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Bill· HRH.R. 2900 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Emergency Housing Employment Act - Declares the findings of Congress: (1) that recessionary pressures in the economy have created an excessively large inventory of unsold, newly constructed residential properties which, although needed, are beyond the financial means of prospective buyers; and (2) that such inventory is dissuading the construction of additional seriously needed residential units. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make, and to contract to make, periodic assistance payments on behalf of homeowners to mortgagees holding mortgages executed during the 90-day period following the enactment of this Act and secured by a newly constructed single-family dwelling unit, the purchase of which was contracted for and title to which was acquired by the homeowner following enactment of this Act and intended to be used as the principal residence of the homeowner. States that such assistance payments shall be in an amount not to exceed the difference between the amount of principal and interest due under the mortgage and the amount of principal and interest that would be due if the mortgage were to bear interest at the rate of seven percent a year. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. States that the aggregate number of dwelling units for which assistance payments are contracted to be made under this Act shall not exceed 250,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 2891 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Authorizes cost-of-living increases in supplemental security income benefits under title XVI (Grants to States for Aid to the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act whenever an equivalent cost-of-living adjustment is made under title II (Old Age, Survivor's, and Disability Insurance) of such Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to grant financial assistance to individuals eligible for Social Security whose housing expenses exceed one-third of his or her annual income. Limits such assistance to the lesser of: (1) the amount by which such individual's housing expenses exceed one-third of his or her income; or (2) $600. Permits individuals receiving supplemental security benefits to elect to retain food stamp eligibility in lieu of receiving the bonus value of food stamps in the form of a supplementary payment increase. Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance within 30 days to Social Security recipients whose benefit checks or the cash proceeds thereof are lost or stolen, where the loss or theft has been promptly reported to and verified by appropriate local law enforcement officials.
Bill· HRH.R. 2812 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Homeowners' Loan Act - Establishes the Homeowners' Loan Corporation. Requires the Board of Directors of the Corporation to determine the minimum amount of capital stock of the Corporation and to increase such capital stock from time to time in such amounts as may be necessary. Authorizes the Corporation to issue bonds in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000,000 which may be sold by the Corporation to obtain funds for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Corporation for a period of three years after the date of enactment of this Act, but only during any calendar quarter in which the Federal Home Loan Bank Board determines that the foreclosure rate exceeds one-half of 1 percent, to acquire home mortgages and other obligations and liens secured by real estate. States that each home mortgage or other obligation or lien so acquired shall be carried as a first lien or refinanced as a home mortgage by the Corporation on the basis of the price paid therefore by the Corporation, and shall be amortized by means of monthly payments sufficient to retire the interest and principal within a period of not to exceed thirty years. Directs the Board to issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary, including rules and regulations providng for the appraisal of the property on which loans are made under this section so as to accomplish the purposes of this Act. States that whoever makes any statement, knowing it to be false, or whoever willfully overvalues any security, for the purpose of influencing in any way the action of the Homeowners' Loan Corporation of the Board upon any application, advance, discount, purchase, or repurchase agreement, or loan under this Act, or any extension thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both. Homeowners' Loan Act - Establishes the Homeowners' Loan Corporation. Requires the Board of Directors of the Corporation to determine the minimum amount of capital stock of the Corporation and to increase such capital stock from time to time in such amounts as may be necessary. Authorizes the Corporation to issue bonds in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000,000 which may be sold by the Corporation to obtain funds for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Corporation for a period of three years after the date of enactment of this Act, but only during any calendar quarter in which the Federal Home Loan Bank Board determines that the foreclosure rate exceeds one-half or 1 percent, to acquire home mortgages and other obligations and liens secured by real estate. States that each home mortgage or other obligation or lien so acquired shall be carried as a first lien or refinanced as a home mortgage by the first Corporation on the basis of the price paid therefore by the Corporation, and shall be amortized by means of monthly payments sufficient to retire the interest and principal within a period of not to exceed thirty years. Directs the Board to issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary, including rules and regulations providing for the appraisal of the property on which loans are made under this section so as to accomplish the purposes of this Act. States that whoever makes any statement, knowing it to be false, or whoever willfully overvalues security, for the purpose of influencing in any way the action of the Homeowners' Loan Corporation of the Board upon any application, advance, discount, purchase, or repurchase agreement, or loan under this Act, or any extension thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.
Bill· HRH.R. 2700 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1975
Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or any other officer or agency of the United States to refrain from instituting or proceeding with any action for foreclosure on any multifamily property covered by a mortgage insured pursuant to any of the provisions of the National Housing Act until 60 days after the date on which the Secretary reports to the Congress on the current default status and projected default trends with respect to mortgages covering multifamily properties insured under the provisions of the Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2751 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1975
Urban Employment Act - Provides a program to assist municipalities and businesses in urban industrial development to prevent the harmful economic consequence of industrial migration from large cities which causes a waste of the economic resources in the cities, serious unemployment in the labor force, and an erosion of the tax base of the cities. Provides Federal financial assistance including grants and loans directly to municipalities and to private industry to alleviate the wasteful economic disruption and less resulting from the movement of industrial firms aways from the cities. Authorizes direct grants not to exceed 25 percent of the cost of the project to any central city with a population of 100,000 or more for the purchase and development of real property within the central city to improve the economic opportunities and expansion of industrial facilities in the area and to assist in the creation of additional long-term employment opportunities. Authorizes appropriations not to exceed $50,000,000 per fiscal year for the fiscal years 1976-1980, and states that more than 15 percent of any appropriation in any fiscal year be expended in any one State. Authorizes loans not to exceed 90 percent of the cost of any project to assist in financing the purchase and development of real property within a municipality where financial assistance is not otherwise available from private lenders or from other Federal agencies. Provides that no loan shall be made for a period exceeding forty years, that such loans shall bear interest at a rate not less than the rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, and that the annual Appropriations for the purpose of making and participating in loans shall not exceed $200,000,000 for the fiscal years 1976-1980. Provides for urban industrial development loans to aid in the financing of any project within a central city to guarantee loans for working capital made to private borrowers by private lending institutions. Authorizes the appropriation for this part of the Act of not to exceed $250,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1976-1980. Provides that no land acquired by grant, loan, or other financial assistance made under this Act shall be converted or modified from the uses orginally approved by the Secretary without his prior approval. Provides that the Secretary is authorized to make grants, loans, and other financial assistance available to municipalities under this Act in any combination he deems necessary as long as the total amount of financial assistance does not exceed 100 percent of the total project cost. Provides the Secretary with the necessary powers, functions, privileges and immunities to carry out this Act. Allows him to take any actions to assign or sell at public or private sale any evidence of debt held by him to extend the maturity of any loan made under this Act; to employ experts and consultants or organizations; to sue and be sued in any State or Federal district count; and to acquire in any lawful manner any property deemed necessary for this Act. Defines the term central city for purposes of this Act to be that governmental unit within each Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area designated as such by the Office of Management and Budget.
Bill· HRH.R. 2698 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1975
Transfers, under the National Housing Act and the Small Business Act, without change, from the Small Business Administration to the Department of Housing and Urban Development the function of providing catastrophe assistance to victims, other than small business concerns, and the function of providing assistance to organizations operated in the interest of handicapped individuals.
Bill· HRH.R. 2694 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1975
Provides an exemption from income taxation under the Internal Revenue Code for cooperative housing corporations and condominium housing organizations if; (1) membership in such owners of units within the project; (2) such owners are entitled to receive distributions from the organization only upon its liquidation; and (3) 80 percent or more of the gross income of the organization represents payments received from owners of units in the project.
Bill· HRH.R. 2590 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1975
Provides that a cooperative housing association shall be taxable in the same manner as a corporation under the Internal Revenue Code, except that income received from the following sources shall be tax-exempt: (1) tenant-shareholder in the case of a cooperative housing association; (2) owners of condominium housing units in the case of a condominium management association; or (3) owners of real property in the case of a residential real estate management association
Bill· HRH.R. 2581 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1975
Allows a tax deduction up to $750 for ordinary and necessary expenses incurred by a taxpayer under the Internal Revenue Code in making repairs and improvements to his residence during the taxable year. Allows the owner of rental housing to amortize at an accelerated rate (over a 60-month period) the cost of rehabilitating or restoring such housing. Authorizes the taxpayer to switch from such accelerated amortization to the regular depreciation deduction allowable under the Internal Revenue Code for property used in a trade or business or held for the production of income.
Bill· HRH.R. 2551 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1975
Revises the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act and the Housing Act of 1949 by redefining "rural area" to permit towns of twenty-five thousand or less inhabitants to be considered rural areas for purposes of this Act.
Bill· SS. 502 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1975
Limits the types of questions which may be asked in connection with the decennial censuses of population, unemployment, and housing, to: (1) name and address; (2) relationship to head of household; (3) sex; (4) date and place of birth; (5) race; (6) marital status; (7) educational attainment; (8) number of rooms in house or other living quarters; (9) number of family units in house or other living quarters; and (10) employment status and type of employment. Allows additional questions to be asked if the House and Senate Committees on Post Office and Civil Service approve by resolution such questions.
Bill· SS. 492 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1975
Neighborhood Conservation Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to encourage the preservation of older neighborhoods which are threatened with blight and housing abandonment and to stimulate the broadscale conservation and upgrading of existing low and moderate income housing by establishing a program of neighborhood conservation grants and a new program of mortgage insurance designed to generate private capital for housing repairs, maintenance, and rehabilitation. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to cities, municipalities, counties and other general purpose units of local government to assist them in carrying out such programs. States that such grants may cover a period of not to exceed five years and may provide one hundred percent of the cost of activities set forth in this Act. Provides that to be eligible for grants under this Act a locality, acting through its chief executive authority, shall designate a specific area and prepare and submit to the Secretary a plan specifying: (1) the improvements in basic community facilities and services to be made in such area over the five year period in which such improvements shall be made; (2) the programs to be introduced to improve the quality of housing in the area; and (3) the public and private resources which will be used to carry out such improvements and programs. Authorizes to be appropriated for grants under this Act not to exceed $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, not to exceed $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and not to exceed $220,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Declares it to be the purpose of this part to help preserve and upgrade the quality of housing in designated neighborhood conservation areas by facilitating the rehabilitation financing of such housing or its transfer to tenant or neighborhood- based corporate ownership. Authorizes the Secretary to insure any mortgage which covers residential property located in a neighborhood conservation area approved for assistance under this Act. Sets forth requirements with respect to the type of property a mortgage may cover and the individual or organization who shall execute such mortgage. Provides that the Secretary shall not insure any mortgage under this Act unless he has received satisfactory and enforceable assurances from the mortgagor that the refinancing or sale of the property will not result, directly or indirectly, in any increase in the rentals or other charges for dwelling units in the property for a period of at least one year from the date of final endorsement of the mortgage insurance, or in any rent increases thereafter in excess of such increases as the Secretary finds justified and approves on the basis of increased operating expenses. Authorizes the Secretary, for the purpose of maintaining or reducing rentals or other charges for properties insured under this Act, to make and to contract to make, periodic interest reduction payments on behalf of the owners of the properties which shall be accomplished through payments to mortgagees holding mortgages under the requirements of this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall cooperate with the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to insure that funds appropriated under the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 shall be made available on a priority basis for training and employment support use in connection with improvements financed under this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall develop and maintain full information and statistics regarding the utilization of and experiences incurred under this program. States that the Secretary shall submit each year to the Congress and to the President an annual report summarizing such information, his analysis of the effectiveness and scope of the program, and his recommendations for its improvement and greater utilization.
Bill· HRH.R. 2389 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
Broadens the coverage of home health services under the supplementary medical insurance (Medicare) program of the Social Security Act and removes the 100-visit limitation presently applicable to the home health service program. Extends the coverage of posthospital home health services to include payment for items and services which the individual could otherwise obtain only in a skilled nursing facility. Requires the inclusion of home health services in a State's medicaid program under the Social Security Act and permits the payments of rent under such program for elderly persons who would otherwise require nursing home care. Provides expanded Federal funding for congregate housing for the displaced and the elderly by increasing the amount available for such housing under the low income housing program. Imposes on individuals receiving payment of expenses under the medicaid program a deduction, cost sharing, or similar charge equal to 5 percent of the taxable income of each adult child of the recipient.
Bill· HRH.R. 2374 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
Allows a tax deduction up to $750 for ordinary and necessary expenses incurred by a taxpayer under the Internal Revenue Code in making repairs and improvements to his residence during the taxable year. Allows the owner of rental housing to amortize at an accelerated rate (over a 60-month period) the cost of rehabilitating or restoring such housing. Authorizes the taxpayer to switch from such accelerated amortization to the regular depreciation deduction allowable under the Internal Revenue Code for property used in a trade or business or held for the production of income.
Bill· SS. 411 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
Adds condominium owners, homeowner's associations, and cooperative housing corporations not organized for profit to the list of tax- exempt orgainizations under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
Bill· HRH.R. 2006 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Allows a tax deduction up to $750 for ordinary and necessary expenses incurred by a taxpayer under the Internal Revenue Code in making repairs and improvements to his residence during the taxable year. Allows the owner of rental housing to amortize at an accelerated rate (over a 60-month period) the cost of rehabilitating or restoring such housing. Authorizes the taxpayer to switch from such accelerated amortization to the regular depreciation deduction allowable under the Internal Revenue Code for property used in a trade or business or held for the production of income.
Bill· HRH.R. 1935 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Provides an exemption from income taxation under the Internal Revenue Code for cooperative housing corporations and condominium housing organizations if: (1) membership in such organization is limited to the owners of units within the project; (2) such owners are entitled to receive distribution from the organization only upon its liquidation; and (3) 80 percent or more of the gross income of the organization represents payments received from owners of units in the project.
Bill· HRH.R. 1890 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Requires the Secretary of Labor, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, to recognize the difference in hazards to employees between the heavy construction industry and the light construction industry in promulgating health and safety standards.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 23 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1975
States that the Senate disapproves the proposed deferral of budget authority to carry out the comprehensive planning grants program under the Housing Act of 1954 as set forth in the special message transmitted by the President to the Congress on November 26, 1974.
Bill· HRH.R. 1798 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Allows a tax deduction up to $750 for ordinary and necessary expenses incurred by a taxpayer under the Internal Revenue Code in making repairs and improvements to his residence during the taxable year. Allows the owner of rental housing to amortize at an accelerated rate (over a 60-month period) the cost of rehabilitating or restoring such housing. Authorizes the taxpayer to switch from such accelerated amortization to the regular depreciation deduction allowable under the Internal Revenue Code for property used in a trade or business or held for the production of income.
Bill· SS. 203 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1975
Housing Security Act - Provides that transactions involving offers or sales of promissory notes directly secured by a first lien on a single parcel of real estate upon which is located a dwelling or other residential or commercial structure, and participation interests in such notes: (1) where such securities are originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, or similar banking institution which is supervised and examined by a Federal or State authority, and are offered and sold subject to specified conditions, or (2) where such securities are originated by a mortgage approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and are offered or sold to any institution described above; are exempted from the provisions of the Securities Act which prohibit use of interstate commerce and the mails for the sale of securities unless the securities are registered.
Bill· HRH.R. 1566 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1975
Provides, under the United States Housing Act, for grants to local public housing agencies to assist in financing security arrangements designed to prevent crimes and otherwise insure the safety and well-being of low rent housing tenants. Authorizes to be appropriated $70,000,000 for such purpose for each fiscal years ending after fiscal year 1974.
Bill· HRH.R. 1567 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1975
National Cooperative Housing Act - Declares that it is the policy of the United States and the purpose of this Act to establish a National Bank for Cooperative Housing in order to provide assurances to private and public housing developers that a continual supply of public funds is being and will be made available at reasonably level rates during periods of high as well as low interest to encourage the building of low- and middle- income cooperative housing. Defines the terms used in the Act. Creates a body corporate to be known as the National Bank for Cooperative Housing. Provides that loans may not be made by the Bank unless the borrower is unable to obtain funds on reasonable terms from other sources. Vests the management of the Bank in a Board of Directors consisting of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Labor, and ten other persons who shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that of the ten persons so appointed, one shall be an elected or an appointed official of a State government, and one shall be an elected or appointed official of a local government. Requires all of the other persons so appointed to be from the private sector. Provides for the appointment of officers and employees of the Bank. Provides that no director, officer, attorney, agent, or employee of the Bank shall in any manner, directly or indirectly, participate in the deliberations upon or the determination of any question affecting his personal interests, or the interests of any corporation, partnership, or association in which he is directly or indirectly personally interested. Provides that the Bank shall not engage in political activities nor provide financing for or assist in any manner any project or facility involving political parties, nor shall the directors, officers, employees, or agents of the Bank in any way use their connection with the Bank for the purpose of influencing the outcome of any election. Provides for a capital stock of $1,000,000,000 for the Bank. Provides for the purchase of Bank stock by the Treasury of the United States. Provides for the borrowing authority of the Bank. Declares that it shall be the function of the Bank to make and guarantee loans for the purchase or construction of low- and middle-income cooperative housing. Allows the Bank to make direct loans: (1) to State and local governments, public agencies, nonprofit private organizations, corporations, companies, partnerships, and individuals for the purchase of low- and middle-income cooperative housing constructed after 1959; and (2) to developers, contractors, subcontractors, and other persons to finance the construction of low- and middle-income cooperative housing. Requires that the financial transactions of the Bank be audited by the General Accounting Office. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,000,000,000 for subscription to the capital stock of the Bank. Authorizes payments of $125 a day to members of the Board of Directors of the Bank for each day they are engaged in the performance of duties under this Act. Provides that no person in the United States shall on the ground of sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal assistance under this Act.
Bill· SS. 85 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to reimburse the city of Frederick, Maryland, for money paid in 1864 saving harmless valuable military and hospital supplies owned by the United States Government.
Bill· SS. 63 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, an exclusion from income taxation for income of condominium housing associations, homeowner associations, and cooperative housing corporations operated for the management, maintenance, landscaping, and repair of common areas and dwellings.
Bill· HRH.R. 1483 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Allows a tax deduction up to $750 for ordinary and necessary expenses incurred by a taxpayer under the Internal Revenue Code in making repairs and improvements to his residence during the taxable year. Allows the owner of rental housing to amortize at an accelerated rate (over a 60-month period) the cost of rehabilitating or restoring such housing. Authorizes the taxpayer to switch from such accelerated amortization to the regular depreciation deduction allowable under the Internal Revenue Code for property used in a trade or business or held for the production of income.
Bill· HRH.R. 1368 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Urban Employment Act - Provides a program to assist municipalities and businesses in urban industrial development to prevent the harmful economic consequence of industrial migration from large cities which causes a waste of the economic resources in the cities, serious unemployment in the labor force, and an erosion of the tax base of the cities. Provides Federal financial assistance including grants and loans directly to municipalities and to private industry to alleviate the wasteful economic disruption and loss resulting from the movement of industrial firms away from the cities. Authorizes direct grants not to exceed 25 percent of the cost of the project to any central city with a population of 100,000 or more for the purchase and development of real property within the central city to improve the economic opportunities and expansion of industrial facilities in the area and to assist in the creation of additional long-term employment opportunities. Authorizes appropriations not to exceed $50,000,000 per fiscal year for fiscal years 1975 through 1979, and states that more than 15 percent of any appropriation in any fiscal year be expended in any one State. Authorizes loans not to exceed 90 percent of the cost of any project to assist in financing the purchase and development of real property within a municipality where financial assistance is not otherwise available from private lenders or from other Federal agencies. Provides that no loan shall be made for a period exceeding 40 years, that such loans shall bear interest at a rate not less than the rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, and that the annual appropriations for the purpose of making and participating in loans shall not exceed $200,000,000 for fiscal years 1975 through 1979. Provides for urban industrial development loans to aid in the financing of any project within a central city to guarantee loans for working capital made to private borrowers by private lending institutions. Authorizes the appropriation for this part of the Act of not to exceed $250,000,000 annually for the fiscal years 1975 through 1979. Provides that no land acquired by grant, loan, or other financial assistance under this Act shall be converted from the uses orginally approved by the Secretary without his prior approval. Authorizes the Secretary to make other financial assistance available to municipalities. Provides the Secretary with the necessary powers, functions, privileges and immunities to carry out this Act. Allows him to take any actions to assign or sell any evidence of debt held by him to extend the maturity of any loan made under this Act; to employ experts; to sue and be sued in any State or Federal district court; and to acquire property. Defines the term "central city" for purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1335 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
National Landlord-Tenant Act - Title I: National Landlord and Tenant Commission - Establishes the National Landlord and Tenant Commission. States that the Commission shall: (1) conduct and commission a study of landlord and tenant problems in the United States and review the implementation of the provisions of this Act; (2) submit to the President and to Congress such interim and final reports it deems appropriate; (3) publish the results of the investigations, studies, and research conducted under authority of this title; (4) make grants to the States for the establishment and maintenance of housing courts, and develop regulations concerning a review system for such grants; (5) develop model lease and rental agreement forms for use in transactions between the landlord and the tenant; and (6) establish rules and guidelines for the purpose of implementing and enforcing this Act. Requires the Commission to the extent practicable, to utilize the services of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and all other Government agencies dealing with housing problems. Title II: Housing Courts - Authorizes the National Landlord-Tenant Commission to make grants to the States for the purpose of establishing and operating housing courts. Directs the Commission, within one hundred eighty days after the enactment of this Act, to promulgate standards for landlord-tenant dispute settlement procedures. Authorizes to be appropriated $500,000,000 for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1976, and June 30, 1977 in order to carry out the purposes of this Act. Title III: Landlord-Tenant Act - States that this Act applies to, regulates, and determines rights, obligations, and remedies under a rental agreement, applicable to all rental units in the United States. Provides that housing courts of the States and all other appropriate courts of general jurisdiction may exercise jurisdiction over any landlord or tenant within their jurisdiction with respect to any conduct governed by this Act or with respect to any claim arising from a transaction subject to this Act. Title IV: Provisions of the Rental Agreement - States that a landlord and a tenant may include in a rental agreement terms and conditions not prohibited by this chapter or other rule of law, including rent, term of the agreement, and other provisions governing the rights, obligations, and remedies of the parties. Provides that in the absence of agreement or legislation fixing the amount of rent the tenant shall pay pursuant to this Act, the tenant shall pay as rent the fair rental value for the use and occupancy of the dwelling unit. Title V: Landlord Obligations - Requires every landlord to: (1) comply with the requirements of applicable building and housing codes; (2) make all repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep the premises in a fit and habitable condition; (3) keep all common areas of the premises in a clean and safe condition; (4) provide and maintain in good and safe working order and condition all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, locks, and other existing facilities such as elevators, steps, and fire safety equipment supplied or required to be supplied by the landlord; (5) provide and maintain appropriate and convenient receptacles for the removal of ashes, garbage, rubbish, and other waste incidental to the occupancy of the dwelling unit and arrange for its removal; and (6) supply running water and reasonable amounts of hot water at all times and reasonable heat based on geographic location. Requires the landlord or any person authorized to enter into a rental agreement on his behalf to disclose to the tenant in writing at or before the commencement of the tenancy the name and address of: (1) the person authorized to manage the premises, and (2) the owner of the premises or a person authorized to act for and on behalf of the owner for the purpose of service of process and for the purpose of receiving and receipting complaints, notices, and demands. Title VI: Tenant Obligations - States that the tenant shall: (1) comply with all obligations imposed upon tenants by applicable provisions of building and housing codes; (2) Keep that part of the premises that he occupies and uses as clean and safe as the condition of the premises permit; (3) keep all plumbing fixtures in the dwelling unit or those used by the tenant as clean as their condition permits; (4) use in a reasonable manner all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, and other facilities and appliances including elevators on the premises; (5) not deliberately or negligently destroy, deface, damage, impair, or remove any part of the premises or knowingly permit any person to do so; (6) regularly dispose from his dwelling unit all ashes, rubbish, garbage, and other waste in a clean and safe manner; and (7) conduct himself and require other persons on the premises with his consent to conduct themselves in a manner that will not disturb his neighbors' peaceful enjoyment of the premises. Title VII: Landlord Remedies - Sets forth landlord's remedies for: (1) tenant's nonpayment of rent; (2) tenant's refusal to allow lawful access; and (3) tenant's abandonment. Makes provisions for landlord's remedies after the termination of the rental agreement. Title VIII: Tenant Remedies - Establishes tenant remedies for the landlord's: (1) violation of housing codes or the rental agreement; (2) failure to deliver possession; and (3) abuse of access. Title IX: Procedures for Contesting Allegations of Breach - Establishes procedures for both the landlord and the tenant to contest any allegations of a breach of the provisions of this Act or the rental agreement. Title X: Miscellaneous - States that if any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or application of the Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
Bill· HRH.R. 1129 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Requires the Secretary of Labor, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, to recognize the difference in hazards to employees between the heavy construction industry and the light construction industry in promulgating health and safety standards.
Bill· HRH.R. 1121 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides for specially adapted housing benefits to veterans suffering the loss, or loss of use, of both arms.
Bill· HRH.R. 1119 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Requires the Secretary of Labor, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, to recognize the difference in hazards to employees between the heavy construction industry and the light construction industry in promulgating health and safety standards.
Bill· HRH.R. 1081 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Home Owners Mortgage Loan Corporation Act - Creates the Home Owners Mortgage Loan Corporation, an independent agency, authorized to make direct loans to credit-worthy families in the moderate-income range who cannot otherwise obtain home financing at reasonable rates of interest. Provides that the proposed Corporation shall have a board of directors of nine members including the Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration. Directs the Board to set all policies. Defines moderate-income eligible families as those with incomes of $12,000 or less, a figure which could later be raised or lowered by the Board. Asserts that the maximum interest rate to be charged by the Federal Government shall be 6 1/2 percent, or less. Authorizes loans as high as $30,000 for up to 30 years under the program. Authorizes appropriations of $2,000,000,000 a year for five years to establish a basic capitalization of $10,000,000,000. Provides that thereafter, if repayments on outstanding loans or investment income did not provide a loan pool of at least $2,000,000,000 a year, additional appropriations would be authorized. Requires the Corporation to make an annual report to the President and Congress on its activities and recommendations for administrative or legislative action.
Bill· HRH.R. 969 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
National Landlord-Tenant Act - Title I: National Landlord and Tenant Commission - Establishes the National Landlord and Tenant Commission. States that the Commission shall: (1) conduct and commission a study of landlord and tenant problems in the United States and review the implementation of the provisions of this Act; (2) submit to the President and to Congress such interim and final reports it deems appropriate; (3) publish the results of the investigations, studies, and research conducted under authority of this title; (4) make grants to the States for the establishment and maintenance of housing courts, and develop regulations concerning a review system for such grants; (5) develop model lease and rental agreement forms for use in transactions between the landlord and the tenant; and (6) establish rules and guidelines for the purpose of implementing and enforcing this Act. Requires the Commission to the extent practicable, to utilize the services of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and all other Government agencies dealing with housing problems. Title II: Housing Courts - Authorizes the National Landlord-Tenant Commission to make grants to the States for the purpose of establishing and operating housing courts. Directs the Commission, within one hundred eighty days after the enactment of this Act, to promulgate standards for landlord-tenant dispute settlement procedures. Authorizes to be appropriated $500,000,000 for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975 in order to carry out the purposes of this Act. Title III: Landlord-Tenant Act - States that this Act applies to, regulates, and determines rights, obligations, and remedies under a rental agreement, applicable to all rental units in the United States. Provides that housing courts of the States and all other appropriate courts of general jurisdiction may exercise jurisdiction over any landlord or tenant within their jurisdiction with respect to any conduct governed by this Act or with respect to any claim arising from a transaction subject to this Act. Title IV: Provisions of the Rental Agreement - States that a landlord and a tenant may include in a rental agreement terms and conditions not prohibited by this chapter or other rule of law, including rent, term of the agreement, and other provisions governing the rights, obligations, and remedies of the parties. Provides that in the absence of agreement or legislation fixing the amount of rent the tenant shall pay pursuant to this Act, the tenant shall pay as rent the fair rental value for the use and occupancy of the dwelling unit. Title V: Landlord Obligations - Requires every landlord to: (1) comply with the requirements of applicable building and housing codes; (2) make all repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep the premises in a fit and habitable condition; (3) keep all common areas of the premises in a clean and safe condition; (4) provide and maintain in good and safe working order and condition all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, locks, and other existing facilities such as elevators, steps, and fire safety equipment supplied or required to be supplied by the landlord; (5) provide and maintain appropriate and convenient receptacles for the removal of ashes, garbage, rubbish, and other waste incidental to the occupancy of the dwelling unit and arrange for its removal; and (6) supply running water and reasonable amounts of hot water at all times and reasonable heat based on geographic location. Requires the landlord or any person authorized to enter into a rental agreement on his behalf to disclose to the tenant in writing at or before the commencement of the tenancy the name and address of: (1) the person authorized to manage the premises, and (2) the owner of the premises or a person authorized to act for and on behalf of the owner for the purpose of service of process and for the purpose of receiving and receipting complaints, notices, and demands. Title VI: Tenant Obligations - States that the tenant shall: (1) comply with all obligations imposed upon tenants by applicable provisions of building and housing codes; (2) Keep that part of the premises that he occupies and uses as clean and safe as the condition of the premises permit; (3) keep all plumbing fixtures in the dwelling unit or those used by the tenant as clean as their condition permits; (4) use in a reasonable manner all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, and other facilities and appliances including elevators on the premises; (5) not deliberately or negligently destroy, deface, damage, impair, or remove any part of the premises or knowingly permit any person to do so; (6) regularly dispose from his dwelling unit all ashes, rubbish, garbage, and other waste in a clean and safe manner; and (7) conduct himself and require other persons on the premises with his consent to conduct themselves in a manner that will not disturb his neighbors' peaceful enjoyment of the premises. Title VII: Landlord Remedies - Sets forth landlord's remedies for: (1) tenant's nonpayment of rent; (2) tenant's refusal to allow lawful access; and (3) tenant's abandonment. Makes provisions for landlord's remedies after the termination of the rental agreement. Title VIII: Tenant Remedies - Establishes tenant remedies for the landlord's: (1) violation of housing codes or the rental agreement; (2) failure to deliver possession; and (3) abuse of access. Title IX: Procedures for Contesting Allegations of Breach - Establishes procedures for both the landlord and the tenant to contest any allegations of a breach of the provisions of this Act or the rental agreement. Title X: Miscellaneous - States that if any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or application of the Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
Bill· HRH.R. 856 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Allows a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code, to tenants of houses or apartments for their proportionate share of the real estate taxes and mortgage interest paid by their landlords. Requires lessors to furnish tenants with information showing the amount that may be deducted.
Bill· HRH.R. 824 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Housing Enforcement Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish within his Department a housing enforcement assistance program under which he will make grants as provided in this Act to cities and other municipalities to assist them in the more effective enforcement of local housing codes, including: (1) the training, employment, and compensation of housing inspectors and related or supporting personnel; (2) the establishment and operation of housing courts to provide a forum for the resolution of controversies involving building violations, rent strikes, evictions, and other matters relating to landlord-tenant relations and housing code enforcement; (3) the development and improvement of housing codes; (4) emergency repairs to eliminate conditions which endanger the health and safety of tenants; and (5) such other actions to deal with aspects of housing code enforcement as in the judgment of the Secretary will significantly help in carrying out the purpose of this Act. Stipulates that the Secretary shall allocate the funds appropriated to the various cities and municipities in the United States in accordance with a formula appropriately refelecting their need for assistance in the enforcement of housing codes. States that such formula, which shall be published in the Federal Register in advance of such allocation, shall take into account with respect to each of such cities and municipalities its size, the amount and average age of its housing which is threatened with loss from blight or deterioration but could be preserved by more effective enforcement of housing codes, its financial need, and such other factors as the Secretary may determine to be appropriate and in furtherance of the objectives of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $40,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides that grants for and on behalf of a city or municipality may be made to an agency of State government in any case where cities or municipalities within the State involved are prevented by State law from receiving such grants or from expending them for their intended purpose.
Bill· HRH.R. 853 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Allows a tax deduction up to $750 for ordinary and necessary expenses incurred by a taxpayer under the Internal Revenue Code in making repairs and improvements to his residence during the taxable year. Allows the owner of rental housing to amortize at an accelerated rate (over a 60-month period) the cost of rehabilitating or restoring such housing. Authorizes the taxpayer to switch from such accelerated amortization to the regular depreciation deduction allowable under the Internal Revenue Code for property used in a trade or business or held for the production of income.
Bill· HRH.R. 804 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Requires that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development carry out the program of home ownership for lower income families and the program of rental and cooperative housing for lower income families specified under the National Housing Act to the full extent of the funds and contract authority made available to him by law.
Bill· HRH.R. 825 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that no State development agency shall be entitled to receive Federal financial assistance in any form unless it provides satisfactory assurances that it will take no action inconsistent with local zoning laws.
Bill· HRH.R. 823 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, under the National Housing Act, to provide insurance for loans to finance improvements to long-term care facilities required to correct deficiencies identified in State surveys and Federal certification procedures.
Bill· HRH.R. 786 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Allows a tax deduction up to $750 for ordinary and necessary expenses incurred by a taxpayer under the Internal Revenue Code in making repairs and improvements to his residence during the taxable year. Allows the owner of rental housing to amortize at an accelerated rate (over a 60-month period) the cost of rehabilitating or restoring such housing. Authorizes the taxpayer to switch from such accelerated amortization to the regular depreciation deduction allowable under the Internal Revenue Code for property used in a trade or business or held for the production of income.
Bill· HRH.R. 592 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Revises the National Housing Act to prohibit Federal Housing Administration insurance of blanket mortgages on condominium projects, and Federal National Mortgage Association purchases of conventional condominium mortgages, where the developer retains or will retain a leasehold interest in the common areas and facilities of the project involved.
Bill· HRH.R. 577 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Redefines the term "tenant stockholder" for the purposes of the Internal Revenue Code to mean a person (presently an individual) who is a stockholder in a cooperative housing corporation, and whose stock is fully paid-up in an amount not less than an amount shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary or his delegate as bearing a reasonable relationship to the portion of the value of the corporation's equity in the houses or apartment building and the land on which situated which is attributable to the house or apartment which such individual is entitled to occupy. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 216(b))
Bill· HRH.R. 571 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to transfer airspace over public buildings of the United States for use for low and moderate income housing and for low-rent housing.
Bill· HRH.R. 497 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, under the National Housing Act, to provide insurance for loans to finance improvements to long-term care facilities required to correct deficiencies identified in State surveys and Federal certification procedures.
Bill· HRH.R. 428 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Allows a tax deduction up to $750 for ordinary and necessary expenses incurred by a taxpayer under the Internal Revenue Code in making repairs and improvements to his residence during the taxable year. Allows the owner of rental housing to amortize at an accelerated rate (over a 60-month period) the cost of rehabilitating or restoring such housing. Authorizes the taxpayer to switch from such accelerated amortization to the regular depreciation deduction allowable under the Internal Revenue Code for property used in a trade or business or held for the production of income.
Bill· HRH.R. 445 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Requires the Secretary of Labor, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, to recognize the difference in hazards to employees between the heavy construction industry and the light construction industry in promulgating health and safety standards.
Bill· HRH.R. 344 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes the insurance of loans under the National Housing Act to defray mortgage payments on homes owned by persons who are temporarily unemployed. Creates a Homeownership Conservation Loan Insurance Fund to be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as a revolving fund for carrying out the loan insurance obligations arising under the Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 316 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Disallows the depreciation deduction under the Internal Revenue Code to a landlord who has been convicted of violating a housing code, but states that such deduction shall be deemed to have been taken when computing the landlord's adjusted basis for purposes of determining gain from the disposition of such property.
Bill· HRH.R. 228 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
National Condominium Act - Provides for the designation of an Assistant Secretary for Condominiums under the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to assist in the planning, development, construction, or operation of condominiums or the purchase of condominium units. Establishes minimum national standards for all condominium units the sale of which is financed with Federal assistance in any form, and encourages the States through a new program of Federal grants to establish such standards to protect both the residents of previously leased units to be converted and the potential purchasers of such units from undue hardships and unexpected economic expenses. States that any person who willfully violates any of the provisions of this Act shall be fined not less than $15,000 and be imprisoned for not less than two years.
Bill· HRH.R. 130 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Requires the Secretary of Labor, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, to recognize the difference in hazards to employees between the heavy construction industry and the light construction industry in promulgating health and safety standards.