes FY 1986 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 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 the 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. Repeals title I (Emergency Mortgage Relief) of the Emergency Housing Act of 1975.

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

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985

Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to: (1) permit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to verify public housing eligibility data; (2) require an income review of each family applying for public housing assistance (currently a random sampling is verified); and (3) provide for reimbursement or program denial or termination for assistance application violations.

Individual Housing Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985

Individual Housing Act of 1985 - 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 $5,000, with a maximum lifetime deduction of $15,000. 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.

Individual Housing Account Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985

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.

Equal Access to Housing Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985

Equal Access to Housing Act of 1985 - Entitles Public Law 90-284 the "Civil Rights Act of 1968." Entitles title VIII of such Act the "Equal Access to Housing Act." Revises the express policy of title VIII to provide for "equal access to" instead of "fair" housing. States that this policy does not mean assurance of housing for any particular proportion of individuals of a certain race, color, religion, sex, handicap, or national origin. Defines "aggrieved person" as a person whose bona fide attempt to buy, sell, lease, or finance a dwelling has been denied on a discriminatory basis. Adds the physically handicapped as a protected class of persons. Excludes from the meaning of "handicap" any impairment consisting of alcohol or drug abuse or which would be a threat to the property or safety of others. Defines discriminatory practices with respect to the handicapped. States that discrimination shall not include refusals to: (1) make alterations at the expense of sellers, landlord owners, or persons acting on their own behalf; (2) make modifications which would unreasonably inconvenience others; or (3) allow modifications which alter the marketability of a dwelling. Extends the housing financing discrimination prohibition to include real estate appraisers. States that it is not unlawful for appraisers to take into consideration all factors relevant to estimating fair market value, provided that such factors are not used for discriminatory purposes. Limits coverage of title VIII to actions taken with a discriminatory intent or purpose. Transfers all authority for administering title VIII from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to the Justice Department. Establishes a one-House congressional veto procedure for regulations promulgated by the Attorney General for compliance purposes. Sets forth new enforcement procedures for title VIII complaints. Permits an aggrieved person or the Attorney General on his own initiative to file a discriminatory housing practice complaint (currently, Justice Department complaints are limited to "patterns or practices" of discrimination). Requires the Attorney General to refer title VIII charges to certified State or local agencies which have jurisdiction. Prohibits the Attorney General from conditioning certification on the agency's agreement to waive its exclusive authority over housing discrimination. Requires the Attorney General to endeavor to resolve charges by conciliation. Permits the Attorney General to seek injunctive relief where preliminary investigation reveals that prompt judicial action is necessary. Continues the current authority given to private parties to seek enforcement in Federal district court. Permits the Attorney General to intervene in any such private action after personal certification that the case is of general public importance. Expresses the sense of Congress that the use of Federal magistrates should be encouraged to the maximum extent feasible to expedite litigation.

Veterans' Administration Housing Program Amendments of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985

Veterans' Administration Housing Program Amendments of 1985 - Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to provide home loan guarantees in cases in which the parties agree to abide by a qualified adjustable rate mortgage (a mortgage in which the interest rate is adjusted periodically by the lender). Specifies means of accomplishing such adjustments. States that such adjustments shall: (1) correspond to a national interest rate index; (2) be made not more often than annually; and (3) be limited to a maximum amount of increase. Provides for notification to the veteran applicant of the features of such adjustable rate mortgage. Increases the maximum amount of VA home loan guarantees.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to deductions for the payment of certain expenses by members of the uniformed services who receive housing allowances.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow members of the uniformed services to deduct expenses related to tax-exempt housing allowances.

A bill to provide that each State must establish a workfare program, and require participation therein by all residents of the State who are receiving benefits or assistance under the aid to families with dependent children, food stamp, and public housing programs, as a condition of the State's eligibility for Federal assistance in connection with those programs.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985

Requires that each State establish and maintain an approved workfare program as a condition of its eligibility for Federal payments or other assistance under the: (1) program of aid to families with dependent children under the Social Security Act; (2) food stamp program under the Food Stamp Act of 1977; and (3) public housing and assisted housing programs under the United States Housing Act of 1937. Requires that such State workfare program shall require every State resident applying for or receiving aid under such Federal public assistance program to perform work in return for, and as a condition for, such aid. Directs the appropriate Federal agencies to promulgate guidelines for approval, supervision, and oversight of such State workfare programs. Exempts from required participation in such programs those who are: (1) under age 18 or over age 65; (2) disabled; (3) regularly employed for at least 40 hours a week; or (4) primarily responsible for the care of a child less than three years old (or for the care of a child more than two but less than six years old if suitable child care is not available at reasonable cost). Requires that each State workfare program must provide that if any individual who is required to participate in such program refuses to accept a bona fide offer of qualified employment or to perform qualified employment, in any month, neither such individual nor any other person in the family or household of which such individual is a member shall be eligible to receive any aid under such Federal public assistance programs for that month. Requires that State workfare programs include provision for job counseling, assistance in obtaining employment outside the program, and job search activities. Provides for: (1) Federal matching funds to cover administrative costs of such State programs; (2) Federal cut-offs of funds to State agencies for failure to comply with this Act; and (3) Federal agency reports to Congress on such State programs. Authorizes appropriations.

A bill to amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to give primary consideration to project quality in making grants under the urban development action grant program.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985

Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to eliminate the requirement that applicant economic distress be considered the primary criterion in the selection of recipients of urban development action grants.

National Condominium Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985

National Condominium Act of 1985 - Provides for the designation of an Assistant Secretary for Condominiums within the Department of Housing and Urban Development to assist in the planning, development, construction, and operation of condominiums or the purchase of condominium units. Prohibits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from making any housing loan to a developer of a condominium project unless the developer discloses information assuring compliance with specified standards governing the sale and conversion of condominiums. Allows any purchaser of a federally-assisted condominium at least 30 days after signing a purchase agreement to cancel such agreement. Directs the Secretary to assist State and local governments to establish standards to protect purchasers of condominiums and residents of structures being converted to condominiums. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to such governments for the establishment of offices to enforce such standards. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes penalties for violations of this Act.

A bill to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide assistance for emergency repairs in the Chicago Housing Authority low-income housing projects.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985

Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide financial assistance to the Chicago Housing Authority for emergency repairs in lower income housing projects assisted under the United States Housing Act of 1937. Authorizes appropriations.

Shared Housing Residents Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985

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 · 3 January 1985

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 an arrangement under which two or more unrelated individuals, at least one of whom has attained age 60 or is handicapped, share housing facilities.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a deduction for contributions for the construction or maintenance of buildings housing fraternal organizations.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income, estate, and gift tax deduction for contributions for the construction or maintenance of buildings which house fraternal organizations.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to deductions for certain expenses incurred by a member of a uniformed service of the United States, or by a minister, who receives a housing or subsistence allowance.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985

Permits members of the clergy and members of the uniformed services to deduct expenses related to tax-exempt housing allowances and subsistence allowances without regard to the operation of Revenue Ruling 83-3.

Housing Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985

Housing Act of 1985 - Sets forth specified regulatory authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development regarding the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Farmers Home Administration. Title I: Housing Assistance - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to increase on October 1, 1985, the aggregate amount of budget authority available for lower-income housing rental rehabilitation and development grants. Extends budget authority utilization provisions through FY 1986. Authorizes additional development grant appropriations for FY 1986. Authorizes public housing agencies to determine (with the Secretary's approval) monthly rents (as an alternative to the existing schedule) based on specified factors. Excludes from the definition of "adjusted income" ten percent of a family's income if any member of such family pays either Federal self-employment or FICA taxes. Requires Federal housing assistance contracts with public housing agencies to be for 15-year periods. Repeals the provision prohibiting new rental unit construction unless such costs are less than comparative acquisition or rehabilitation costs. Directs the Secretary within six months to: (1) issue regulations that establish a comprehensive improvement assistance program allocation and distribution system; and (2) report to the Congress regarding such program. Requires such information to be included in the Housing and Urban Development Act annual report. Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to authorize budget authority through FY 1986 for housing for the elderly and the handicapped. Limits FY 1986 loan appropriations. Prohibits a housing sponsor from requiring mandatory meal participation as a condition for occupancy. Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to extend the interest ceiling on loans for housing for the elderly and disabled through October 1, 1986. Authorizes FY 1986 appropriations under the Congregate Housing Service Act of 1978. Amends the National Housing Act to: (1) limit aggregate amounts for contracts entered into with the budget authority provided on October 1, 1985; and (2) extend assistance payments and housing stimulus authorities through FY 1986. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to direct the Secretary to use a performance funding system to allocate lower-income housing project payments. Sets forth system factors, including: (1) annual inflation adjustments; (2) operating cost sharing between the Department of Housing and Urban Development and public housing agencies; (3) public housing agency reimbursement for unexpected costs; and (4) treatment of excess revenues and vacant units. Authorizes FY 1986 appropriations. Requires assistance to be paid in monthly installments, beginning by the first month of the fiscal year. Repeals income eligibility provisions. Establishes the Task Force on Family Housing Needs in Assisted Housing to examine: (1) the problems of families with children living in federally-assisted highrise buildings, or on housing waiting lists; and (2) the need for additional housing construction. Requires a report to the Congress and the Secretary within one year. States that specified assisted housing shall be developed in accordance with energy conservation standards (to be developed by the Secretary) with regard to cost-effective construction and operating costs. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to direct the Secretary to prepare and submit to the Congress a comparative study of the impact of assistance under the rent subsidy and payment standard (voucher) programs. Requires the Secretary to: (1) include in the Housing and Urban Development Act annual report descriptions of specified characteristics of families in assisted housing; (2) and submit to the Congress a public housing management and funding report. Title II: Rural Housing - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to authorize FY 1986 programs for: (1) elderly housing loan insurance; (2) mutual and self-help housing; and (3) specified rural housing loan insurance and guarantee authority. Authorizes FY 1986 appropriations for: (1) rehabilitation grants and loans; (2) structural repairs under the Rural Housing Insurance Fund; (3) farm labor housing; (4) multi-family unit rental assistance; (5) mutual and self-help housing; (6) site loans; (7) housing preservation; (8) rural housing loan funds; (9) low-income housing assistance; and (10) low-income home ownership and rental or cooperative housing. Requires the Secretary to issue rural housing preservation program implementing regulations within 90 days. Title III: Program Amendments and Extensions - Part A: Federal Housing Administration Mortgage Insurance Programs - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize FY 1986 programs for: (1) title I insurance; (2) general insurance; (3) low and moderate income housing insurance; (4) co-insurance; (5) graduated payment and indexed mortgage insurance; (6) armed services housing insurance; (7) land development insurance; and (8) group practice facilities insurance. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish maximum interest rates for insured mortgages and obligations; and (2) prepare and submit to the Congress a study of voluntary standards for modular homes. Part B: Flood and Crime Insurance Programs - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend flood insurance and emergency implementation of flood insurance program authority through FY 1986. Amends the National Housing Act to extend crime and riot insurance program authority through FY 1986. Extends contract authority through FY 1987. Part C: Secondary Mortgage Market Programs - Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to extend the Government National Mortgage Association mortgage-backed securities program through FY 1986. Prohibits the imposition of fees on Federal National Mortgage Association and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation transactions. Limits fees on Government National Mortgage Association transactions. Part D: Regulatory and Other Programs - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize FY 1986 appropriations for urban homesteading. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to extend rehabilitation loan authority through FY 1986. Amends the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act to authorize FY 1986 appropriations. Amends the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank Act to authorize FY 1986 appropriations. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to authorize FY 1986 counseling appropriations. Amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to repeal the October 1, 1985, termination of authority date. Amends the Energy Conservation in Existing Buildings Act of 1976 to authorize FY 1986 weatherization program appropriations. Amends the Housing and Urban Development of 1970 to authorize FY 1986 research appropriations. Authorizes FY 1986 appropriations for the neighborhood development demonstration program. Title IV: Shelter Assistance for the Homeless and Displaced - Part A: Emergency Shelter Program - Authorizes FY 1986 emergency shelter program appropriations. Part B: Second Stage Housing for the Homeless and Displaced - Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out a demonstration program to determine the effectiveness of assisting nonprofit organizations in providing housing and supportive services for homeless persons; and (2) submit to the Congress an interim and a final report. Sets forth program requirements and FY 1986 budget authority. Title V: Nehemiah Housing Opportunity Grants - Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants to nonprofit organizations to carry out a Nehemiah housing opportunity program to provide loans to families purchasing approved constructed or rehabilitated homes. Requires an annual report to the Congress. Requires that each loan: (1) be secured by a second mortgage held by the Secretary; (2) not exceed $15,000; (3) be interest-free; and (4) be repayable to the Secretary upon the transfer of such property to an ineligible family under specified circumstances. Sets forth related program requirements, conditions of assistance, and selection criteria. Establishes in the Treasury the Nehemiah Housing Opportunity Fund. Authorizes FY 1986 appropriations.

Public Housing Rental Stabilization Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985

Public Housing Rental Stabilization Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize any public housing agency to require tenants of one of its projects to pay monthly rent based on the unsubsidized rents for comparable dwelling units in the area, the average monthly amount of debt service and operating expenses attributable to similar units of its other projects, or other relevant factors. Limits such rent to the amount payable under current provisions of such Act and the maximum amount that is approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.