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Bill· HRH.R. 864 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1987
Rescinds budget authority for the Department of Housing and Urban Development for annual contributions for assisted housing (R87-44).
Bill· HRH.R. 829 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1987
Rescinds budget authority for the Farmers Home Administration for mutual and self-help housing (R87-9).
Bill· HRH.R. 831 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1987
Rescinds budget authority for the Farmers Home Administration for compensation for construction defects (R87-11).
Bill· HRH.R. 832 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1987
Rescinds budget authority for the Farmers Home Administration for rural housing preservation grants (R87-12).
Bill· HRH.R. 828 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1987
Rescinds budget authority for the Farmers Home Administration for rural housing for domestic farm labor (R87-8).
Bill· HRH.R. 721 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1987
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to permit community development block grants to be used for uniform emergency telephone number systems.
Bill· SS. 372 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to permit community development block grants to be used for uniform emergency telephone number systems.
Bill· HRH.R. 664 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
Community Development Block Grant Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to set minimum distribution requirements for home loans and loan guarantees for low and moderate income persons. Sets FY 1986 support levels as minimum levels for subsequent fiscal years. Increases income levels for purposes of defining low and moderate income. Defines "persons of very-low income." Requires community development block grant applications to be submitted to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development prior to the receipt of any grant funds. Prohibits a grantee from using such funds in a manner that will result in the involuntary displacement of low- and moderate-income persons. Requires grant applications to include a neighborhood economic development strategy. Authorizes multiyear grants for nonentitlement areas.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 98 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the proposed rescissions of budget authority for the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the community development block grant program (R87-46) and for the urban development action grant program (R87-47) should not be approved. Requires that funds withheld under these proposed rescission requests be made available for obligation. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to resume the funding allocation and application processing appropriate to the respective grant programs.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 55 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1987
Authorizes the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, from March 1, 1987, through February 28, 1988, to: (1) make expenditures from the contingent fund; (2) employ personnel; (3) utilize, on a reimbursable basis, the services of department or agency personnel; (4) procure consultant services; and (5) provide for the training of its professional staff.
Bill· HRH.R. 598 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
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 under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of 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 programs 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 the Congress on such State programs. Authorizes appropriations.
Law· HRH.R. 558 (100th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Urgent Relief for the Homeless Act - Title I: Funding - Authorizes additional FY 1987 appropriations for: (1) community and migrant health centers; (2) the emergency food and shelter program; (3) the emergency shelter grant program; (4) the transitional housing demonstration program; and (5) section 8 housing assistance. Authorizes FY 1987 appropriations for: (1) health care and mental health services for the homeless; and (2) the Interagency Office on Homelessness. Title II: Health Care for the Homeless - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to certain public or private nonprofit entities for health care and mental health services for the homeless. Gives priority to applicants with related prior experience. Requires grantees to: (1) make health services accessible to the homeless; (2) provide 24-hour service; (3) provide in-patient referrals and funding assistance; (4) refer homeless persons with communicable diseases to public health authorities; (5) provide outreach services; and (6) aid homeless persons to obtain entitlements and services. Limits grantee service charges. Sets forth prohibited and permitted fund uses. Limits the Federal contribution for such grants to 75 percent of service costs. Requires grantees to report annually to the Secretary. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include within Medicaid coverage: (1) clinic services provided to the homeless by clinic personnel outside the facility; and (2) specified services to homeless persons who are chronically mentally ill. Title III: Interagency Office on Homelessness - Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services the Interagency Office on Homelessness to carry out the Secretary's duties to assist the homeless. Sets forth such duties, among them the review of Federal programs for the homeless, including on annual report to the Congress. Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify and make available underutilized public buildings and property suitable for the homeless; and (2) make grants for services to be provided in such facilities, including child care. Sets forth applicant selection and priority provisions. Requires the Secretary to: (1) monitor such grant funds; and (2) inspect such facilities. Requires State or local certification to the Secretary of program compliance.
Bill· SS. 258 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 - Title I: Community Development - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide grants to nonprofit organizations to carry out a Nehemiah housing opportunity program to provide loans to families purchasing approved constructed or rehabilitated homes. Requires an annual report to the Congress. Requires that each loan: (1) be secured by a second mortgage held by the Secretary; (2) not exceed $15,000; (3) be interest-free; and (4) be repayable to the Secretary upon the transfer of such property to an ineligible family under specified circumstances. Sets forth related program requirements, conditions of assistance, and selection criteria. Establishes in the Treasury the Nehemiah Housing Opportunity Fund. Authorizes appropriations as provided by a FY 1986 appropriation Act. Provides a "permanent entitlement" transition for community development block grants of four years for any city that no longer qualifies as a metropolitan city. Extends the Urban Development Action Grants program through FY 1989 and makes administrative revisions to such program. Includes within such program specified counties in Hawaii for employment-based projects. Title II: Mortgage Credit and Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the National Housing Act to increase mortgage limits for multifamily projects in high cost areas. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to extend the Government National Mortgage Association mortgage-backed securities program through FY 1987. Prohibits the imposition of fees on Federal National Mortgage Association and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation transactions. Limits fees on Government National Mortgage Association transactions. Extends provisions of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 through FY 1989. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to make permanent the authorities of the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation to purchase one-to-four family residential mortgages. Title III: Homeless Assistance - Part 1: Emergency Food and Shelter Program - Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to constitute an emergency housing and food program national board to carry out an emergency housing and food program. States that such board shall distribute program funds to localities (which shall constitute local boards) with the greatest need for emergency food and housing assistance. Requires the local board to submit to the national board an annual local homeless housing assistance plan. Limits administrative costs to not more than three percent of appropriations. Authorizes FY 1987 through 1989 appropriations. Directs the Commodity Credit Corporation to coordinate its surplus commodities distribution with such board. Part 2: Transition to Independence Demonstration Project - Directs the Secretary to make grants for demonstration projects to assist the homeless in the transition to independent living. Requires interim and final reports to the Congress. Authorizes FY 1987 through 1989 appropriations.
Bill· SS. 250 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Income Verification Act of 1987 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to require Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) program applicants or participants to: (1) disclose their social security or employer identification numbers; and (2) consent to wage information verification. Amends the Social Security Act to provide HUD with access to State employment records. Requires Federal, State, local, or public housing administering agencies to independently verify such information before terminating or reducing any housing benefits. Establishes criminal and civil penalties for misuse of such information.
Bill· SS. 243 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Public Housing Resident Management Act of 1987 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to public housing resident management. Authorizes the establishment of a resident management corporation to manage a public housing project if so approved by a project's resident council or a majority of the households of the project. Requires such a corporation to provide for bonding and insurance and an annual audit of its records. Authorizes comprehensive improvement assistance for such resident-managed projects. Authorizes the retention and use of excess revenues for project improvements or tenant employment. Provides for resident management technical assistance and training. Limits funding for any particular project to specified levels.
Bill· SS. 183 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Public Housing Child Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to: (1) make grants to public housing agencies to contract for lower-income resident child care services; and (2) design such a program to determine the extent to which it facilitates resident employability. Requires a report to the Congress within three years. Authorizes FY 1987 through 1989 appropriations.
Bill· SS. 36 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide that third party payments for temporary housing lacking cooking or refrigeration facilities shall not be considered household income for food stamp benefit purposes.
Bill· SS. 46 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Disapproves the President's proposed rescissions of budget authority for the community development block grant and urban development action grant programs (87-46 and 87-47, respectively) and directs that funds withheld under such requests be made available for obligation.
Bill· SS. 26 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the National Housing Act to extend authority for the Federal crime insurance program through FY 1991.
Bill· SS. 37 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Permanent Housing for Homeless Families Act - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for the construction and rehabilitation of permanent housing for rental to AFDC recipients who would otherwise require AFDC emergency assistance in the form of temporary housing. Requires that such grants be used to provide permanent housing which is: (1) owned by the State, an instrumentality of the State, or a nonprofit organization; (2) available to families who have been unable to find decent, nontemporary housing at rents that can be paid with AFDC aid for shelter; and (3) located in jurisdictions experiencing a critical shortage of such housing. Requires that: (1) the costs of providing permanent housing be lower than costs which would be incurred if, instead, the State made AFDC emergency assistance payments providing temporary housing; and (2) the most costly temporary housing be retired from use in the emergency assistance program as permanent housing becomes available for occupancy, unless temporary housing is demonstrably needed. Sets the State contribution to the cost of constructing or rehabilitating such housing at at least the current State AFDC share increased by ten percent. Prohibits States from requiring their political subdivisions to pay a higher percentage of such costs than such subdivisions otherwise pay under the State AFDC plan.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 53 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Rejects the proposed rescission of a specified sum of FY 1987 appropriations for community development block grants.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 52 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Rejects the proposed rescission of a specified sum of FY 1987 appropriations for the urban development action grant program.
Bill· HRH.R. 437 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Homeless Emergency Relief Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Office of Community Services, to provide grants to local governments or nonprofit organizations for the provision of emergency services (shelter, food, and outpatient care) to homeless persons and families. Limits: (1) Federal amounts to 75 percent of project costs; and (2) individual grants to $5,000,000. Establishes in the Office of Community Services the Emergency Shelter Grants Review Board which shall review applications and recommend grant recipients to the Secretary. Authorizes FY 1987 appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 376 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Public Housing Rental Stabilization Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize a public housing agency to require tenants to pay a maximum monthly rent that is: (1) approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; (2) not more than the tenant's rent share; and (3) not more than the average monthly amount of debt service and operating expenses of similar units or not more than certain fair market rentals.
Bill· HRH.R. 321 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide emergency repair assistance to lower income housing projects operated by the Chicago Housing Authority in Illinois. Authorizes FY 1987 appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 290 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Homelessness Prevention Housing Act of 1987 - Title I: Prevention of Homelessness - Subtitle A: Prevention of Evictions and Foreclosures - Sets forth conditions which must be met before evicting a tenant from any federally assisted rental housing project. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to: (1) provide grants for emergency rent relief payments to landlords on behalf of tenants facing eviction; and (2) provide mortgage foreclosure assistance. Establishes in the Treasury the Emergency Rent Relief Fund. Authorizes FY 1988 appropriations. Requires reports to Congress on evictions. Establishes in the Treasury the Homeowners Relief Fund. Authorizes FY 1988 appropriations. Subtitle B: Preservation of Low-Income Housing - Provides for the preservation of single room occupancy buildings under the following programs: (1) community development block grants; (2) urban development action grants; (3) the existing housing program; and (4) the moderate rehabilitation programs. Authorizes FY 1988 appropriations for rural housing programs. Subtitle C: Prevention of Homelessness of Disabled and Institutionalized Persons - Provides for the eligibility of mentally ill persons for federally assisted housing. Title II: Increased Low-Income Housing - Increases funding for existing housing and moderate rehabilitation programs. Authorizes FY 1988 appropriations. Provides for the increased availability of tax-foreclosed property to house the homeless. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and the Housing Act of 1959 to obligate funds for FY 1988 under the community development block grants and housing for the elderly or handicapped programs for mentally ill homeless persons.
Bill· HRH.R. 288 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Shelters for Homeless Parents and Infants Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for the establishment and expansion of shelters for homeless parents with newborn infants. Authorizes FY 1987 appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 156 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Community Development Priority Projects Assistance Act - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize community development assistance for priority projects. Prescribes neighborhood eligibility requirements for such priority project grants. Authorizes FY 1988 appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 94 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers who have attained the age of 18 an income tax deduction for contributions (cash or readily tradeable securities) to a savings account established for the exclusive purpose of financing the taxpayer's first principal residence. Limits the aggregate amount allowable as a deduction under this Act to any individual for any taxable year to 15 percent of such individual's adjusted gross income. Provides that the amount allowable as a deduction to all taxpayers for amounts paid or transferred to a house savings account may not exceed $1,500 ($3,000 for accounts of married couples). Provides for a $15,000 maximum lifetime deduction ($30,000 for joint returns), with annual inflation adjustments. Limits to ten years the period during which deductible contributions may be made to housing savings accounts. Prohibits any individual from being a beneficiary of more than one account. Excludes distributions from a housing savings account from the gross income of its beneficiary if such distributions are used exclusively for the purchase of a principal residence. Exempts a housing savings account from taxation. Provides for the forfeiture of such exemption where the taxpayer uses the account for certain prohibited purposes. Imposes a penalty on distributions from an account which are used for a prohibited purpose. Requires the trustee of a housing savings account to file a report on the maintenance of the account. Imposes a penalty for the failure to file any required report. Imposes: (1) a six percent excise tax on excess contributions to a housing savings account; and (2) a five percent excise tax on amounts connected with any prohibited transaction with respect to such an account.
Bill· HRH.R. 49 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends Federal law relating to the pay and allowances of the uniformed services to repeal a cap on military housing cost payments.
Bill· HRH.R. 4 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 - Title I: Shelter Assistance for the Homeless and Displaced - Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) the National Emergency Food and Shelter Board to continue the national board of charities food and shelter program. Authorizes FY 1988 appropriations. Directs the Board to carry out a demonstration program to determine the effectiveness of assisting nonprofit organizations in providing housing and support services for the homeless. Sets forth program provisions, including a limit on FY 1988 budget authority. Directs the Board to make State and local grants for emergency shelter. Sets forth program provisions, including a matching fund requirement. Authorizes FY 1988 appropriations. Requires a report to the Congress. Title II: Housing Assistance - Subtitle A: Programs Under United States Housing Act of 1937 - Part I: General Provisions - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to increase FY 1988 budget authority for lower income housing programs, including public housing, Indian housing, elderly and handicapped housing, regular housing, and comprehensive improvement assistance. Provides for public housing phased-in rent increases in cases of tenant employment. Authorizes public housing agencies (PHAs) to determine, with the Secretary's approval (as an alternative to the existing schedule), monthly rents which do not exceed the maximum allowable rent contribution and do not exceed either the average monthly debt service and operating expenses for similarly-sized projects or the section 8 fair market rent in the area. Increases the percentage of section 8 public housing assistance available for other than very low income families. Part 2: Public Housing - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 relating to the administration of public housing management. Authorizes grants for public housing development costs. Authorizes grants for public housing child care. Requires a report to the Congress. Authorizes FY 1988 appropriations. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Secretary) to provide payments for operating lower income housing projects through a performance funding system that is based on a certain system and that establishes standards for operating costs and income projections. Authorizes FY 1988 appropriations. Authorizes grants for comprehensive improvement assistance. Revises the conditions of approval for project demolition applications. Authorizes public housing comprehensive grants. Requires the Secretary to include such operations in his annual report. Provides for a pilot program of public housing resident management, including establishment of resident management corporations (RMCs). Requires an annual report to the Congress. Provides families residing in public housing projects with the opportunity to purchase dwelling units through an RMC. Part 3: Section 8 Assistance and Other Programs - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to permit voucher payments for a family living in a project being renovated (under section 17 of such Act) if such family was a lower income family at the time of initial assistance whose post-rehabilitation rent would exceed 30 percent of adjusted monthly income. Provides that the percentage of voucher assistance retained by PHAs for administrative expenses shall be the same as permitted under the section 8 existing housing program. Provides for the portability of section 8 certificates and vouchers. Authorizes FY 1988 appropriations for: (1) rental rehabilitation grants; and (2) rental development grants. Subtitle B: Multifamily Housing Management and Preservation - Amends the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 regarding the management and preservation of HUD-owned multifamily housing projects. Provides for tenant participation in the elderly and handicapped housing program. Subtitle C: Multifamily Housing Preservation Loans - Authorizes capital improvement loans for certain multifamily housing projects. Establishes in the Treasury the Multifamily Housing Preservation Fund to carry out such program. Sets forth program provisions. Authorizes FY 1988 appropriations. Subtitle D: Other Housing Assistance Programs - Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to authorize FY 1988 appropriations for elderly and handicapped housing loans. Provides for a demonstration (three year maximum) of prototype handicapped designs. Terminates section 8 assistance in handicapped projects (primarily nonelderly) where contract funds are appropriated under such housing for the handicapped families program. Amends the Congregate Housing Services Act of 1978 to authorize FY 1988 appropriations for the congregate services program. Sets forth conditions (health, employment, hardship, dietary customs) under which the owner of any assisted housing for the elderly shall exempt a tenant from mandatory meal participation. Authorizes financial assistance toward participation in lieu of an exemption. Requires owners to accept food stamps as meal payment. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 to exempt from HUD regulations limiting alien eligibility for public housing: (1) alien families with an American member; (2) current housing residents; and (3) affirmed citizens over age 62. (Retains the student-alien restriction.) Authorizes the Secretary to require HUD program participants or applicants to disclose their social security or employer identification numbers. Directs the Secretary to establish energy conservation standards for use in assisted housing development and rehabilitation projects. Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to authorize FY 1988 appropriations for housing demonstration projects. Title III: Rural Housing - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to authorize FY 1988 appropriations for: (1) subsidized homeownership loans; (2) farmworker rental housing loans; (3) low income and elderly subsidized rental housing loans; (4) site loans; (5) home repair loans; (6) construction defects payments; (7) repair grants; (8) farmworker rental housing grants; (9) mutual and self-help grants; (10) rental assistance payments; and (11) housing preservation grants. Extends authority through FY 1988 for rental assistance payment contracts. Provides that maximum income levels for rural housing programs in the Virgin Islands shall be the same as those for Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to provide for rural housing escrow accounts. Extends the existing "rural area" classification through September 30, 1988. Requires a study of mortgage credit in rural areas. Revises the definition of very-low income families for purposes of rural housing assistance eligibility. Requires local governmental consultation under the programs for insured loans and financial assistance for domestic farm labor housing. Prohibits reduction, cancellation, or refusal to renew rural housing assistance due to an increase in borrower income if the borrower will be unable to reasonably afford the resulting higher payments. Title IV: Mortgage Insurance and Secondary Mortgage Market Programs - Subtitle A: FHA Mortgage Insurance Programs - Amends the National Housing Act to extend authority through September 30, 1988, for: (1) title I financial institution insurance for housing renovation and modernization; (2) general mortgage insurance; (3) low and moderate income and displaced families mortgage insurance; (4) homeownership for lower income families including mortgage insurance authority and housing stimulus authority; (5) mortgage co-insurance, including rental rehabilitation and development projects; (6) graduated payment and indexed mortgage insurance; (7) the demonstration mortgage reinsurance program; (8) mortgage insurance for armed forces civilian employees and defense housing for impacted areas; (9) mortgage insurance for land development; and (10) mortgage insurance for medical and dental group practice facilities. Provides a specified FY 1988 amount for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance commitments. Authorizes the Secretary to fix premium charges for FHA mortgages or loan insurance, but not more than certain percentages of principal calculated according to specified formulae. Permits the Secretary to insure a mortgage secured by a one- to four-family dwelling, or approve of a substitute mortgagor who assumes any mortgage, only if the mortgagor is to occupy the dwelling as a principal or secondary residence. Excludes from eligibility certain public and private nonprofit investors. Repeals the vacation and seasonal home mortgage insurance program. Specifies certain actions which the Secretary must take to reduce losses under the single family mortgage insurance program. Extends refinancing insurance authority to cover nursing homes, intermediate care facilities, and board and care homes. Provides that if the State agency is not empowered to certify the need for a nursing home, intermediate care facility, board and care home, or hospital, then the Secretary shall accept in lieu of certification a feasibility study which demonstrates such need. Makes mortgages on Hawaiian homelands and Indian reservations General Insurance Fund obligations (currently they are under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund). Increases from ten to 20 percent of the aggregate number of insured mortgages and loans for the preceding fiscal year the ceiling on the aggregate number of such insured mortgages and loans for any particular fiscal year. Raises the fine for equity skimming from $5,000 to $250,000, and the possible prison sentence from a maximum of three years to a maximum of five years. Subjects skimming on cooperatives and condominiums to such penalties. Revises the definition of one kind of equity skimming practice to mean failing to make payments under the mortgage or deed of trust as the payments become due, regardless of whether the purchaser is obligated on the loan. Authorizes the Secretary to impose civil money penalties on a mortgagee for certain violations of requirements of such Act, up to a maximum of $1,000 per violation, or $1,000,000 for all violations by a particular mortgagee during a one-year period. Provides for judicial review of an agency determination to assess such penalties. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a demonstration program of insurance of home equity conversion mortgages of elderly homeowners through FY 1988. Limits the total number of such mortgages to 1000. Requires the Secretary to maintain at least one office in each State to carry out such Act, in order to assure adequate processing of loan and mortgage insurance applications. Prohibits the Secretary from closing any State office until at least 30 days after the completion of any investigation, study, or review by any Federal agency or congressional committee of the proposal or determination to close such office. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to the Congress a study of voluntary standards for modular homes. Repeals the provision requiring the publication of certain prototype housing costs. Provides for a double damages remedy in U.S. district court to recover housing project assets or income. Subtitle B: Secondary Mortgage Market Programs - Prohibits (with specified exceptions) fees from being charged on: (1) Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) mortgages; (2) Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) guarantees; or (3) Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation mortgages. Extends Federal National Mortgage Association and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation mortgage purchase authority through FY 1990. Title V: Community Development and Miscellaneous Programs - Subtitle A: Community and Neighborhood Development and Preservation - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to extend community development block grant entitlement authority for certain metropolitan city and urban county areas through September 30, 1988. Authorizes FY 1988 appropriations for the community development block grant (CDBG) program, including a specified amount for the special discretionary fund. Makes specified amounts available for existing grant programs to minority graduate and undergraduate students in the areas of community development and planning. Authorizes FY 1988 appropriations for the urban development action grant program. Extends and reduces CDBG guarantee authority for FY 1988. Prohibits fees for such loan guarantees. Revises urban development action grant selection criteria to add certain job-creation and minority small business considerations. Specifies points to be awarded for each factor in consideration and the percentage of fund distribution to applicants meeting different criteria. Requires the Comptroller General to report every three years to the Congress an evaluation of such selection criteria and the eligibility standards to which they apply. Prohibits the use of urban development action grants for business relocations. Authorizes FY 1988 appropriations for the urban homesteading program. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to extend rehabilitation loan authority through FY 1988. Prohibits risk premiums or fees for such loans. Amends the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act to authorize FY 1988 appropriations for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation. Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to authorize FY 1988 appropriations for the neighborhood development demonstration program. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary to enter into a 180-month contributions contract to provide assistance payments on behalf of 500 lower income families in FY 1986 and an additional 250 lower income families in FY 1988 as long as they occupy properties in the Park Central New Community Project or in adjacent areas within the Park Central New Town In Town Project. Makes funds available for such fiscal year for community development grants for such project. Subtitle B: Flood and Crime Insurance Programs - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend authority for national flood insurance, including emergency implementation and flood-risk zones, through September 30, 1988. Amends the National Housing Act to extend authority for the national crime insurance program through September 30, 1988. Limits annual premium increases for such program through September 30, 1988. Authorizes FY 1988 appropriations for flood insurance studies. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Programs - Authorizes a fair housing initiatives program. Authorizes FY 1988 appropriations. Sets forth program provisions. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture to collect at least annually data on the racial and ethnic characteristics of persons eligible for or benefiting under each community development, housing assistance, and mortgage and loan insurance and guarantee program the Secretary administers. Declares that it is U.S. policy that each HUD prime contractor should establish procedures to ensure the timely payment of subcontractors. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 to authorize FY 1988 appropriations for research and development, including research or public housing energy improvements and lower cost building technologies. Amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to make mortgage disclosure authority permanent. Directs the Secretary to make periodic determinations of lead paint hazards in older housing projects. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to authorize and increase FY 1988 appropriations for lower income tenant and homeowner counseling. Title VI: Nehemiah Housing Opportunity Grants - Authorizes the Secretary to provide grant assistance to nonprofit organizations to carry out a Nehemiah housing opportunity program. Limits maximum per home assistance to $15,000. Establishes in the Treasury the Nehemiah Housing Opportunity Fund. Requires an annual program report to the Congress. Authorizes FY 1988 appropriations. Title VII: Enterprise Zone Development - Authorizes the Secretary to designate up to 100 enterprise zones (to be identified by State and local authorities, or Indian reservation governing bodies) to provide economic revitalization, job creation, and community development. Requires a specified number of rural designations. Sets forth area and eligibility requirements. Prohibits business relocation assistance. Requires program reports to the Congress every four years. Authorizes the waiver or modification of housing and community development rules in enterprise zones. Provides for the coordination of community development block grant, urban development action grant, and other HUD programs in such zones.
Bill· HRH.R. 46 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Provides that, in the event a revenue ruling disallowing a Federal income tax deduction for a personal residence to the extent that otherwise deductible amounts are allocable to housing allowances received by military personnel is applied to members of the armed forces, the President shall raise the basic allowance for quarters of each member to offset the reduction in their tax benefit.