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Bill· SS. 698 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1983
Emergency Shelter for the Homeless Act of 1983 - Title I: General Provisions - Defines terms to be used in this Act. Title II: Grants for Operation of Shelters for Homeless Adults - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States, local governments, and nonprofit organizations to pay general operating costs of emergency shelters for homeless adults. Conditions the eligibility of a State, local government, or nonprofit organization on requirements that: (1) an emergency shelter is operating in the area served by such entity; (2) such entity operated an emergency shelter some time during the three years preceding the enactment of this Act; and (3) such entity agrees to expend an amount equal to, and in addition to, the grant amount to operate emergency shelters. Lists grant application requirements, including requirements for: (1) material describing shelters operated by the applicant within the preceding three years; (2) material specifying the bed capacity of shelters operated by someone else; (3) information on the unemployment and vacant housing rates and the number of unrelated individuals living below the poverty level in the area served by the applicant; (4) an assurance that the applicant will repay grant funds not expended for operating emergency shelters; and (5) a report describing discussions between any State or local government applicant and community representatives concerning emergency shelter expenditures. Directs the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register a notice of the availability of funds for such grants when the amount approved for applicants is less than the amount appropriated for such grants. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Grants for Renovating and Converting Facilities for Use as Shelters for the Homeless - Permits the Secretary to make competitive grants to States, local governments, and nonprofit organizations to renovate or convert facilities to be used as emergency shelters for the homeless. Sets forth information that must be included in an application for such a grant, including: (1) the number of individuals in the areas who need emergency shelters and the number of individuals for whom shelter would be provided; (2) material demonstrating that notice and an opportunity to comment has been provided to the neighborhood in which the facility will be located; and (3) assurances that the applicant will expend, within one year, such grant amount and an additional contribution equal to 25 percent of such amount to renovate or convert such facility and will operate such facility as an emergency shelter for three years and as an emergency shelter, or for another approved public purpose, for four additional years. Requires repayment of 80 percent of grant funds not used as prescribed in this title. Prohibits the Secretary from making any grant that would result in a disproportionate burden on any one section of a locality. Requires the Secretary to publish a notice of the availability of grant funds whenever amounts appropriated exceed amounts approved for such grants. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Demonstration Projects Relating to Emergency Shelter for the Homeless - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States, local governments, and nonprofit organizations for the operation of demonstration projects that develop and apply innovative approaches to provide basic services to the homeless. Conditions grant eligibility on an entity's agreement to expend such grant amount plus a contribution equal to ten percent of such amount on such a project. Directs the Secretary to publicize the availability of grant funds when amounts appropriated exceed amounts requested and approved. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Coordinating Council to Assist the Homeless - Establishes the Federal Coordinating Council on the Homeless. Requires the Council to report to both Houses of Congress within 90 days on: (1) the extent to which existing Federal law providing assistance to the homeless can be utilized; and (2) whether assistance currently provided is adequate for the purpose of each Act. Terminates the Council 30 days after it transmits its report. Directs the Secretary to submit a copy of the report to the chief executive officer of each State. Title VI: Federal Assistance for Eligible Homeless People Under SSI Program - Amends the Social Security Act to exclude an emergency shelter from the definition of a "public institution" to allow otherwise eligible shelter residents to receive Supplemental Security Income benefits. Title VII: Tax Incentives for Emergency Shelters and Single Room Occupancy Facilities - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an investment tax credit equal to 25 percent of the qualified expenditures for the construction or rehabilitation of an emergency shelter facility or a single room occupancy facility. Provides for an income tax exclusion of the interest earned on tax-exempt bonds issued to finance qualified shelter facilities.
Bill· HRH.R. 1950 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1983
Emergency Shelter for the Homeless Act of 1983 - Title I: General Provisions - Defines terms to be used in this Act. Title II: Grants for Operation of Shelters for Homeless Adults - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States, local governments, and nonprofit organizations to pay general operating costs of emergency shelters for homeless adults. Condition the eligibility of a State, local government, or nonprofit organization on requirements that: (1) an emergency shelter is operating in the area served by such entity; (2) such entity operated an emergency shelter some time during the three years preceding the enactment of this Act; and (3) such entity agrees to expend an amount equal to and in addition to the grant amount to operate emergency shelters. Lists grant application requirements, including requirements for: (1) material describing shelters operated by the applicant within the preceding three years; (2) material specifying the bed capacity of shelters operated by someone else; (3) information on the unemployment and vacant housing rates and the number of unrelated individuals living below the poverty level in the area served by the applicant; (4) an assurance that the applicant will repay grant funds not expended for operating emergency shelters; and (5) a report describing a discussion between any State or local government applicant and community representatives concerning emergency shelter expenditures. Directs the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register a notice of the availability of funds for such grants when the amount approved for applicants is less than the amount appropriated for such grants. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Grants for Renovating and Converting Facilities for Use as Shelters for the Homeless - Permits the Secretary to make competitive grants to States, local governments, and nonprofit organizations to renovate or convert facilities to be used as emergency shelters for the homeless. Sets forth information that must be included in an application for such a grant, including: (1) the number of individuals in the area who need emergency shelters and the number of individuals for whom shelter would be provided; (2) material demonstrating that notice and an opportunity to comment has been provided to the neighborhood in which the facility will be located; and (3) assurances that the applicant will expend, within one year, such grant amount and an additional contribution equal to 25 percent of such amount to renovate or convert such facility and will operate such facility as an emergency shelter for three years and as an emergency shelter, or for another approved public purpose, for four additional years. Requires repayment of 80 percent of grant funds not used as prescribed in this title. Prohibits the Secretary from making any grant that would result in a disproportionate burden on any one section of a locality. Requires the Secretary to publish a notice of the availability of grant funds whenever amounts appropriated exceed amounts approved for such grants. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Demonstration Projects relating to Emergency Shelter for the Homeless - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States, local governments, and nonprofit organizations for the operation of demonstration projects that develop and apply innovative approaches to provide basic services to the homeless. Conditions grant eligibility on an entity's agreement to expend such grant amount plus a contribution equal to ten percent of such amount on such a project. Directs the Secretary to publicize the availability of grant funds when amounts appropriated exceed amounts requested and approved. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Coordinating Council to Assist the Homeless - Establishes the Federal Coordinating Council on the Homeless. Requires the Council to report to both Houses of Congress within 90 days on: (1) the extent to which existing Federal law providing assistance to the homeless is and can be utilized; and (2) whether assistance currently provided is adequate for the purpose of each Act. Terminates the Council 30 days after it transmits its report. Directs the Secretary to submit a copy of the report to the chief executive officer of each State. Title VI: Federal Assistance for Eligible Homeless People Under SSI Program - Amends the Social Security Act to exclude an emergency shelter from the definition of a "public institution" to allow otherwise eligible shelter residents to receive Supplemental Security Income benefits. Title VII: Tax Incentives for Emergency Shelters and Single Room Occupancy Facilities - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an investment tax credit equal to 25 percent of the qualified expenditures for the construction or rehabilitation of an emergency shelter facility or a single room occupancy facility. Provides for an income tax exclusion of the interest earned on tax-exempt bonds issued to finance qualified shelter facilities.
Bill· SS. 673 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals who have never owned a principal residence an income tax credit for 25 percent of amounts contributed to an individual housing account. Limits the amount of such credit to $1,500 for any taxable year ($3,000 for joint returns). Requires contributions made to an individual housing account to remain in such account for at least 12 months. Sets forth requirements for the establishment of an individual housing account. Imposes penalties for distributions made from an individual housing account which are not used in connection with the purchase of a principal residence. Exempts interest earned on an individual housing account from income taxation. Requires the trustee of an individual housing account to make such reports regarding the maintenance of an individual housing account as the Secretary of the Treasury may require. Prohibits contributions to an individual housing account in excess of prescribed limits and imposes a tax on such excess contributions equal to the tax on excess contributions to an individual retirement account.
Bill· HRH.R. 1928 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 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 (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.
Bill· HRH.R. 1905 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow members of the clergy to deduct expenses related to tax-exempt housing allowances.
Bill· HRH.R. 1901 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1983
Housing and Community Development Act of 1983 - Title I: 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 program, the urban development action grant 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. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) make rental rehabilitation grants to State and local governments for the rehabilitation of privately owned property for residential rental purposes; and (2) make available contract authority to assist the very low-income tenants who are displaced by such rehabilitation activities, to minimize such displacement, and to assist other very low-income tenants in obtaining decent housing. Sets forth guidelines for the allocation of such grants and assistance (resources) among cities having a population of 50,000 or more, urban counties, and States. Requires the Secretary to conduct annual audits and reviews of the performance of resource recipients. Permits the Secretary to adjust the amount of resources provided to recipients in accordance with the findings of such audits and reviews. Prohibits any adjustments to recapture resources already expended. Authorizes the Secretary to limit the rental rehabilitation grant amounts any entity may receive in any fiscal year. Requires any assisted City, Urban County or State administering a rental rehabilitation program to provide for the public and the Secretary an annual statement on proposed rehabilitation activities. Lists requirements for rental rehabilitation programs assisted under this Act. Restricts the use of rehabilitation grants to structures that are to be used for rental residential purposes in low- and moderate-income areas. Limits the amount of rehabilitation assistance for a structure to 50 percent of the total rehabilitation costs of that structure. Prohibits assisted State and local governments from imposing rental requirements on assisted structures which differ from those applicable to structures rehabilitated without assistance. Requires a borrower under such a program to be personally liable for repayment of any financing upon default. Provides for State administration of resources in areas outside a city or county receiving a direct allocation. Permits a State: (1) to use allocated resources to conduct its own rehabilitation program; (2) to distribute such resources to local governments; or (3) in FY 1983, to elect to have the Secretary administer such resources. Authorizes the Secretary to establish relocation standards. Directs the Secretary to establish specified procedures governing rehabilitation involving historic structures. Prohibits the Secretary from making rehabilitation grants unless the recipient provides satisfactory assurances that its program will be administered in conformity with specified civil rights requirements. 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 that community development grants to States for nonentitlement areas (areas other than metropolitan cities or urban counties) be distributed by the States. (Current law provides for distribution by the Secretary in certain cases.) Revises grant certification requirements to delete requirements that: (1) the Governor of a State must be the State official who makes such certifications; and (2) a State must match ten percent of such grant amount for community development activities. Requires the reallocation among all States of grant funds that are allocated to a State for nonentitlement areas but not received by the State because it fails to meet grant prerequisites or because of an administrative action against the State. Requires that amounts of a State's allocation that become available as a result of grant closeouts or administrative actions against local governments be added to that State's allocation for the fiscal year in which such amounts become available or, if such State did not receive a grant in such year, to amounts to be allocated to all States in the succeeding fiscal year. Includes among activities that are eligible for funding through community development block grants: (1) the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, or installation of all public facilities except buildings for the general conduct of government; and (2) the new construction of housing. Revises the definition of an Indian tribe for purposes of provisions concerning eligibility for community development block grants and urban development action grants. Requires recipients of community development block grants 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 amount of community development block grants 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 that grant funds originally allocated to metropolitan cities and urban counties which become available for reallocation be redistributed on a nationwide basis in the succeeding fiscal year. (Currently, such funds are redistributed among cities and counties within the same metropolitan area as the city or county to which the funds were originally allocated.) 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 community development block grant and urban development action grant programs. Repeals the exclusion of central cities of metropolitan statistical areas with populations of less than 50,000 as small cities with such populations for which 25 percent of urban development action grants are set aside. Repeals provisions that: (1) allow local governments to receive an advance payment of the amount of their block grants to establish a revolving fund to be used for their rehabilitation activities; and (2) authorize the Secretary to guarantee obligations issued by local governments to finance the acquisition and rehabilitation of real property. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to repeal provisions authorizing the Secretary to make rehabilitation loans 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. Title II: Assisted Housing - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide the Secretary additional contract authority for FY 1983 for contributions for the acquisition and development of public housing projects. Directs the Secretary to use a specified amount of such approved authority for contracts for improvement assistance to such projects. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1982 through 1984 for operating assistance for such projects. Repeals provisions providing for the approval of an application for housing assistance on the basis of consistency with a local housing plan. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to Indian tribes to: (1) assist in the development of newly constructed housing for tribe members; and (2) make rental units in such housing affordable to very low income members. Provides that assisted housing units may be: (1) owned by a tribe or an Indian housing authority and leased to the families; or (2) owned by the tribe or authority and the family as comortgagors. Sets forth grant application requirements, criteria for selecting grant participants, and maximum grant amounts. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY 1984 and 1985. Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary to insure: (1) mortgages of such assisted Indian housing units; and (2) advances for construction of such units when no feasible financing alternative is available. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require operating subsidies for public housing projects to be determined on the basis of a formula calculated to assure that the income of the public housing agency will be comparable to the sum of the existing housing fair market rents or the payment standards for the public housing agency's units, with specified adjustments by the Secretary. Requires the payment of a subsidy determined under current provisions of such Act plus a reasonable replacement allowance if such total amount is less than the subsidy as determined under this Act. Sets forth provisions governing the transition from the current method of calculating operating subsidies to the formula method. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) fund certain public housing projects under a different formula; and (2) reimburse public housing agencies for costs of required audits. Repeals provisions that require the Secretary to allocate excess operating subsidy funds to public housing projects that incur unanticipated excessive costs due to circumstances beyond their control. Prohibits the Secretary from entering any contracts to provide comprehensive improvement assistance to public housing projects after September 30, 1987, using authority approved in appropriation Acts for fiscal years after 1987. Amends the Housing Act of 1937 to permit low-income housing assistance contracts providing assistance payments based on a payment standard used to determine the maximum monthly assistance payable for any family with respect to an existing unit selected by the family. Directs the Secretary, at least annually, to establish payment standards for various sizes and types of dwelling units in the market area at levels designed to assist the greatest possible number of families in securing decent, safe, and sanitary housing. Directs the Secretary to publish payment standards in the Federal Register. Establishes the monthly assistance payment for a family as the amount by which the payment standard exceeds 30 percent of the family's monthly adjusted income, provided that such monthly assistance payment is not greater than the amount by which: (1) the monthly rent for the unit exceeds ten percent of the family's monthly income; or (2) the lower of such rent or the payment standard exceeds the part of any welfare payment designated for the family's housing costs. Restricts such assistance payments to very low-income families and families previously assisted under specified housing programs, with preference given to families which: (1) occupy substandard housing; (2) are involuntarily displaced; or (3) pay more than 50 percent of their income for rent. Permits the Secretary to disregard such preference and provide assistance to: (1) eligible families occupying units in formerly assisted projects acquired by the Secretary; (2) families in units to be rehabilitated; or (3) families residing in assisted Indian housing projects. Terminates such assistance with respect to any vacant unit. Limits the duration of such assistance payments to five years. Requires the public housing agency to inspect the assisted unit at least annually to determine that it meets housing quality standards. Provides for the administration of such assistance contracts for Indian housing tenants by an Indian tribe or an Indian housing authority. Limits the duration of such contracts. Provides for low-income housing assistance based on a payment standard for families renting manufactured homes or spaces. Requires that tenants be given a preference for assistance under certain public housing and rent supplement programs if they are paying more than 50 percent of their income for rent. Allows the Secretary to establish income ceilings 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 variations are necessary because of unusually high or low family incomes. Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to: (1) extend the applicability of provisions providing for delayed implementation of rent increases under such Act to tenants occupying assisted housing on or after the effective date of regulations implementing such Act; and (2) prohibit annual rent increases of more than 20 percent (currently ten percent) for tenants occupying assisted housing on or before such date as a result of provisions of such Act, the payment standards under this Act, or any other provisions of Federal law redefining which governmental benefits are to be considered as income. Authorizes the Secretary to delay implementation of specified procedures for determining a family's rent or contribution under certain housing programs if the Secretary determines that immediate implementation would be impracticable, would violate the terms of existing leases, or would cause extraordinary hardship for any class of tenants. Provides that the 20 percent limitation on rent increases shall not apply to a tenant whose rent payments are based on parts of welfare payments specifically designated for housing costs if the Secretary determines that the tenant will not bear the burden of such rent increases. Prohibits any reduction in a tenant's rent or contribution for assisted housing as a result of the implementation of procedures under this Act. Makes a technical revision in the definition of a developmentally disabled individual for purposes of certain housing programs for the elderly or handicapped and public housing programs. Permits the Secretary to petition any U.S. district court or the appropriate State court for the appointment of a receiver for a public housing agency which is in default on the covenants or conditions to which it is subject. Authorizes the court to grant temporary or preliminary relief pending final disposition of such petition. Terminates an appointed receiver upon the petition of the Secretary or when the court determines that all defaults have been cured and that the public housing agency will operate according to controlling covenants and conditions. 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 or economic factors; and (2) the net proceeds of the disposition will be used to retire outstanding indebtedness as prescribed by the annual contributions contract or the Secretary. Conditions the approval of such demolition or disposition on requirements that: (1) affected tenants be consulted; and (2) displaced tenants be given an opportunity by the public housing agency to relocate to other decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing. Permits the Secretary to approve any disposition of property determined to be excess to the needs of a project and any disposition which does not interfere with the continued operation of a project. Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to eliminate the requirement that a nonprofit corporation, to be eligible for loans for the provision of housing for the elderly and handicapped, have on its governing body members selected to represent the views of the community where such housing would be located. 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 definition of a multifamily housing project to make certain requirements concerning tenant participation applicable to only those projects: (1) the mortgages of which are, or have been, federally insured; (2) which have been sold subject to a mortgage insured or held by the Secretary and subject to an agreement requiring the project's low- and moderate-income character to be maintained; or (3) the mortgages of which are, or have been, federally insured and the owner of which is the Secretary. Amends the Social Security Act to require State unemployment agencies to disclose information to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and public housing agencies concerning applicant's wage information and unemployment benefits. Requires the State agencies to establish safeguards to assure that disclosed information is used only to determine an individual's eligibility for benefits or the amount of benefits under HUD programs. Requires the entity responsible for determining eligibility for, or the level of, certain Federal housing benefits to deny such benefits to any applicant who knowingly submitted incorrect or misleading statements, concealed or withheld relevant information, or violated other benefit requirements. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 to extend the prohibition against providing housing assistance to non-resident aliens to assistance provided under a specified mortgage insurance program under the National Housing Act. Title III: Program Amendments and Extensions - Amends the National Housing Act to extend through September 30, 1985 the Secretary's authority 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, nursing homes, intermediate care facilities, and hospitals after May 20, 1983; and (2) mortgagors qualifying for home ownership assistance payments under such Act after September 30, 1983. 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. Provides for the liquidation of the new communities program authorized by the Housing and Urban Development Acts of 1968 and 1970. Cancels the duty of the Secretary to repay the principal and interest on obligations issued to the Treasury to finance such programs. Cancels, each fiscal year, the duty of the Government National Mortgage Association to repay the principal and interest on obligations it issued to the Treasury to finance its special assistance functions and emergency home purchase assistance programs. Provides for the liquidation of assets acquired and the discharge of liabilities incurred under such programs. Repeals the provisions of the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act authorizing such programs. 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. Repeals a provision of the Multifamily Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1981 that requires the purchaser of a project foreclosed under such Act, if a majority of the project units are occupied at the time of sale, to continue to operate the project according to the terms of the Federal insurance or rehabilitation loan program under which the project received assistance. Amends such Act to authorize lenders participating in the multifamily coinsurance program to use the Act's foreclosure procedures for mortgages in default. 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 by 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. Increases the maximum loan-to-value ratio of a single-family home for FHA insurance purposes. 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 set varying FHA insurance premiums of up to three (currently one) percent per year of the outstanding principal mortgage obligation for different housing programs. 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 requirement 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. 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 to prescribe consumer protection and disclosure requirements applicable to mortgagees making shared appreciation mortgages. 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 for such mortgages. 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. 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 the Secretary to insure the mortgages of single-family homes on Indian reservations or Hawaiian home lands, without regard to certain restrictions of the National Housing Act, if such a mortgage is executed: (1) by an Indian tribe or a member of an Indian tribe and the Indian tribe as comortgagors; (2) by a native Hawaiian if the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands of the State of Hawaii is a comortgagor or guarantees to reimburse the Secretary for any insurance paid; or (3) in connection with a property assisted under the Indian housing program under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to require Indian tribes to pledge income from tribal resources or assets or pledge Federal grants to reimburse the Secretary for insurance claims paid on such homes. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 and the National Housing Act to repeal the Secretary's authority and obligation to provide housing counseling assistance to certain tenants and homeowners. Amends the National Housing Act to provide that the interest on obligations issued by State or local governments to finance mortgages on a coinsurance basis shall not be tax exempt.
Bill· HRH.R. 1837 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a nonitemizing taxpayer to claim an income tax deduction for expenses incurred in making repairs and improvements to his principal residence. Limits the amount of such deduction to $750 for the taxable year. Allows an income tax deduction with respect to the amortization of the adjusted basis of rental housing which is rehabilitated or restored by its owner. Bases the amortization on a period of 60 months.
Bill· HRH.R. 1821 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1983
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to make direct low-interest loans to veterans eligible for specially adapted housing assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 1772 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1983
Housing Finance Opportunity Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit the continued issuance of tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds after December 31, 1983.
Bill· SS. 644 (98th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1983
Housing and Community Development Act of 1983 - Title I: 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 program, the urban development action grant 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. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) make rental rehabilitation grants to State and local governments for the rehabilitation of privately owned property for residential rental purposes; and (2) make available contract authority to assist the very low-income tenants who are displaced by such rehabilitation activities, to minimize such displacement, and to assist other very low-income tenants in obtaining decent housing. Sets forth guidelines for the allocation of such grants and assistance (resources) among cities having a population of 50,000 or more, urban counties, and States. Requires the Secretary to conduct annual audits and reviews of the performance of resource recipients. Permits the Secretary to adjust the amount of resources provided to recipients in accordance with the findings of such audits and reviews. Prohibits any adjustments to recapture resources already expended. Authorizes the Secretary to limit the rental rehabilitation grant amounts any entity may receive in any fiscal year. Requires any assisted city, urban county or State administering a rental rehabilitation program to provide for the public and the Secretary an annual statement on proposed rehabilitation activities. Lists requirements for rental rehabilitation programs assisted under this Act. Restricts the use of rehabilitation grants to structures that are to be used for rental residential purposes in low- and moderate-income areas. Limits the amount of rehabilitation assistance for a structure to 50 percent of the total rehabilitation costs of that structure. Prohibits assisted State and local governments from imposing rental requirements on assisted structures which differ from those applicable to structures rehabilitated without assistance. Requires a borrower under such a program to be personally liable for repayment of any financing upon default. Provides for State administration of resources in areas outside a city or county receiving a direct allocation. Permits a State: (1) to use allocated resources to conduct its own rehabilitation program; (2) to distribute such resources to local governments; or (3) in FY 1983, to elect to have the Secretary administer such resources. Authorizes the Secretary to establish relocation standards. Directs the Secretary to establish specified procedures governing rehabilitation involving historic structures. Prohibits the Secretary from making rehabilitation grants unless the recipient provides satisfactory assurances that its program will be administered in conformity with specified civil rights requirements. 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 that community development grants to States for nonentitlement areas (areas other than metropolitan cities or urban counties) be distributed by the States. (Current law provides for distribution by the Secretary in certain cases.) Revises grant certification requirements to delete requirements that: (1) the Governor of a State must be the State official who makes such certifications; and (2) a State must match ten percent of such grant amount for community development activities. Requires the reallocation among all States of grant funds that are allocated to a State for nonentitlement areas but not received by the State because it fails to meet grant prerequisites or because of an administrative action against the State. Requires that amounts of a State's allocation that become available as a result of grant closeouts or administrative actions against local governments be added to that State's allocation for the fiscal year in which such amounts become available or, if such State did not receive a grant in such year, to amounts to be allocated to all States in the succeeding fiscal year. Includes among activities that are eligible for funding through community development block grants: (1) the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, or installation of all public facilities except buildings for the general conduct of government; and (2) the new construction of housing. Revises the definition of an Indian tribe for purposes of provisions concerning eligibility for community development block grants and urban development action grants. Requires recipients of community development block grants 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 amount of community development block grants 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 that grant funds originally allocated to metropolitan cities and urban counties which become available for reallocation be redistributed on a nationwide basis in the succeeding fiscal year. (Currently, such funds are redistributed among cities and counties within the same metropolitan area as the city or county to which the funds were originally allocated.) 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 community development block grant and urban development action grant programs. Repeals the exclusion of central cities of metropolitan statistical areas with populations of less than 50,000 as small cities with such populations for which 25 percent of urban development action grants are set aside. Repeals provisions that: (1) allow local governments to receive an advance payment of the amount of their block grants to establish a revolving fund to be used for their rehabilitation activities; and (2) authorize the Secretary to guarantee obligation issued by local governments to finance the acquisition and rehabilitation of real property. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to repeal provisions authorizing the Secretary to make rehabilitation loans 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. Title II: Assisted Housing - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide the Secretary additional contract authority for FY 1983 for contributions for the acquisition and development of public housing projects. Directs the Secretary to use a specified amount of such approved authority for contracts for improvement assistance to such projects. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1982 through 1984 for operating assistance for such projects. Repeals provisions providing for the approval of an application for housing assistance on the basis of consistency with a local housing plan. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to Indian tribes to: (1) assist in the development of newly constructed housing for tribe members; and (2) make rental units in such housing affordable to very low income members. Provides that assisted housing units may be: (1) owned by a tribe or an Indian housing authority and leased to the families; or (2) owned by the tribe or authority and the family as comortgagors. Sets forth grant application requirements, criteria for selecting grant participants, and maximum grant amounts. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY 1984 and 1985. Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary to insure: (1) mortgages of such assisted Indian housing units; and (2) advances for construction of such units when no feasible financing alternative is available. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require operating subsidies for public housing projects to be determined on the basis of a formula calculated to assure that the income of the public housing agency will be comparable to the sum of the existing housing fair market rents or the payment standards for the public housing agency's units, with specified adjustments by the Secretary. Requires the payment of a subsidy determined under current provisions of such Act plus a reasonable replacement allowance if such total amount is less than the subsidy as determined under this Act. Sets forth provisions governing the transition from the current method of calculating operating subsidies to the formula method. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) fund certain public housing projects under a different formula; and (2) reimburse public housing agencies for costs of required audits. Repeals provisions that require the Secretary to allocate excess operating subsidy funds to public housing projects that incur unanticipated excessive costs due to circumstances beyond their control. Prohibits the Secretary from entering any contracts to provide comprehensive improvement assistance to public housing projects after September 30, 1987, using authority approved in appropriation Acts for fiscal years after 1987. Amends the Housing Act of 1937 to permit low-income housing assistance contracts providing assistance payments based on a payment standard used to determine the maximum monthly assistance payable for any family with respect to an existing unit selected by the family. Directs the Secretary, at least annually, to establish payment standards for various sizes and types of dwelling units in the market area at levels designed to assist the greatest possible number of families in securing decent, safe, and sanitary housing. Directs the Secretary to publish payment standards in the Federal Register. Establishes the monthly assistance payment for a family as the amount by which the payment standard exceeds 30 percent of the family's monthly adjusted income, provided that such monthly assistance payment is not greater than the amount by which: (1) the monthly rent for the unit exceeds ten percent of the family's monthly income; or (2) the lower of such rent or the payment standard exceeds the part of any welfare payment designated for the family's housing costs. Restricts such assistance payments to very low-income families and families previously assisted under specified housing programs, with preference given to families which: (1) occupy substandard housing; (2) are involuntarily displaced; or (3) pay more than 50 percent of their income for rent. Permits the Secretary to disregard such preference and provide assistance to: (1) eligible families occupying units in formerly assisted projects acquired by the Secretary; (2) families in units to be rehabilitated; or (3) families residing in assisted Indian housing projects. Terminates such assistance with respect to any vacant unit. Limits the duration of such assistance payments to five years. Requires the public housing agency to inspect the assisted unit at least annually to determine that it meets housing quality standards. Provides for the administration of such assistance contracts for Indian housing tenants by an Indian tribe or an Indian housing authority. Limits the duration of such contracts. Provides for low-income housing assistance based on a payment standard for families renting manufactured homes or spaces. Requires that tenants be given a preference for assistance under certain public housing and rent supplement programs if they are paying more than 50 percent of their income for rent. Allows the Secretary to establish income ceilings 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 variations are necessary because of unusually high or low family incomes. Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to: (1) extend the applicability of provisions providing for delayed implementation of rent increases under such Act to tenants occupying assisted housing on or after the effective date of regulations implementing such Act; and (2) prohibit annual rent increases of more than 20 percent (currently ten percent) for tenants occupying assisted housing on or before such date as a result of provisions of such Act, the payment standards under this Act, or any other provisions of Federal law redefining which governmental benefits are to be considered as income. Authorizes the Secretary to delay implementation of specified procedures for determining a family's rent or contribution under certain housing programs if the Secretary determines that immediate implementation would be impracticable, would violate the terms of existing leases, or would cause extraordinary hardship for any class of tenants. Provides that the 20 percent limitation on rent increases shall not apply to a tenant whose rent payments are based on parts of welfare payments specifically designated for housing costs if the Secretary determines that the tenant will not bear the burden of such rent increases. Prohibits any reduction in a tenant's rent or contribution for assisted housing as a result of the implementation of procedures under this Act. Makes a technical revision in the definition of a developmentally disabled individual for purposes of certain housing programs for the elderly or handicapped and public housing programs. Permits the Secretary to petition any U.S. district court or the appropriate State court for the appointment of a receiver for a public housing agency which is in default on the covenants or conditions to which it is subject. Authorizes the court to grant temporary or preliminary relief pending final disposition of such petition. Terminates an appointed receiver upon the petition of the Secretary or when the court determines that all defaults have been cured and that the public housing agency will operate according to controlling covenants and conditions. 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 or economic factors; and (2) the net proceeds of the disposition will be used to retire outstanding indebtedness as prescribed by the annual contributions contract or the Secretary. Conditions the approval of such demolition or disposition or requirements that: (1) affected tenants be consulted; and (2) displaced tenants be given an opportunity by the public housing agency to relocate to other decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing. Permits the Secretary to approve any disposition of property determined to be excess to the needs of a project and any disposition which does not interfere with the continued operation of a project. Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to eliminate the requirement that a nonprofit corporation, to be eligible for loans for the provision of housing for the elderly and handicapped, have on its governing body members selected to represent the views of the community where such housing would be located. 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 definition of a multifamily housing project to make certain requirements concerning tenant participation applicable to only those projects: (1) the mortgages of which are, or have been, federally insured; (2) which have been sold subject to a mortgage insured or held by the Secretary and subject to an agreement requiring the project's low- and moderate-income character to be maintained; or (3) the mortgages of which are, or have been, federally insured and the owner of which is the Secretary. Amends the Social Security Act to require State unemployment agencies to disclose information to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and public housing agencies concerning applicant wage information and unemployment benefits. Requires the State agencies to establish safeguards to assure that disclosed information is used only to determine an individual's eligibility for benefits or the amount of benefits under HUD programs. Requires the entity responsible for determining eligibility for, or the level of, certain Federal housing benefits to deny such benefits to any applicant who knowingly submitted incorrect or misleading statements, concealed or withheld relevant information, or violated other benefit requirements. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 to extend the prohibition against providing housing assistance to non-resident aliens to assistance provided under a specified mortgage insurance program under the National Housing Act. Title III: Program Amendments and Extensions - Amends the National Housing Act to extend through September 30, 1985 the Secretary's authority 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, nursing homes, intermediate care facilities, and hospitals after May 20, 1983; and (2) mortgagors qualifying for home ownership assistance payments under such Act after September 30, 1983. 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. Provides for the liquidation of the new communities program authorized by the Housing and Urban Development Acts of 1968 and 1970. Cancels the duty of the Secretary to repay the principal and interest on obligations issued to the Treasury to finance such programs. Cancels, each fiscal year, the duty of the Government National Mortgage Association to repay the principal and interest on obligations it issued to the Treasury to finance its special assistance functions and emergency home purchase assistance programs. Provides for the liquidation of assets acquired and the discharge of liabilities incurred under such programs. Repeals the provisions of the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act authorizing such programs. 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. Repeals a provision of the Multifamily Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1981 that requires the purchaser of a project foreclosed under such Act, if a majority of the project units are occupied at the time of sale, to continue to operate the project according to the terms of the Federal insurance or rehabilitation loan program under which the project received assistance. Amends such Act to authorize lenders participating in the multifamily coinsurance program to use the Act's foreclosure procedures for mortgages in default. 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 by 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. Increases the maximum loan-to-value ratio of a single-family home for FHA insurance purposes. 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 set varying FHA insurance premiums of up to three (currently one) percent per year of the outstanding principal mortgage obligation for different housing programs. 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 requirement 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. 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 to prescribe consumer protection and disclosure requirements applicable to mortgagees making shared appreciation mortgages. 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 for such mortgages. 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. 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 the Secretary to insure the mortgages of single-family homes on Indian reservations or Hawaiian home lands, without regard to certain restrictions of the National Housing Act, if such a mortgage is executed: (1) by an Indian tribe or a member of an Indian tribe and the Indian tribe as comortgagors; (2) by a native Hawaiian if the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands of the State of Hawaii is a comortgagor or guarantees to reimburse the Secretary for any insurance paid; or (3) in connection with a property assisted under the Indian housing program under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to require Indian tribes to pledge income from tribal resources or assets or pledge Federal grants to reimburse the Secretary for insurance claims paid on such homes. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 and the National Housing Act to repeal the Secretary's authority and obligation to provide housing counseling assistance to certain tenants and homeowners. Amends the National Housing Act to provide that the interest on obligations issued by State or local governments to finance mortgages on a coinsurance basis shall not be tax exempt.
Bill· SS. 624 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1983
Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to establish within the Department an Office of Housing for the Elderly. Lists the responsibilities of the Office which include coordinating housing programs for the elderly and representing the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development on matters concerning housing for the elderly. Requires the Secretary to: (1) submit to Congress an annual report on housing for the elderly; and (2) establish an Advisory Committee on Housing for the Elderly.
Bill· HRH.R. 1738 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1983
Homeowners Loan Corporation Charter Act - Establishes the Homeowners Loan Corporation as an independent Federal agency. Authorizes the Corporation to: (1) acquire home mortgages in exchange for obligations; and (2) make loans to homeowners in order to prevent mortgage foreclosure and to redeem or recover any home lost by foreclosure, forced sale, or voluntary surrender prior to enactment of this Act. Limits the interest and amortization period for a mortgage after it is acquired by the Corporation. Allows the Corporation to extend the time for an installment payment or to revise the terms of such a mortgage upon consideration of the circumstances of a homeowner. Limits such loans to homeowners to $350 a month for 12 months, with a 12-month extension authorized. Authorizes the Corporation, in connection with any such loan or acquired mortgage, to make loans to homeowners for: (1) taxes and assessments; (2) incidental expenses; and (3) maintenance and repair, rehabilitation, or modernization. Allows the Corporation to take a new mortgage for the entire indebtedness of a homeowner under this Act. Includes as conditions of eligibility for assistance under this Act the requirements that: (1) the mortgage is not federally insured; (2) the homeowner has incurred a substantial reduction in income due to circumstances beyond his or her control and is, therefore, unable to resume full mortgage payments; (3) the assistance is necessary to avoid foreclosure or to recover a lost home; and (4) there is a reasonable prospect that the homeowner will be able to repay the loan or pay the acquired mortgage. 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 $5,000,000,000. 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. Terminates the Secretary's authority to provide assistance under this Act after five years.
Bill· SS. 606 (98th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1983
Prohibits federally assisted rental housing projects for the elderly and 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 1687 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1983
Uniform Relocation Act Amendments of 1983 - 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) tenants 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; and (2) displaced individuals who occupied the displacement dwelling illegally or solely for the purpose of obtaining relocation benefits, and displaced utilities whose transmission lines were located on public property without compensable interest therein, shall not be eligible for relocation assistance. 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. 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. Increases the ceiling (currently $4,000) on the amount of rental housing replacement assistance provided to displaced tenants to 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. 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. Title IV: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective dates of specified provisions of this Act.
Bill· SS. 586 (98th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1983
Neighborhood Development Demonstration Act of 1983 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 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 two 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 under this Act 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 this Act and any findings or recommendations concerning the demonstration program. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 1653 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1983
Countercyclical Community Development Employment Assistance Act of 1983 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make supplementary community development grants to States, metropolitan cities, and urban counties which have high unemployment rates. Authorizes appropriations. Requires 75 percent of the amount available for such grants during any calendar quarter to be allocated to metropolitan cities and urban counties based on the relative number of unemployed persons in each city or county exceeding the number representing nine percent unemployment. Requires the Secretary to allocate the remaining amount available for supplementary grants to States for local governments, other than metropolitan cities and urban counties, experiencing high rates of unemployment and serious fiscal problems as a result of adverse economic conditions. Directs the Secretary to determine the amounts of grants to States on the basis of the relative number of unemployed persons in the local governments of each State exceeding the number representing nine percent unemployment. Sets forth grant application requirements and procedures. Allows funds provided under this Act to be used to supplement other Federal grant programs in lieu of local share requirements if the funded projects are consistent with community development objectives.
Bill· HRH.R. 1634 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1983
Neighborhood Development Demonstration Act of 1983 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct a three-year demonstration program to determine the feasibility of assisting neighborhood development activities by providing Federal matching funds to certain nonprofit neighborhood development organizations on the basis of amounts received from the private sector. Authorizes the Secretary to select, through a competitive process, up to 100 organizations to participate in the program in the first year, 200 in the second, and 300 in the third. 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; and (2) establish a ratio of between three and ten Federal dollars for each dollar 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. Directs the Secretary to ensure that: (1) assistance is provided to organizations only if their applications include certification by the local government of the area involved that such assistance is consistent with the housing and community development, conservation, and revitalization objectives of such governments; and (2) the neighborhood development activities conducted comply with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the activities carried out under this Act and any findings or recommendations concerning the demonstration program. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 1648 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1983
Tenant Rental Contribution Act of 1983 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to declare that income limits for occupancy and rents in public housing shall be fixed by the public housing agency and approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Decreases from 30 to 25 the percentage of a tenant's adjusted income payable as rent for: (1) public housing under such Act; (2) rental housing assisted under the National Housing Act; or (3) rental housing assisted through the rent supplement program of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965. Applies the definitions of the terms "income" and "adjusted income" under the United States Housing Act of 1937 to such other Acts. Amends such definitions to specify: (1) amounts to be excluded from "income"; and (2) amounts to be deducted from "income" to determine "adjusted income."
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 40 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1983
Designates April 17 through April 23, 1983, as National Architecture Week.
Bill· SS. 531 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1983
Uniform Relocation Act Amendments of 1983 - 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) tenants 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; and (2) displaced individuals who occupied the displacement dwelling illegally or solely for the purpose of obtaining relocation benefits, and displaced utilities whose transmission lines were located on public property without compensable interest therein, shall not be eligible for relocation assistance. 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. 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. Increases the ceiling (currently $4,000) on the amount of rental housing replacement assistance provided to displaced tenants to 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 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 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 Uniform Policy on Real Property Acquisition Practices - 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.
Bill· SS. 519 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any income, gains, or other amounts derived by an eligible foreign pension plan from qualified investments in residential real property within the United States. Defines "eligible foreign pension plan" as a plan: (1) maintained primarily to provide retirement or similar benefits to employees who are primarily nonresident alien individuals; (2) whose assets are segregated from the assets of the employer maintaining the plan; and (3) that is tax exempt in the country in which the plan is maintained.
Bill· HRH.R. 1431 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 1983
Emergency Homeowners' Relief Act of 1983 - Extends the expiration date of the Emergency Homeowners' Relief Act. Increases the amount of emergency mortgage relief assistance that may be provided to an individual and the aggregate amount of emergency loans or advances that may be insured under such Act. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide assistance under such Act 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. Provides for the discontinuation and reinstitution of such assistance program depending on such delinquency rate condition.
Bill· HRH.R. 1373 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1983
Prohibits federally assisted rental housing projects for the elderly and 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 1371 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1983
Residential Rental Unit Conversion Moratorium Act of 1983: 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 for 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 bona fide 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 1408 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1983
Permits the Secretary of Defense to lease rather than construct specifically authorized family housing projects within the United States, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Requires that the Armed Services Committees be given 30 days notice of any lease in excess of $250,000 annual rental.
Bill· HRH.R. 1330 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 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. 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 financial institution or mortgagee, at least 30 days before instituting any foreclosure proceeding, to notify the mortgagor involved of the availability of assistance under this Act. 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. Sets forth the authority of the Secretary to recapture assistance provided under this Act. 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 waive or relax limitations pertaining to the operations of certain mortgagees and financial institutions with respect to mortgage delinquencies in order to encourage forebearance in residential mortgage loan foreclosure. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress every 60 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 mortgagees 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, Indian tribes, and nonprofit organizations for the provision of shelter and essential services for individuals who are subject to life-threatening situations because of their lack of housing. 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.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 50 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1983
Recognizes the month of April as Fair Housing Month.
Bill· SS. 466 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1983
Emergency Homeowners' Relief Act of 1983 - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make emergency mortgage relief advances to mortgagees on behalf of certain delinquent mortgagors when, for three consecutive months, the amount of delinquent 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. Directs the Secretary to provide such assistance in a State located in a Federal home loan bank district for which such mortgage delinquency rate exists, regardless of whether such rate exists for the entire nation. Provides for the discontinuation and reinstitution of such assistance on the basis of such delinquency rate. Lists conditions for assistance eligibility which include requirements that: (1) foreclosure would result without such assistance; (2) the mortgagor has incurred a substantial reduction in income as a result of involuntary unemployment or underemployment due to adverse economic conditions and is unable to make full mortgage payments; (3) there is a reasonable prospect that the mortgagor will be able to resume making full mortgage payments; and (4) the mortgaged property is the principal residence of the mortgagor. Limits the amount of a monthly advance to the least of: (1) 80 percent of the mortgagor's monthly housing expenses; (2) $600; or (3) the amount necessary to supplement the amount the mortgagor is capable of contributing. Limits the duration of such assistance to 12 months, plus any period of delinquency, with a six-month extension authorized. Directs assistance recipients to report increases in income to the Secretary. Declares that assistance under this Act shall be repaid and secured as prescribed by the Secretary. Sets forth the authority of the Secretary to recapture such assistance. Requires the Secretary and specified Federal agencies that supervise financial institutions or mortgagees to waive or relax limitations on the operations of such institutions with respect to mortgage delinquencies in order to encourage forebearance in residential loan foreclosure. Requires each financial institution or mortgagee to notify the supervisory agency and the mortgagor at least 30 days before instituting foreclosure proceedings. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 424 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1983
Air Force Family Housing Build - Lease Act of 1983 - Permits the Secretary of the Air Force to lease housing facilities for assignment without charge to specified members of the armed forces. Limits such leases as to length, number, number of locations, and per unit monthly cost. Requires the Secretary to give the Armed Services Committees 21 days notice of any such contract.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 46 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1983
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the week of February 6 through February 13, 1983, be proclaimed National Circle K Week.
Bill· SS. 403 (98th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983
Temporary Emergency Shelter Demonstration Program Act of 1983 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct a demonstration program under which grants will be provided to assist communities or nonprofit organizations to provide shelter for people subject to life-threatening situations because of their lack of housing. Requires the Secretary to make such grants on a competitive basis according to the need for emergency housing. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on such program and to use a specified amount of the funds appropriated for additional authority for annual contributions for lower income housing projects during FY 1983 to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1176 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983
Housing Finance Opportunity Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit the continued issuance of tax-exempt (interest excluded from gross income) mortgage revenue bonds after December 31, 1983.
Bill· HRH.R. 1222 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983
Emergency Homeowners Relief 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 State when the unemployment rate for such State for any month is not less than eight percent. Discontinues such assistance when the unemployment rate in the State has declined to below eight percent on an average monthly basis for three consecutive months. Sets forth conditions for assistance eligibility which include requirements that: (1) the mortgage is not insured under the National Housing Act; (2) the mortgagor has incurred a substantial reduction in income as a result of circumstances beyond his or her control and he or she is unable to resume full mortgage payments; and (3) the Secretary has determined that assistance is necessary to avoid foreclosure and that the mortgagor will be able to resume making full mortgage payments within 24 months, repay such assistance, and pay the mortgage in full. Limits assistance payments to the amount needed to supplement the amount the mortgagor is capable of contributing. Directs the Secretary to provide for a quarterly review of the eligibility of a mortgagor receiving assistance and to adjust or discontinue assistance as appropriate. Declares that all assistance payments shall be secured by a lien on the property involved and repayable over ten years on terms prescribed by the Secretary. Permits the Secretary to provide such assistance to a mortgagor more than once. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide homeownership counseling to persons assisted under this Act; and (2) process an application for assistance within 30 days. Sets forth the authority of the Secretary to recapture assistance provided under this Act. Requires the Secretary and specified Federal agencies that supervise financial institutions or mortgagees to waive or relax limitations on the operations of such institutions with respect to mortgage delinquencies in order to encourage forebearance in residential loan foreclosures. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress every 60 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. Sets forth penalties for violations of provisions governing the eligibility for, or use of, assistance under this Act. Limits the amount of assistance that may be provided during the two years such assistance is authorized under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1185 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the restrictions imposed by the Mortgage Subsidy Act of 1980 in the issuance of tax-exempt securities (interest excluded from gross income) for housing purposes.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 119 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983
Designates April 1983 as National Residence Hall Month.
Bill· SS. 313 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1983
Emergency Mortgage Assistance Act of 1983 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide emergency mortgage assistance payments to persons who, as a result of financial hardship in areas of high unemployment: (1) have received notice of mortgage foreclosure; or (2) are receiving unemployment benefits or have exhausted eligibility for such benefits and are more than 60 days delinquent in making a mortgage payment. Limits the period for which such assistance may be provided to 18 months or the period of financial hardship, whichever is shorter. Increases the assisted individual's mortgage payment by ten percent at the end of such period until the assistance is repaid. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 368 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1983
Amends the National Housing Act to exempt comortgagors participating in shared equity condominium mortgages from the prohibition against any person owning more than four condominium units the mortgages of which are insured under such Act.
Bill· SS. 305 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1983
Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, through the Government National Mortgage Association, to assist low and moderate income families in acquiring a home or membership in a cooperative housing project by making interest reduction payments to mortgagees and lenders on behalf of such families for not more than 12 years. Declares that the amount of all such payments shall constitute a second lien on the housing and shall be repayable when: (1) the housing is sold or otherwise disposed of; (2) the first mortgage or loan is refinanced; or (3) the housing ceases to be the principal residence of the mortgagor or borrower. Sets the amount of such payments as the lesser of: (1) the difference between the monthly payment required under the mortgage or loan and the monthly payment that would be required if the loan or mortgage were to bear seven percent interest; or (2) the difference between the monthly payment required under the mortgage or loan and 25 percent of the borrower's family income. Requires a mortgage or loan to be insured by the Secretary in order to be eligible for interest reduction payments. Lists conditions for insurability including requirements that the loan or mortgage: (1) be executed by a first-time homebuyer who has paid at least five percent of the purchase price and whose income did not exceed $30,000 during the preceding year; and (2) be amortized over 30 years with loan or mortgage payments increased by five percent each year until the interest reduction payment is eliminated except for any year following a year in which the mortgagor's family income has decreased. Declares that any insured loan or mortgage shall be eligible for purchase by the Federal National Mortage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress annually on yearly commitments for interest reduction payments, the number and income of assisted families, and the acceptability of assisted loans and mortgages on the secondary market.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 35 (98th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1983
Authorizes the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, from March 1, 1983, through February 29, 1984, to: (1) make expenditures from the contingent fund; (2) employ personnel; (3) utilize department or agency personnel on a reimbursable basis; (4) procure consultant services; and (5) provide training for its professional staff.
Bill· HRH.R. 1022 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1983
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 1057 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1983
Permits the Secretary of the Air Force to lease housing facilities for assignment without charge to specified members of the armed forces. Limits such leases as to length, number, number of locations, and per unit monthly cost. Requires the Secretary to give the Armed Services Committees 21 days notice of any such contract.
Bill· SS. 137 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Housing Finance Opportunity Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the continued issuance of mortgage revenue bonds after December 31, 1983.
Bill· SS. 134 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow refinancing by qualified cooperative housing corporations with tax-exempt (interest excluded from gross income) mortgage revenue bond proceeds.
Bill· SS. 140 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Equal Access to Housing Act of 1983 - 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 987 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Surplus School Conservation Act of 1983 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to local agencies to renovate closed school buildings for educational and social purposes. Provides that no more than ten percent of such grants shall go to local agencies in any particular State. Directs the Secretary to: (1) serve local agencies as a national clearinghouse on alternative uses of such buildings; and (2) report to the President and the Congress on such grants program.
Bill· HRH.R. 969 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Individual Housing Account Act of 1983 - 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 $4,000, with a maximum lifetime deduction of $20,000. Provides that there is no maximum yearly income for eligibility in the program. Limits to 20 percent the amount of the total yearly contribution which may come from unearned income. Limits all members of a family to one individual housing account until each member is independent and files separate tax returns. Allows only one account to be applied against the purchase of a single dwelling. Excludes distributions from such account from gross income if they are used exclusively for the purchase of a first principal residence. Provides for recapture of such distribution upon a subsequent sale of the residence if another house is not purchased with the proceeds.
Bill· HRH.R. 707 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Housing Equity Loan Program Act - Title I: Federal Housing Finance Corporation - Creates the Federal Housing Finance Corporation. Designates the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Corporation and the Secretary of the Treasury and the Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board as the other Board members. Authorizes the Corporation to issue notes or other tax-exempt obligations bearing rates of interest not exceeding 13 percent per annum to obtain funds in order to assist in the financing of mortgages. Directs the Corporation to make payments on such obligations from funds received from assisted financial institutions. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the principal and interest on an obligation in the event the Corporation fails to pay such amount when the obligation becomes due. Provides for the purchase and sale of obligations of the Corporation by the Secretary of the Treasury. Terminates the Corporation's authority to issue obligations on December 31, 1985, except as necessary to provide funds for the performance of a contract entered into by the Corporation before such date. Requires funds received from the issuance of such obligations to be used to assist in financing the purchase of single-family residences. Directs the Corporation to allocate such funds on a State by State basis for use by financial institutions after considering: (1) the number of requests for funds from institutions in each State; (2) the number of single-family residences offered for sale recently in each State; and (3) the number of individuals between the ages of 25 and 40 in each State. Directs the Corporation to make such funds available to financial institutions upon application. Lists conditions under which financial institutions shall provide such funds for the purchase of a single-family residence, including requirements that: (1) at least 50 percent of the principal amount of the mortgage secured by the residence is provided by the institution; (2) the mortgage has a 30-year term and a fixed rate of interest not exceeding two percentage points below the most recently prescribed Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage rate; (3) the mortgagor has not owned a dwelling during the preceding three years; (4) the mortgage is assumable but only by another such mortgagor; and (5) the institution and the Corporation agree that the institution will conduct any foreclosure proceedings on behalf of itself and the Corporation. Requires the institutions to agree to provide periodic repayments to the Corporation corresponding to the timing of repayments made by mortgagors who purchase the financed residences. Directs the Corporation to recapture from a homeowner who disposes of, or rents for one year or more, property securing a mortgage made under this title the lesser of: (1) two-thirds of the mortgagor's savings resulting from the effective interest rate of the mortgage being lower than the rate for comparable FHA-insured mortgages; or (2) 50 percent of the net appreciation of the property. Requires the Corporation to: (1) publish and submit to Congress an annual report; and (2) conduct an annual audit of its funds. Requires the General Accounting Office to audit the transactions of the Corporation every three years. Exempts the Corporation from all taxes excluding State and local real property taxes. Authorizes appropriations for the administrative expenses of the Corporation. Title II: Amendments Relating to Tax-Exempt Financing for Single-Family and Multifamily Residences - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements for the tax exclusion of interest on mortgage revenue bonds. Reduces from 90 to 80 the percentage of financings under an issue that must be used for first-time home buyers. Revises the new homeowner requirements to allow eligibility for bond financed mortgages for persons who are residing in substandard housing or who have lost their homes because of natural disasters or governmental action. Repeals the requirement that two to four family residences must be five years old for treatment as single-family residences. Provides that loans for the conversion of residences to two to four family residences shall be treated as home improvement loans for purposes of determining the eligibility of an issue. Changes the dollar limitation for qualified home improvement loans from $15,000 to the maximum allowed under the National Housing Act of 1949. Treats rehabilitated residences as new residences for purposes of the purchase price limitations for homes financed with tax-exempt bonds. Revises requirements for residential rental property bond issues relating to the median income level of occupants and the term of the lower income occupancy. Repeals the registration requirements for mortgage bond issues and veterans' mortgage bond issues. Permits advance refunding of mortgage revenue bonds if the interest on such a bond is tax-exempt and the refunding occurs within a specified time period. Title III: Individual Housing Accounts - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for cash contributions to a savings account created or organized for the benefit of the taxpayer (or the taxpayer and spouse if married) for the exclusive purpose of purchasing the taxpayer's principal residence. Limits the maximum annual deduction to $2,000 with a maximum lifetime deduction of $4,000. Exempts such accounts from income taxation. Excludes distributions from such account from gross income so long as they are used exclusively for the purchase of a 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 695 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 665 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to allow prepayment of a loan for a housing project for elderly or handicapped families only if the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development approves such prepayment after determining that: (1) such prepayment is made out of funds remaining in the project's revenue fund account at the end of a fiscal year in excess of estimated expenses for the next 90 days; (2) the project is experiencing financial difficulties endangering its continuation or the project sponsor is unwilling or ineligible to continue as the sponsor and no tenants' organization or area entity is eligible, able, and willing to assume the loan and continue operating the project pursuant to the loan contract; (3) there is no longer a need for the project because comparable housing is available at comparable rental rates; or (4) the prepayment is part of a transaction assuring that the project will continue to operate in the same manner as required under the original loan agreement until the original maturity date of the loan. Directs the Secretary to approve such prepayment only on the condition, with a specified exception, that the original borrower (or such borrower's successors in interest) pay the Secretary the difference between the amount paid for interest and an allowance on the loan and the amount the borrower would have paid if the market rate of interest had been charged on the loan.
Bill· HRH.R. 708 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Temporary Emergency Shelter Demonstration Program Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct a demonstration program under which grants will be provided to assist communities or nonprofit organizations to provide shelter for people subject to life-threatening situations because of their lack of housing. Requires the Secretary to make such grants on a competitive basis according to the need for emergency housing. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on such program and to use a specified amount of the funds appropriated for additional authority for annual contributions for lower income housing projects during FY 1983 to carry out this Act.