Housing

Temporary Emergency Shelter Demonstration Program Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 14 December 1982

Temporary Emergency Shelter Demonstration Program Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct a demonstration program under which grants will be provided to assist communities or nonprofit organizations to provide shelter for people subject to life-threatening situations because of their lack of housing. Requires the Secretary to make such grants on a competitive basis according to the need for emergency housing. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on such program and to use a specified amount of the funds appropriated for additional authority for annual contributions for lower income housing projects during FY 1983 to carry out this Act.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit certain cooperative housing corporations to replace conventional financing with tax-exempt financing.

United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1982

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt mortgage subsidy bond issues used to refinance mortgages on buildings used by qualified cooperative housing corporations from the three-year non-ownership, targeted areas, and original mortgages requirements of such bond issues.

Real Dollar Mortgage Demonstration Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1982

Real Dollar Mortgage Demonstration Act of 1982 - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure mortgages and loans with monthly payments and loan balances that are adjusted to reflect changes in a selected index which measures the inflation rate or changes in wages or consumer disposable income. Requires the Secretary to insure such a loan or mortgage upon determining that: (1) the principal obligation of the mortgage or loan does not exceed a specified percentage of the appraised value of the attached property; and (2) the monthly payments and principal obligation of the loan or mortgage will not be increased at a rate greater than the percentage change in the selected index. Directs the Secretary to give priority to such mortgages executed by mortgagors who have not owned a home in the preceding three years. Directs the Secretary to conduct and report to Congress on a demonstration program to insure such loans and mortgages.

Temporary Emergency Shelter Demonstration Program Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1982

Temporary Emergency Shelter Demonstration Program Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct a demonstration program under which grants will be provided to assist communities or nonprofit organizations to provide shelter for people subject to life-threatening situations because of their lack of housing. Requires the Secretary to make such grants on a competitive basis according to the need for emergency housing. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on such program and to use a specified amount of the funds appropriated for additional authority for annual contributions for lower income housing projects during FY 1983 to carry out this Act.

A bill to make the programs authorized under the United States Housing Act of 1937 subject to the requirements of the Buy American Act.

United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1982

Subjects to the Buy American Act the use of funds for low-income housing programs under the United States Housing Act of 1937.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit certain cooperative housing corporations to replace conventional financing with tax-exempt financing.

United States · United States Congress · 29 November 1982

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt mortgage subsidy bond issues used to refinance mortgages on buildings used by qualified cooperative housing corporations from the three-year non-ownership, targeted areas, and original mortgages requirements of such bond issues.

Neighborhood Development Demonstration Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1982

Neighborhood Development Demonstration Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct a three-year demonstration program to determine the feasibility of supporting neighborhood development activities by providing Federal matching funds to certain nonprofit neighborhood development organizations on the basis of monetary support from the private sector. Authorizes the Secretary to select, through a competitive process, up to 50 organizations to participate in the program in the first year, 100 in the second, and 150 in the third. Directs the Secretary to establish a Neighborhood Development Advisory Council to evaluate the applicants and recommend selections. Requires the Secretary to: (1) assign each participating organization a program year during which time voluntary private contributions shall be eligible for matching; and (2) establish a ratio of between three and ten Federal dollars for each dollar contributed which the Secretary shall pay to each organization at the end of each three month period of the organization's program year. Limits the maximum amount the Secretary may pay to any organization for a year to $50,000. Requires the Secretary to insure that: (1) assistance may be provided under this Act only if the local government of the neighborhood to be assisted certifies that such assistance is consistent with such government's objectives; and (2) eligible neighborhood development activities comply with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the activities carried out under this Act and any findings or recommendations concerning the demonstration program. Authorizes appropriations.

A joint resolution to designate "National Housing Week".

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1982

Designates October 24 through October 31, 1982, as National Housing Week.

Pacific Northwest Housing Affordability and Energy Conservation Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1982

Pacific Northwest Housing Affordability and Energy Conservation Act of 1982 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration to purchase debt instruments for debts which: (1) are incurred for the purchase of certified energy efficient, newly constructed single family dwellings with one or more energy conservation features; (2) are secured by a mortgage or other security interest; (3) do not exceed the lesser of $15,000 or the cost of the energy conservation features; (4) have a repayment term of not more than 30 years; and (5) provide for interest charges no higher than the maximum interest rates on federally insured mortgages. Requires the Administrator to certify those dwellings which meet energy efficiency standards for purposes of this Act. Permits the Administrator to purchase such debt instruments only if the total of any other loans issued for the first purchase of the dwellings involved does not exceed the maximum mortgage level for Federal Housing Administration mortgages.

Housing Equity Loan Program Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1982

Housing Equity Loan Program Act - Title I: Federal Housing Finance Corporation - Creates the Federal Housing Finance Corporation. Designates the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Corporation and the Secretary of the Treasury and the Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board as the other Board members. Authorizes the Corporation to issue notes or other tax-exempt obligations bearing rates of interest not exceeding 13 percent per annum to obtain funds in order to assist in the financing of mortgages. Directs the Corporation to make payments on such obligations from funds received from assisted financial institutions. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the principal and interest on an obligation in the event the Corporation fails to pay such amount when the obligation becomes due. Provides for the purchase and sale of obligations of the Corporation by the Secretary of the Treasury. Terminates the Corporation's authority to issue obligations on December 31, 1985, except as necessary to provide funds for the performance of a contract entered into by the Corporation before such date. Requires funds received from the issuance of such obligations to be used to assist in financing the purchase of single-family residences. Directs the Corporation to allocate such funds on a State by State basis for use by financial institutions after considering: (1) the number of requests for funds from institutions in each State; (2) the number of single-family residences offered for sale recently in each State; and (3) the number of individuals between the ages of 25 and 40 in each State. Directs the Corporation to make such funds available to financial institutions upon application. Lists conditions under which financial institutions shall provide such funds for the purchase of a single-family residence, including requirements that: (1) at least 50 percent of the principal amount of the mortgage secured by the residence is provided by the institution; (2) the mortgage has a 30-year term and a fixed rate of interest not exceeding two percentage points below the most recently prescribed Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage rate; (3) the mortgagor has not owned a dwelling during the preceding three years; (4) the mortgage is assumable but only by another such mortgagor; and (5) the institution and the Corporation agree that the institution will conduct any foreclosure proceedings on behalf of itself and the Corporation. Requires the institutions to agree to provide periodic repayments to the Corporation corresponding to the timing of repayments made by mortgagors who purchase the financed residences. Directs the Corporation to recapture from a homeowner who disposes of, or rents for one year or more, property securing a mortgage made under this title the lesser of: (1) two-thirds of the mortgagor's savings resulting from the effective interest rate of the mortgage being lower than the rate for comparable FHA-insured mortgages; or (2) 50 percent of the net appreciation of the property. Requires the Corporation to: (1) publish and submit to Congress an annual report; and (2) conduct an annual audit of its funds. Requires the General Accounting Office to audit the transactions of the Corporation every three years. Exempts the Corporation from all taxes excluding State and local real property taxes. Authorizes appropriations for the administrative expenses of the Corporation. Title II: Amendments Relating to Tax-Exempt Financing for Single-Family and Multifamily Residences - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements for the tax exclusion of interest on mortgage subsidy bonds. Reduces from 90 to 80 the percentage of financings under an issue that must be used for first-time home buyers. Revises the new homeowner requirements to allow eligibility for bond financed mortgages for persons who are residing in substandard housing or who have lost their homes because of natural disasters or governmental action. Repeals the requirement that two to four family residences must be five years old for treatment as single-family residences. Provides that loans for the conversion of residences to two to four family residences shall be treated as home improvement loans for purposes of determining the eligibility of an issue. Changes the dollar limitation for qualified home improvement loans from $15,000 to the maximum allowed under the National Housing Act of 1949. Treats rehabilitated residences as new residences for purposes of the purchase price limitations for homes financed with tax-exempt bonds. Revises requirements for residential rental property bond issues relating to the median income level of occupants and the term of the lower income occupancy. Repeals the registration requirements for mortgage bond issue and veterans' mortgage bond issues. Permits advance refunding of mortgage subsidy bonds if the interest on such bond is tax-exempt and the refunding occurs within a specified time period. Title III: Individual Housing Accounts - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for cash contributions to a savings account created or organized for the benefit of the taxpayer (or the taxpayer and spouse if married) for the exclusive purpose of purchasing the taxpayer's principal residence. Limits the maximum annual deduction to $2,000 with a maximum lifetime deduction of $4,000. Exempts such accounts from income taxation. Excludes distributions from such account from gross income so long as they are used exclusively for the purchase of a principal residence. Imposes a ten percent surtax on distributions from an individual housing account which are not used for the purchase of a principal residence.

A resolution providing for the consideration of the conference report on the bill (H.R. 6267) to revitalize the housing industry by strengthening the financial stability of home mortgage lending institutions and ensuring the availability of home mortgage loans.

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1982

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 6267 (Home Mortgages).

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize an alternative to the conventional construction of military family housing within the United States, Puerto Rico, and Guam.

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1982

Permits the Secretary of Defense to lease rather than construct specifically authorized family housing projects within the United States, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Requires that the Armed Services Committees be given 30 days notice of any lease in excess of $250,000 annual rental.

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

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1982

Amends the National Housing Act to extend certain Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance and assistance programs. Extends the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to set maximum interest rates on certain mortgage insurance programs. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend certain Farmers Home Administration mortgage insurance programs and mutual and self-help housing programs. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the national flood insurance program. Amends the National Housing Act to extend the national riot and crime insurance programs. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to extend the period for which areas that qualified as metropolitan cities or urban countries prior to the 1980 decennial census shall retain such status for purposes of the allocation of funds under Federal community development block grants. Amends the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to permit the Corporation to have preferred stock.

Neighborhood Development Demonstration Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1982

Neighborhood Development Demonstration Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct a three-year demonstration program to determine the feasibility of assisting neighborhood development activities by providing Federal matching funds to certain nonprofit neighborhood development organizations on the basis of monetary support from the private sector. Authorizes the Secretary to select, through a competitive process, up to 50 organizations to participate in the program in the first year, 100 in the second, and 150 in the third. Directs the Secretary to establish a neighborhood development advisory council to evaluate the applicants and recommend selections. Requires the Secretary to: (1) assign each participating organization a program year during which time voluntary private contributions shall be eligible for matching; and (2) establish a ratio of between three and ten Federal dollars for each dollar contributed which the Secretary shall pay to each organization at the end of each three month period of the organization's program year. Limits the maximum amount the Secretary may pay to any organization for a year to $50,000. Requires the Secretary to assure that activities carried out by participating organizations: (1) are coordinated with local housing and community development programs; and (2) comply with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the activities carried out under this Act and any findings or recommendations concerning the demonstration program. Authorizes appropriations.

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

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1982

Amends the National Housing Act to extend certain Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance and assistance programs. Extends the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to set maximum interest rates on certain mortgage insurance programs. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend certain Farmers Home Administration mortgage insurance programs and mutual and self-help housing programs. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the national flood insurance program. Amends the National Housing Act to extend the national riot and crime insurance programs. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to extend the period during which areas that qualified as metropolitan cities or urban counties prior to the 1980 decennial census shall retain such status for purposes of the allocation of funds under Federal community development block grants.

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

United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1982

Amends the National Housing Act to extend certain Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance and assistance programs. Extends the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to set maximum interest rates on certain mortgage insurance programs. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend certain Farmers Home Administration mortgage insurance programs and mutual and self-help housing programs. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the national flood insurance program. Amends the National Housing Act to extend the national riot and crime insurance programs.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit certain cooperative housing corporations to replace conventional financing with tax-exempt financing.

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1982

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow refinancing by qualified cooperative housing corporations with tax-exempt mortgage subsidy bond proceeds.

Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983

United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1982

Department of Housing and Urban Development - Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983 - Title I: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Increases the contract authority and the budget authority of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for annual contributions contracts for assisted housing. Designates specified amounts of such budget authority and budget authority which is recaptured or deobligated during FY 1983 for: (1) the modernization of existing public housing projects; (2) providing public housing for Indian families; (3) assistance for housing projects for the elderly or handicapped. Prohibits the Secretary of HUD from: (1) imposing any arbitrary limitation on the cost and rent increases resulting from increased construction costs for a housing project under the lower-income rental assistance program; (2) terminating a reservation of contract authority for such a project after 24 months on account of the inability of the developer to obtain firm financing; or (3) using authorities available for obligation in FY 1983 to provide for the initial reservation for additional newly constructed units of such a project or a project under the public housing program or to executive rental assistance contracts for certain projects for more than 60 months. Reduces the contract authority for rent supplement payments for lower income families for FY 1983. Makes appropriations to HUD for fiscal year 1983 for: (1) housing programs, including programs providing for housing payments, congregate services, low-income housing projects, the troubled projects operating subsidy, housing counseling assistance, the Special Risk Insurance Fund, and the General Insurance Fund; (2) the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) for participation sales insufficiencies; (3) the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank for assistance for solar and conservation improvements; (4) community development grants, urban development grants, and the urban homesteading program; (5) the New Community Development Corporation for the New Communities Fund; (6) research and technology; (7) fair housing assistance; and (8) salaries and expenses (including transfer of funds). Authorizes obligations on the part of: (1) the Housing for the Elderly or Handicapped Fund; (2) the Federal Housing Administration Fund for temporary mortgage assistance payments; (3) the GNMA for emergency mortgage purchase assistance; (4) the rehabilitation loan fund; and (5) urban renewal programs. Establishes limitations on: (1) additional Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance commitments and nonprofit sponsor assistance; (2) GNMA commitments for guarantees of mortgage-backed securities; and (3) the Secretary's authority to guarantee loans for the acquisition and rehabilitation of real property during fiscal year 1983. Title II: Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for fiscal year 1983 to the: (1) American Battle Monuments Commission for salaries and expenses; (2) Consumer Product Safety Commission for salaries and expenses; (3) Department of Defense-Civil for Army cemetery expenses; (4) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for salaries and expenses, research and development, abatement, control and compliance activities, buildings and facilities, the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund, and necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, and construction grants; (5) Executive Office of the President for the Council on Environmental Quality, Office of Environmental Quality, and Office of Science and Technology Policy; (6) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for disaster relief, salaries and expenses, State and local assistance, emergency planning and assistance, and the National Flood Insurance Fund; (7) General Services Administration for the Consumer Information Center; (8) Department of Health and Human Services for the Office of Consumer Affairs; (9) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for research and development, the construction of facilities, and research and program management; (10) National Science Foundation (NSF) for research, scientific education, and overseas scientific activities (special foreign currency program); (11) Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; (12) Selective Service System for salaries and expenses; (13) Department of the Treasury for the State and Local Government Fiscal Assistance Trust Fund, the Office of Revenue Sharing, and the Office of the Secretary; and (14) Veterans Administration for compensation and pensions, readjustment benefits (excluding certain correspondence training benefits), veterans insurance and indemnities, medical care, medical and prosthetic research, medical administration and miscellaneous expenses, general operating expenses, construction of major and minor projects, grants for the construction of State extended care facilities and veterans cemeteries, and grants to the Republic of the Philippines for assisting in rehabilitating the Veterans Memorial Medical Center. Establishes a minimum work force requirement for the EPA. Prohibits NASA from using any funds to develop a fifth space shuttle orbiter without the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of each House of Congress. Limits the amount that the Central Liquidity Facility of the National Credit Union Administration may borrow from sources other than the Treasury and the amount of its administrative expenses for FY 1983. Declares that no funds appropriated to the NSF shall be available for the Advanced Ocean Drilling Program, without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations. Prohibits the expenditure of any funds appropriated to the Selective Service for the induction of any person into the U.S. Armed Forces. Authorizes obligations on the part of the Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund and the Direct Loan Revolving Fund of the Veterans Administration. Permits, in specified circumstances, the transfer of funds appropriated to the Administration. Limits the use of appropriations for purchasing any site or constructing any new hospital or home. Requires reimbursement if any persons, other than eligible beneficiaries, are hospitalized or examined at veterans facilities. Limits the amount of appropriations available to the Administration for medical automatic data processing without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations. Title III: Corporations - Authorizes the corporations and agencies of HUD and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board to make commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations unless otherwise limited. Limits, with specified exceptions, new loan or mortgage purchase commitments to the extent expressly provided in this Act. Makes appropriations for fiscal year 1983 to the Federal Home Loan Bank Board for administrative expenses of the Board and the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC). Sets specified limitations on such expenses. Title IV: General Provisions - Limits travel expenditures for the agencies listed in this Act to the amounts set forth in the budget estimate, with specified exceptions. Permits the use of HUD and Selective Service System appropriations for: (1) uniforms; (2) the hire of passenger vehicles; and (3) the employment of experts and consultants. Allows the use of HUD funds to pay for legal services and facilities provided by specified agencies. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the use of appropriated funds: (1) beyond the current fiscal year; (2) without a voucher describing the payees and services or specific statutory authorization; (3) for transportation between the domicile and place of employment of any officer or employee; (4) for payments to recipients that do not share in the cost of conducting research not specifically solicited by the Government; (5) for consultants paid in excess of the GS-18 rate; and (6) for compensation of non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated for personnel compensation and benefits for other object classifications in the budget estimates without Congressional approval. Limits expenditures for consulting services to contracts which are a matter of public record and included in a publicly available list of: (1) contracts entered into within the past two years; and (2) contracts on which performance has not been completed. Prohibits any executive agency from expending appropriations under this Act for a contract for services unless the agency: (1) complies with the Office of Procurement Policy Act; and (2) requires reports prepared pursuant to such contract to disclose information about the contract and the contractor. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to: (1) administer any regulation which has been vetoed by Congress; (2) provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servant to any officer or employee of any agency or department; or (3) procure automobiles with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of less than 22 miles per gallon.

A bill to amend the Community Services Block Grant Act to clarify the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate community action agencies for certain community action programs administered by the Secretary for fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1982

Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate a replacement agency for a community action agency terminated or denied funding by the Secretary during FY 1982. States that such designated replacement agency shall receive community services block grant funds through FY 1983. Permits reinstatement of a replaced agency if a final determination to restore funding is made before the State begins operating programs with the designated new agency.

A bill to amend the National Housing Act to provide for a mortgage and loan interest reduction program, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1982

Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, through the Government National Mortgage Association, to assist low and moderate income families in acquiring a home or membership in a cooperative housing project by making interest reduction payments to mortgagees and lenders on behalf of such families for not to exceed 12 years. Declares that the amount of all such payments shall constitute a second lien on the housing and shall be repayable when: (1) the housing is sold or otherwise disposed of; (2) the first mortgage or loan is refinanced; or (3) the housing ceases to be the principal residence of the mortgagor or borrower. Sets the amount of such payments as the lesser of: (1) the difference between the monthly payment required under the mortgage or loan and the monthly payment that would be required if the loan or mortgage were to bear seven percent interest; or (2) the difference between the monthly payment required under the mortgage or loan and 25 percent of the borrower's family income. Requires a mortgage or loan to be insured by the Secretary in order to be eligible for interest reduction payments. Lists conditions for insurability including requirements that the loan or mortgage: (1) be executed by a first-time homebuyer who has paid at least five percent of the purchase price and whose income did not exceed $30,000 during the preceding year; and (2) be amortized over 30 years with loan or mortgage payments increased by five percent each year until the interest reduction payment is eliminated except for any year following a year in which the mortgagor's family income has decreased. Declares that any insured loan or mortgage shall be eligible for purchase by the Federal National Mortage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress annually on yearly commitments for interest reduction payments, the number and income of assisted families, and the acceptability of assisted loans and mortgages on the secondary market.

A bill to provide that the moratorium on fringe benefit taxation (P.L. 95-427) applies to the value of certain campus housing furnished by educational institutions to their employees.

United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1982

Provides that the moratorium on fringe benefit taxation applies to the value of housing furnished by educational institutions to their employees if: (1) the housing is located on a campus of, or in the proximity of, such institution; and (2) such institution has a reasonable basis for not treating the value of such housing as subject to taxation.

Air Force Family Housing Build-Lease Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1982

Air Force Family Housing Build - Lease Act of 1982 - Permits the Secretary of the Air Force to lease housing facilities for assignment without charge to specified members of the armed forces. Limits such leases as to length, number, number of locations, and per unit monthly cost. Requires the Secretary to give the Armed Services Committee 21 days notice of any such contract.

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to enter into certain contracts for the lease of family housing facilities for assignment to members of the Armed Forces.

United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982

Permits the Secretary of the Air Force to lease housing facilities for assignment without charge to specified members of the armed forces. Limits such leases as to length, number, number of locations, and per unit monthly cost. Requires the Secretary to give the Armed Services Committees 21 days notice of any such contract.

A bill to provide certain protections for tenants of public housing and other assisted housing projects.

United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982

Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require income limits for occupancy and rent of public housing to be fixed by the public housing agency and approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, except as otherwise provided in such Act. Decreases the maximum percentage of a family's monthly adjusted income payable as rent for public housing. Prohibits a tenant from paying rent exceeding the amount equal to the cost to the public housing authority for operating the tenant's unit. Amends the definition of "income" for purposes of such Act to exclude the value of food stamps or certificates. Excludes from the definition of "adjusted income": (1) income from each family member residing in the household who is 18 years of age or older and is disabled, handicapped, or a full-time student; (2) $500 for each elderly member of a household and each minor member who is disabled, handicapped, or enrolled in an accredited school; (3) medical and educational expenses; and (4) child care expenses which are necessary for the employment of other household members. Amends the National Housing Act and the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 to adopt the same definitions for "income" and "adjusted income." Amends the National Housing Act to decrease the maximum and increase the minimum percentage of a tenant's adjusted income payable as rent for lower income housing assisted under such Act. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 to increase the maximum rent supplement payments payable by the Secretary for lower income families under such Act. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to prohibit the demolition, sale, or other disposal of a public housing project, unless: (1) the Secretary, the public housing authority, and the local government have certified their approval; (2) the project is substantially unoccupied; (3) there is no waiting list for public housing units in the area; (4) the costs of rehabilitating the project would be greater than replacing it; (5) the project tenants have been notified and consulted; (6) the Secretary and the public housing agency have entered into agreements assuring relocation assistance to displaced tenants; and (7) the agency has secured funding which has been committed to replacing such project with new or substantially rehabilitated units in the same neighborhood or, under certain conditions, in another neighborhood. Permits certain requirements to be waived with the consent of the tenants if there are sound social and economic reasons for the demolition or disposal of the project.

A bill entitled: "The Cooperative Apartment Tax Act".

United States · United States Congress · 18 August 1982

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements for the tax deduction of taxes, interest, and business depreciation in the case of cooperative housing corporations relating to: (1) the definition of such a corporation; (2) occupancy; and (3) proportionate shares of stock owned by tenant shareholders.

Indian Housing Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1982

Indian Housing Act of 1982 - Declares it to be the policy of the United States to provide grants, financing, and loan guarantees to assist Indians in obtaining decent, safe, and sanitary housing. Title I: Indian Housing Improvement Program - Establishes an Indian housing improvement program to make grants or provide assistance to preserve existing housing, make repairs, and construct or acquire standard housing for Indians. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, upon application of an Indian tribe or individual, to make grants or provide assistance to assist Indian families who are not eligible for housing assistance under titles II or III of this Act because of low income or extremely isolated circumstances. Directs the Secretary to assure that grants or assistance under this title be consistent with plans and priorities established by tribes. Directs the Secretary, upon the request of the appropriate tribe or tribal housing agency, to make such grants or assistance available through agreements with the tribe or tribal housing agency. Authorizes the Secretary, in the absence of such agreements, to: (1) make, with appropriate safeguards, direct grants to individual Indians; (2) contract with private construction firms (provides that specified law pertaining to the employment of Indian labor and the purchase of products of Indian industry shall apply unless the concerned tribe formally requests waiver on a specific procurement action); or (3) have repairs or new construction performed directly by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Authorizes a tribe or tribal housing agency, with respect to such agreements, to require an assisted family to make a monthly payment, not to exceed the amount of an administrative charge or an amount satisfactory to the Secretary, to be used solely for tribal housing-related activities. Permits grants or assistance under this title to be used, under specified conditions, to finance: (1) minor repairs and additions to existing substandard housing to improve safety and sanitary conditions until standard housing assistance can be made available; (2) major repairs, renovations, and/or enlargement of existing dwellings, including structually sound but deteriorated dwellings which can be economically placed in standard condition; and (3) construction or acquisition of new standard housing where severe need is demonstrated and it is established that there is no reasonable prospect that standard housing can be financed from other sources. Requires appropriate insurance for such housing, unless waived by the Secretary. Prohibits the Secretary from approving the sale of individual trust land or lease of tribal trust land upon which a house is constructed, acquired, or repaired pursuant to this title, unless specified conditions are met. Directs the Secretary to insure that a lien upon fee land is recorded under appropriate State law whenever a house constructed, acquired, or repaired pursuant to this title is located on such land. Permits the sale of a house constructed, acquired, or repaired pursuant to this title if the sale price is not less than the value of the assistance reduced five percent per year for 20 years. Requires that the amount of such minimum sale price be reimbursed to the United States and credited to the appropriation authorized under this title. Requires that any amount in excess of such minimum sale price shall be the property of the assisted Indian family. Grants the tribe the right of first refusal on the sale of any such house located on tribal trust land. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title for FY 1983 through 1987. Title II: Indian Housing Finance Fund - Establishes an Indian housing finance fund to provide financing to Indian tribes for construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation of standard housing for Indian families who are: (1) unable to obtain financing from other sources on reasonable terms and conditions; (2) not eligible for assistance under title III of this Act; and (3) able to meet the minimum monthly payment required by this title. Directs the Secretary to limit assistance under this title to families with incomes at the time of initial occupancy not exceeding 130 percent of the area median income, with adjustments for specified factors. Requires a tribe, as a prerequisite for eligibility for financing from the fund, to submit a tribal housing plan for approval by the Secretary. Sets forth required inclusions in such plan and in applications for financing from the fund. Sets forth criteria upon which applications shall be evaluated and approved (including a determination by the Secretary that there is a reasonable prospect of repayment). Requires that tribal housing agencies be established to implement project agreements. Sets forth requirements for project agreements, including a tribe's: (1) setting forth its means of collecting monthly payments and depositing residual receipts; (2) agreeing to require any Indian family executing a housing assistance contract to authorize the Secretary to attach unobligated trust funds of the adult members for failure to meet such contract obligations; and (3) agreeing that its unobligated tribal trust funds may be subject to attachment for failure to meet specified requirements under certain conditions. Provides for a period of notice, prior to attachment of trust funds, during which a tribe or Indian family may: (1) pay the amount in default; (2) negotiate a repayment schedule; or (3) institute administrative appeals or judicial actions. Prohibits the Secretary from refusing to execute a housing assistance contract under this title on the basis that a tribe or Indian family has no trust funds to their credit. Sets forth requirements relating to: (1) disbursements from the fund; (2) construction or acquisition contracts; (3) final plans and specifications; (4) fee titles and leases; (5) land purchase; and (6) final inspections and certifications of completions of projects. Directs the Secretary to encourage the development of plans and specifications that promote the conservation and efficient use of energy. Sets forth provisions for housing assistance contracts between eligible Indian families and tribal housing agencies. Provides for monthly payments to the agency by the family in the amount of 20 percent of the adjusted family income, but not more than the amortization payment nor less than specified minimum payment. Requires annual review of such adjusted family income. Provides for reversion of the land to its former status and transfer of ownership of the house to the family at the end of 25 years. Prohibits the tribe from denying the family continued use of the land site unless the Secretary, the tribe, and the family negotiate for the tribal purchase of the house for an amount not less than the fair market value. Requires families receiving assistance under this title to make a minimum monthly payment to cover agency administrative costs, insurance premiums, and a contingency reserve for maintenance. Requires the agency to establish an account for residual receipts in the amount of the monthly payments collected less the minimum payment to be retained by the agency. Sets forth requirements for deposit of residual receipts in the fund. Makes tribal housing agencies responsible for implementation of monitoring and construction inspection procedures. Makes the technical staff of the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services responsible for providing recommendations to the Secretary with respect to the adequacy of such procedures to assure compliance with minimum housing standards and project plans and specifications. Sets forth bonding requirements. Makes maintenance and utilities costs the responsibility of participating families. Sets forth contract requirements. Provides that specified provisions of the Indian Self-determination and Education Assistance Act (requiring wages in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act and contract preferences for Indians) shall apply to all contracts, subcontracts, and employment opportunities supported by funding under this title unless a tribe formally requests waiver of such applicability in specific cases. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) family sale or purchase of houses constructed, acquired, or rehabilitated with funds under a project agreement; (2) inheritance or assignation of family contractual interests in such housing; and (3) abandoned houses. Prohibits any Indian from being party to more than one housing assistance contract providing for a new standard house under title I or this title. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such limitation in appropriate circumstances. Authorizes tribal housing agencies to use project agreement funds to assist Indian families in making downpayments on standard housing to be financed through other sources of credit, under specified conditions. Requires tribal housing agencies to require that families with specified incomes provide evidence that at least two area lending institutions rejected home loan applications before such families are eligible for housing assistance under this title. Permits funds made available under this title to be used to construct rental housing. Sets forth requirements for maximum and minimum monthly rental payments, residual receipt payments, and tribal responsibility for utility and maintenance costs for such rental housing. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title for FY 1983 through 1987. Title III: Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund - Establishes an Indian housing loan guarantee fund to provide access to sources of private financing for Indian families or tribes who otherwise would not be eligible for housing credit because of Federal laws restricting mortgage or other encumbrance of trust land. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee up to 100 percent of the unpaid principal and interest due on any loan made to an Indian for the acquisition or construction of a standard house on trust land. Sets forth provisions relating to such loans' security, interest, premium charges, applications, sale or assignment, maturity, default, collection, and reimbursement guarantee. Sets forth requirements for lenders. Creates an Indian housing guarantee fund to be available to the Secretary as a revolving fund to carry out this title. Requires that this title's guaranteed loan program be operated separately from the Indian housing finance fund under title II of this Act and that no designated funds be transferred from one program to the other. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through FY 1987. Sets forth permissible uses of such guarantee fund. Limits the aggregate outstanding principal amount which may be guaranteed by the Secretary, Sets forth provisions relating to guarantee fund assets, liabilities, and obligations and to servicing or purchase of guaranteed loans. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Secretary to establish in the Bureau of Indian Affairs an Office of Indian Housing Programs with primary responsibility for administering the programs established by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to Indian tribes for housing plan development and implementation and for application preparation and submission. Directs the Secretary to provide for establishment of a training program to develop understanding by the participating families of the roles and responsibilities of the tribal housing agency, the Federal Government, and participants under titles I and II. Requires that such program include basic home maintenance training. Allows up to one percent of funds appropriated under authority of titles I and II to be used to provide such technical assistance and training. Makes the Indian Health Service responsible for provision of water and sanitation facilities for houses constructed, acquired, or rehabilitated with assistance provided under this Act. Directs the Secretary to coordinate such activities and responsibilities with the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Directs the Secretary to ensure that planning and budgeting for necessary roads and sanitation facilities shall be done in conjunction with planning and budgeting for new housing to be constructed with funds appropriated pursuant to this Act. Permits funds appropriated under titles I and II to be used to provide site improvements, streets, and driveways within multiunit housing projects. Requires that such streets be built to BIA standards and maintained by the BIA. Directs the Secretary to continue to provide all-weather access roads to multiunit projects constructed under this title through existing road programs and authorizations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a biennial housing inventory of current Indian housing needs and conditions to be used for purposes of specified title II provisions; and (2) submit copies of such inventory to the Congress. Directs the Secretary, within two years of enactment of this Act, to conduct and submit to the Congress a study of the potential uses of trust funds of Indian tribes and individuals to support, directly or indirectly, the provision of housing for Indians and Alaska Natives (subject to the consent of the beneficial owner and the continued ensured integrity of such funds). Directs the Secretary to promulgate necessary rules and regulations to carry out this Act. Directs the chairmen (in consultation with the ranking minority members) of the appropriate congressional committees to appoint persons of Indian descent, knowledgeable about Indian affairs and housing assistance programs, to be involved in the initial drafting and formulation of such regulations. Provides that housing assistance provided under this Act shall not exclude Indians from being eligible for other federally-assisted housing programs.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize an alternative to the conventional construction of military family housing within the United States, Puerto Rico, and Guam.

United States · United States Congress · 13 August 1982

Permits the Secretary of Defense to lease rather than construct specifically authorized family housing projects within the United States, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Requires that the Armed Services Committees be given 30 days notice of any lease in excess of $250,000 annual rental.

A resolution waiving certain points of order against the bill (H.R. 6956) making appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1982

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 6956 (Department of Housing and Urban Development funding).

Older Americans Housing Demonstration Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1982

Older Americans' Housing Demonstration Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out during FY 1983 a program for the development, demonstration, and evaluation of improved methods of assisting older homeowners who wish to: (1) sell their homes but are unable to purchase or rent a smaller unit; or (2) stay in their homes but are unable to pay utility, tax, repair, and maintenance costs. Directs the Secretary to assure that a broad spectrum of senior citizens, localities, and project types is represented by the groups selected to receive assistance. Sets forth the required scope of such demonstration projects. Directs the Secretary to coordinate and jointly target resources with other appropriate agencies (such as the Administration on Aging of the Department of Health and Human Services). Directs the Secretary to transmit to Congress by December 31, 1982, proposed regulations to carry out such program. Prohibits the Secretary from entering into any obligations pursuant to this Act prior to the expiration of 30 days following such transmittal. Directs the Secretary to transmit by December 31, 1983, a final report to the Congress on the activities undertaken pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to use a specified amount, to the extent approved in an appropriation Act, of the additional authority provided for annual contributions contracts for public housing projects for FY 1983 to carry out the older Americans housing demonstration program authorized by this Act.

Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983

United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1982

Department of Housing and Urban Development - Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983 - Title I: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Makes appropriations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for FY 1983 for: (1) housing programs, including programs providing for housing payments, congregate services, low-income housing projects, the troubled projects operating subsidy, housing counseling assistance, the Special Risk Insurance Fund, and the General Insurance Fund; (2) the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) for participation sales insufficiencies; (3) the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank for assistance for solar and conservation improvements; (4) community development grants, urban development grants, and the urban homesteading program; (5) the New Community Development Corporation for the New Communities Fund; (6) research and technology; (7) fair housing assistance; and (8) salaries and expenses (including transfer of funds). Prohibits the use of such funds appropriated for salaries and expenses to plan or to implement any reorganization of HUD, without the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. Authorizes obligations on the part of: (1) the Housing for the Elderly or Handicapped Fund; (2) the Federal Housing Administration Fund for temporary mortgage assistance payments; (3) the GNMA for emergency mortgage purchase assistance; (4) the rehabilitation loan fund; and (5) urban renewal programs. Establishes limitations on: (1) additional Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance commitments and nonprofit sponsor assistance; (2) GNMA commitments for guarantees of mortgage-backed securities; and (3) the Secretary's authority to guarantee loans for the acquisition and rehabilitation of real property during FY 1983. Title II: Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for fiscal year 1983 to the: (1) American Battle Monuments Commission for salaries and expenses; (2) Consumer Product Safety Commission for salaries and expenses; (3) Department of Defense-Civil for Army cemetery expenses; (4) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for salaries and expenses, research and development, abatement, control and compliance activities, buildings and facilities, the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund, necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, and construction grants; (5) Executive Office of the President for the Council on Environmental Quality, Office of Environmental Quality, and Office of Science and Technology Policy; (6) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for disaster relief, salaries and expenses, State and local assistance, emergency planning and assistance, and the National Flood Insurance Fund; (7) General Services Administration for the Consumer Information Center; (8) Department of Health and Human Services for the Office of Consumer Affairs; (9) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for research and development, the construction of facilities, and research and program management; (10) National Science Foundation for research, scientific education, and overseas scientific activities (special foreign currency program); (11) Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; (12) Selective Service System for salaries and expenses; (13) Department of the Treasury for the State and Local Government Fiscal Assistance Trust Fund, the Office of Revenue Sharing, and the Office of the Secretary; (14) Veterans Administration for compensation and pensions, readjustment benefits (excluding certain correspondence training benefits), veterans insurance and indemnities, medical care, medical and prosthetic research, medical administration and miscellaneous expenses, general operating expenses, construction of major and minor projects, grants for the construction of State extended care facilities and veterans cemeteries, and grants to the Republic of the Philippines for assisting in rehabilitating the Veterans Memorial Medical Center. Directs the Administrator of the EPA to use funds appropriated by this Act to cancel or deny the registration of any pesticide product containing toxaphene. Prohibits NASA from using any funds to develop a fifth space shuttle orbiter without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations. Limits the amount that the Central Liquidity Facility of the National Credit Union Administration may borrow from sources other than the Treasury and the amount of its administrative expenses for FY 1983. Prohibits the expenditure of any funds appropriated to the Selective Service for the induction of any person into the U.S. Armed Forces. Authorizes obligations on the part of the Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund and the Direct Loan Revolving Fund of the Veterans Administration. Permits, in specified circumstances, the transfer of funds appropriated to the Administration. Limits the use of appropriations for purchasing any site or constructing any new hospital or home. Requires reimbursement if any persons, other than eligible beneficiaries, are hospitalized or examined at veterans facilities. Limits the amount of appropriations available to the Administration for medical automatic data processing without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations. Title III: Corporations - Authorizes the corporations and agencies of HUD and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board to make commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations unless otherwise limited. Limits, with specified exceptions, new loan or mortgage purchase commitments to the extent expressly provided in this Act. Makes appropriations for fiscal year 1983 to the Federal Home Loan Bank Board for administrative expenses of the Board and the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC). Sets specified limitations on such expenses. Title IV: General Provisions - Limits travel expenditures for the agencies listed in this Act to the amounts set forth in the budget estimate, with specified exceptions. Permits the use of HUD and Selective Service System appropriations for: (1) uniforms; (2) the hire of passenger vehicles; and (3) the employment of experts and consultants. Allows the use of HUD funds to pay for legal services and facilities provided by specified agencies. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the use of appropriated funds: (1) beyond the current fiscal year; (2) without a voucher describing the payees and services or specific statutory authorization; (3) for transportation between the domicile and place of employment of any officer or employee; (4) for payments to recipients that do not share in the cost of conducting research not specifically solicited by the Government; (5) for consultants paid in excess of the GS-18 rate; and (6) for compensation of non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated for personnel compensation and benefits for other object classifications in the budget estimates without Congressional approval. Limits expenditures for consulting services to contracts which are a matter of public record and included in a publicly available list of: (1) contracts entered into within the past two years; and (2) contracts on which performance has not been completed. Prohibits any executive agency from expending appropriations under this Act for a contract for services unless the agency: (1) complies with the Office of Procurement Policy Act; and (2) requires reports prepared pursuant to such contract to disclose information about the contract and the contractor. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to: (1) administer any regulation which has been vetoed by Congress; (2) provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servant to any officer or employee of any agency or department; or (3) procure automobiles with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of less than 22 miles per gallon.

A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 6812) to limit the salaries and expenses of certain offices within the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1982

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 6812 (Departments of HUD and the Treasury expenses).

A bill to mandate the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make assumable certain mortgages and loans insured by the Secretary under titles I and II of the National Housing Act.

United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1982

Amends the National Housing Act to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide that certain mortgages and loans insured under such Act shall be assumable by any person who: (1) is creditworthy and financially capable of carrying out the obligations under the mortgage; and (2) meets the eligibility requirements applicable, at the time of the assumption, to the applicable mortgage insurance program.

A bill to amend the Community Services Block Grant Act to clarify the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding the award of grants and contracts for certain special emphasis programs.

United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1982

Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act to restrict the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with regard to special emphasis programs, to awarding grants and contracts to public and private organizations for: (1) rural housing; (2) farmworker assistance; (3) community economic development; (4) national youth sports; and (5) rural community facility programs.

A bill to restrict the prepayment of loans made under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 for housing projects for the elderly and handicapped.

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1982

Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to allow prepayment of a loan for a housing project for elderly or handicapped families only if the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development approves such prepayment after determining that: (1) such prepayment is made out of funds, remaining in the project's revenue fund account at the end of a fiscal year, in excess of estimated expenses for the next 90 days; (2) the project is experiencing financial difficulties endangering its continuation or the project sponsor is unwilling or ineligible to continue as the sponsor and no tenants' organization or area entity is eligible, able, and willing to assume the loan and continue operating the project pursuant to the loan contract; (3) there is no longer a need for the project because comparable housing is available at comparable rental rates; or (4) the prepayment is part of a transaction assuring that the project will continue to operate in the same manner as required under the original loan agreement until the original maturity date of the loan. Directs the Secretary to approve such prepayment only on the condition, with a specified exception, that the original borrower (or such borrower's successors in interest) pay the Secretary the difference between the amount paid for interest and an allowance on the loan and the amount the borrower would have paid if the market rate of interest had been charged on the loan.

A bill to amend the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972 to authorize appropriations and further borrowings for implementation of the development plan for Pennsylvania Avenue between the Capitol and the White House, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1982

Amends the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972 to increase the borrowing power of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation. Authorizes appropriations for operating and administrative expenses of the Corporation through FY 1988.

A bill to provide that State law shall apply to the enforcement of due-on-sale clauses by Federal savings and loan associations and by national banks.

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1982

Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 to declare that State law shall apply to the enforcement of any due-on-sale clause, or other similar provision, contained in: (1) any mortgage which secures sums borrowed from a Federal savings and loan association or national bank; or (2) any promissory note which serves as evidence of sums borrowed from a savings and loan association or national bank.

Philip Abrams, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Philip D. Winn, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 12 July 1982

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit foreign pension plans to invest in the United States on a nontaxable basis for residential housing financing and investment purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1982

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any income, gains, or other amounts derived by an eligible foreign pension plan from qualified investments in residential real property.

Edward Sulzberger, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Corporation for Housing Partnerships for the term expiring October 27, 1983, vice Patricia K. Ritter, term expired.

United States · United States Senate · 23 June 1982

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

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1982

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers an income tax deduction for cash and securities contributed to a savings account created or organized for the benefit of the taxpayer (or the taxpayer and spouse if married) for the exclusive purpose of purchasing such individual's first residence. Limits the aggregate amount deductible by a taxpayer to 15 percent of his adjusted gross income. Limits the dollar amount of such deduction to $1,500 annually ($3,000 in the case of a married couple's joint account), with a maximum lifetime deduction of $15,000 ($30,000 in the case of a married couple's joint account). Provides for annual cost-of-living adjustments to such amounts. Exempts such individual housing accounts from income taxation. Provides that upon purchase of a principal residence any qualified distributions from such an account used in the purchase shall be included in the beneficiary's income over a ten-year period. Prescribes tax penalties for the use of housing account distributions which are used for purposes other than the purchase of a first principal residence. Directs the trustee of an individual housing account to make reports regarding such account to the Secretary of the Treasury as required. Extends the income tax deduction for contributions to an individual housing account to taxpayers who do not itemize deductions.

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

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1982

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

A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 6296) to amend and extend certain Federal laws which establish housing and community and neighborhood development and preservation programs, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1982

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 6296 (Housing and community development).

Frank J. Donatelli, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Corporation for Housing Partnerships for a term expiring October 27, 1984, vice Herman J. Russell, term expired.

United States · United States Senate · 2 June 1982

Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1982

Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1982 - Title I: Community and Neighborhood Development - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary) to: (1) make rental rehabilitation grants to State and local governments for the rehabilitation of privately owned property for residential rental purposes; (2) make available contract authority for assistance payments for very low income tenants and other lower income tenants of units in structures rehabilitated or, to the extent of any remaining authority, constructed with grants under this title; and (3) make rental construction grants to State and local governments to support construction of privately owned real property for residential use. Provides funds for such grants for FY 1983 with specified amounts earmarked for: (1) innovative programs; and (2) technical assistance for rehabilitation activities. Sets forth guidelines for the allocation of such grants and contract authority among cities with populations of 100,000 or more, urban counties, and States. Requires applications for such assistance to include: (1) an analysis of the financial feasibility of the rehabilitation or construction program, including information on the availability of non-Federal resources; (2) an estimate of the effect of the program on neighborhood preservation; and (3) a certification that the applicant will comply with nondiscrimination requirements. Permits the Secretary to make construction grants only upon finding that: (1) the area is experiencing a severe rental housing shortage; (2) the area has extremely low vacancy rates; and (3) a program of other than rehabilitation is necessary to improve rental opportunities or advance a neighborhood preservation program. Declares that the Secretary is not required to allocate more contract authority than is necessary for assistance payments for rehabilitated units. Requires contribution contracts with respect to rental assistance payments to require the appropriate public housing agency to make such assistance payments available to all very low income tenants of rehabilitated units. Requires grantees to submit performance reports concerning the use of assistance provided under this title. Directs the Secretary to conduct annual audits and reviews of the performance of grantees. Permits the Secretary to adjust the amount of assistance provided to a grantee as a result of his or her findings. Prohibits any adjustments to recapture assistance already expended. Lists requirements for rental rehabilitation programs assisted under this title. Restricts the use of rehabilitation grants to structures that are to be used primarily for rental residential purposes in low- and moderate-income areas. Limits the amount of rehabilitation assistance for a structure to 50 percent of the total rehabilitation costs of that structure or, under special circumstances, 50 percent of the development costs. Requires a borrower under such a program to be personally liable for repayment of any financing upon default. Limits the amount of a construction grant to the total amount of assistance allocated to a grantee under this title. Requires that such grant be used to provide decent rental or cooperative housing of modest design which is affordable, with rental assistance payments, for families without other housing alternatives. Requires the owner of any project assisted under such a construction grant to agree that for the first ten years of the project: (1) 25 percent of the units constructed shall be available for occupancy by very low income families; (2) savings resulting from reduced debt service payments or construction costs will be passed on to tenants; (3) prospective tenants will not be rejected because they receive Federal rent subsidies; and (4) units will not be converted to condominium ownership or cooperative ownership unaffordable to very low income families. Requires such projects to contain five or more dwelling units and to be used primarily for residential purposes. Declares that the mortgage of such a project may be insured under the National Housing Act. Requires rents for project units to be approved by the grantee. Requires 30 days written notice of rent increases to tenants. Prohibits a State or local government from imposing rental requirements on projects assisted by rehabilitation or construction grants under this title. Requires a State to administer assistance made available to cities with populations of less than 100,000 or cities and urban counties requiring a level of assistance which the Secretary determines to be insufficient for conducting an independent rehabilitation or construction program. Permits the State to: (1) use such assistance to conduct its own programs; (2) distribute such assistance to local governments; or (3) elect to have the Secretary administer such assistance. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) relocation payment standards; and (2) specified procedures governing rehabilitation involving historic structures. Exempts the awarding and use of assistance under this title from the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and related provisions. Increases the amount of appropriations authorized for Federal grants to State and local governments and Indian tribes under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. Limits the amount of obligations issued by a local government to finance the purchase or rehabilitation of property that the Secretary may guarantee in FY 1983. Amends the National Housing Act to declare that coinsurance of a mortgage executed to refinance a housing project eligible for a rehabilitation grant may provide that: (1) insurance benefits shall equal 90 percent of the mortgage on the foreclosure date plus 90 percent of interest arrears on the date benefits are paid; (2) the mortgagee shall remit to the Secretary 90 percent of the net proceeds of the property; (3) benefits shall be paid in cash unless the mortgagee requests debentures; and (4) the underwriter may reinsure ten percent of the mortgage amount with a private or State insurance agency. Prohibits the Secretary from issuing any commitment for coinsurance for such property after October 1, 1985. Allows the Secretary, when insuring a mortgage executed to refinance such a project, to: (1) include rehabilitation costs of up to $20,000 per unit, with up to 25 percent more for specific properties; (2) permit subordinated liens securing up to the full amount of mortgage financing provided by State or local governments; and (3) pay insurance benefits in cash unless the mortgagee requests debentures. Reduces the amount of appropriations authorized for the urban homesteading program for FY 1983. Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1984. Provides for the payment of consideration by a State or local government to the Secretary and by an individual or family to such government for real property transferred under an urban homesteading program. Requires such a government to remit to the Secretary 50 percent of any amount by which the consideration it receives for such property exceeds the consideration it paid for such property. Directs the Secretary to undertake a program to: (1) demonstrate the feasibility of using homesteading techniques to facilitate the reuse of multifamily properties owned by the Secretary for home ownership purposes; (2) convey suitable properties to State and local governments for subsequent transfer to individuals under a cooperative or condominium form of ownership; and (3) undertake a program to demonstrate the feasibility of providing assistance based on a rental assistance payment standard to assist lower income families in rehabilitating such property. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to repeal provisions authorizing the Secretary to make rehabilitation loans. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1969 to repeal provisions authorizing the General Services Administration to transfer Federal surplus real property to the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture for sale or lease at fair value for use for low- and moderate-income housing. Permits the transfer of property requested before enactment of this Act. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to repeal provisions that prohibit an urban renewal plan from providing for the construction of transient housing, unless the community involved has obtained a transient housing study indicating a need for such housing. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 and the Housing Act of 1961 to repeal provisions requiring the Secretary's approval of the conversion of neighborhood facilities or open space land to uses not originally approved by the Secretary when awarding a grant for acquisitions of such facilities or land. Title II: Housing Assistance Program - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary) to issue a regulation prescribing a formula governing the allocation of housing assistance for elderly, handicapped, and lower income families among the different States, areas, and communities. Changes the amount of such assistance required to be set aside for rural housing in a fiscal year from between 20 and 25 percent of the total assistance available to an amount necessary to provide rental assistance payments for up to 10,000 dwelling units. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to limit the contract and budget authority of the Secretary for FY 1983 with respect to contribution contracts for public housing projects. Declares that such contribution contracts may provide for assistance payments to owners of lower income housing projects based on: (1) the maximum monthly rent such owner is entitled to receive for each unit (as currently required) or; (2) a payment standard used to determine the maximum monthly assistance payable for any family with respect to an existing unit selected by the family. Requires the Secretary to promulgate a regulation establishing a formula for determining fair market rentals in connection with contribution contracts based on maximum monthly rent. Requires only the owners of newly constructed or substantially rehabilitated units assisted under such a contract (currently owners of all assisted units) to provide tenants 90 days prior notice of any rent increase to take effect when the contract expires. Requires that owners of existing units assisted under such a contract give preference in selecting tenants to families paying more than 50 percent of their incomes as rent. Requires the Secretary to establish and publish in the Federal Register payment standards for various types of dwelling units in the market area (excluding units not meeting quality standards) at levels designed to assist families in securing decent, safe, and sanitary housing. Limits the monthly assistance payment based on a payment standard to the amount by which the payment standard exceeds 30 percent of the family monthly adjusted income at the time the family first receives such assistance, provided that such monthly assistance payment is not greater than the amount by which the monthly rent for the unit exceeds the greater of: (1) ten percent of the family's monthly income; or (2) the part of any welfare payment designated for the family's housing costs. Restricts such assistance payments to very low-income families and families previously assisted under the Housing Act of 1937, with preference given to families which: (1) occupy substandard housing; (2) are involuntarily displaced; or (3) pay more than 50 percent of their income for rent. Permits the Secretary to disregard such preference and provide assistance to: (1) eligible families occupying units in formerly assisted projects acquired by the Secretary; or (2) families in units to be rehabilitated. Terminates such assistance based on a payment standard with respect to any vacant unit. Limits the duration of such assistance payments to five years. Requires the public housing agency to inspect the assisted unit at least annually to determine that it meets housing quality standards. Permits a public housing agency to adjust the amount of such assistance payments (with specified restrictions) two times during any five- year period, when necessary to assure continued affordability. Provides for low-income housing assistance based on a payment standard for families renting manufactured homes or spaces. Exempts from congressional review and veto procedures regulations establishing amounts for fair market rentals or payment standards. Allows the Secretary to establish income ceilings higher or lower than 50 percent of the area median income when defining "very low-income families" for purposes of the low-income housing assistance programs, if such variations are necessary because of unusually high or low family incomes. Requires the Secretary to exclude medical expenses exceeding three percent of annual income when determining an elderly family's adjusted gross income for purposes of such programs. Directs the Secretary to identify the portion (not to exceed 30 percent) of a family's welfare assistance payments which shall be applied toward the minimum rent for a unit assisted under such a housing program whenever no part of such payments is designated by the State for housing costs. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for delayed applicability or staged implementation of specified procedures for determining rents or rent increases for low-income housing projects under this Act and the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1981 with respect to tenants occupying units in assisted projects as of the effective date of regulations implementing the payment standard provisions of this Act. Directs the Secretary to provide that the rent for any tenant of an assisted project shall not increase by more than ten percent during any 12-month period as a result of such procedures or any other provision of federal law or regulation, unless the greater increase is attributable to an unrelated change in the tenant's income. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985 for annual contributions to public housing agencies for the operation of lower income housing projects, with a specified amount earmarked for management improvement assistance for substandard agencies. Directs the Secretary to prescribe a regulation containing a formula for allocating such contributions. Prohibits any change of the formula or standards for allocating contributions with respect to any agency until the close of the contributions contract covering such agency. Prohibits any reduction in operating payments to an agency: (1) to reflect savings in operation costs, unless the allowable reserve would otherwise exceed 50 percent of the agency's operating budget; or (2) as a result of a lack of funds, unless payments to all agencies are ratably reduced. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into two types of annual contribution contracts for operating assistance to public housing agencies. Provides for a three-year contract permitting agencies, with a satisfactory management capability or history, maximum flexibility to establish and implement management, financial, and operating procedures for their housing projects. Requires such agencies to submit annually such information as the Secretary requires to assure compliance with requirements governing the operation and maintenance of lower income housing projects. Provides for a one-year contract authorizing the Secretary's direct involvement in the management and operation of projects by agencies with an unsatisfactory management capability or history. Permits such a contract to provide for assistance in amounts 15 percent above or below an agency's allocation in order to encourage such agency to achieve management improvements or to meet extraordinary needs of the agency to improve the agency's management capability to a satisfactory level. Authorizes the Secretary to approve an application by a public housing agency for assistance for: (1) demolition of a public housing project or a portion of such project if the project is unusable for housing and there is no feasible program to return the project to useful life; or (2) disposal of assisted housing if its retention is not in the best interests of the tenants or the public housing agency and if the net proceeds from such disposal shall be used to retire outstanding debt for the project and for the acquisition, rehabilitation, or operation of other lower income housing projects. Permits the Secretary to provide such assistance only after determining that families to be displaced by the demolition or disposal: (1) have been consulted by the public housing agency about such demolition or disposal; and (2) will be provided rental assistance or replacement housing in a low income housing project. Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to prohibit the Secretary from entering contracts for periodic payments to offset the costs to the Federal Financing Bank of purchasing obligations issued by local public housing agencies to finance public housing projects. Amends the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to require that a rental or cooperative housing project be covered by a federally-insured mortgage to be eligible for operating assistance for troubled multifamily projects. Amends the National Housing Act to extend through September 30, 1984, the period during which amounts in the rental housing assistance fund may be approved for such operating assistance. Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to set the interest rate on loans made by the Secretary for the provision of rental or cooperative housing and related facilities for the elderly and handicapped at the lower of nine percent per year or the average rate on Federal obligations as of the end of the previous fiscal year. Eliminates the requirement that a nonprofit corporation, to be eligible for such loans, have on its governing body members selected to represent the views of the community where such housing would be located. Directs the Secretary: (1) when selecting projects for loans, to assure the inclusion of special design features and congregate space necessary for elderly and handicapped residents; and (2) to encourage the provision of small and scattered site group homes and independent living facilities for nonelderly handicapped persons and families. Permits a project sponsor to: (1) provide funds from other sources for amenities if the cost of such amenities is not federally financed or subsidized; and (2) select the contractors to design, develop, or construct the project on a competitive or negotiated basis unless the Secretary disapproves the selection. Increases the borrowing authority of the Secretary for FY 1982 and 1983 for purposes of providing such loans. Limits the lending authority of the Secretary and the number of units which may be approved for construction or rehabilitation in FY 1983. Amends the Congregate Housing Services Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations for congregate services programs for FY 1983 through 1985. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to repeal references to Federal assistance for the construction or rehabilitation of lower income housing projects, except as applicable for projects for the elderly or handicapped. Requires tenants in units of federally assisted projects which are individually metered to pay to the public housing agency their utility costs exceeding their utility allowances. Amends the Social Security Act to repeal a provision allowing States to consider rent and housing subsidies as family income in determining that family's need for aid to families with dependent children. Title III: Program Amendments and Extensions - Amends the National Housing Act to extend for two years the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary) to insure housing loans and mortgages under specified insurance programs contained in such Act. Prohibits the Secretary from issuing a firm commitment to provide mortgage assistance payments for lower income families after September 30, 1982. Authorizes the appropriation of such funds as may be necessary to cover losses sustained by the General Insurance Fund. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 to authorize appropriations for research activities of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for FY 1983. Amends the National Housing Act to repeal the Secretary's authority to establish maximum interest rates on Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans. Provides that housing mortgages or loans insured under programs that are extended beyond FY 1982, with specified exceptions, shall bear interest at such rate as may be agreed upon by the borrower and the lender. (Currently, the Secretary sets or approves such interest rates within prescribed limits.) Continues the authority of the Secretary to set the maximum interest rate for insured mortgages of mortgagors receiving home ownership assistance payments. Authorizes the Secretary to agree to an extension of the term of an insured mortgage on property or land to be improved or developed, upon determining that unusual circumstances make such extension necessary to avoid undue hardship to the mortgagor. Authorizes the Secretary to limit: (1) the amount of discount points payable in connection with loans and mortgages insured under such Act; and (2) the maximum interest rates on loans or mortgages insured under a particular program or on particular types of mortgages. Exempts regulations prescribing such maximum interest rates from congressional veto procedures. Permits maximum mortgage amounts eligible for FHA insurance to be increased by the mortgage insurance premium paid at the time a mortgage is insured. Excludes such premium from the mortgage down payment required for such insurance. Increases the amount of the principal obligation of a mortgage executed by a non-occupant mortgagor which is eligible for FHA insurance. Declares that premium charges for FHA insurance of mortgages with alternative financing mechanisms are not required to be the same as premium charges for other FHA mortgages. Limits the amount of mortgage-backed securities the Government National Mortgage Association may enter into commitments to guarantee and the amount of loans and mortgages the Secretary may enter commitments to insure during FY 1983. Makes it discretionary (rather than mandatory) for the Secretary to regulate the rents and rate of return on HUD-insured housing projects and to provide such insurance primarily to projects providing for families with children. Permits the Secretary to insure mortgages of manufactured home parks designed exclusively for the elderly. Eliminates special limitations on the amount of a mortgage involving refinancing for rehabilitation purposes which qualifies for FHA insurance. Increases and standardizes the mortgage amounts eligible for FHA insurance for certain rental housing projects regulated under Federal or State law as to rent or method of operation. Provides higher mortgage limits for such projects: (1) which receive assistance under the Rental Rehabilitation Program; (2) in which 20 percent of the units are available for occupancy for at least ten years by families whose incomes do not exceed 80 percent of the area median income; or (3) which are subject to mortgages which are coinsured with private lenders. Authorizes the Secretary to direct mortgagees exercising their option to assign certain insured mortgages to the Secretary, to deliver the mortgages and original credit installments directly to the Government National Mortgage Association in lieu of the Secretary. Authorizes the Association to hold and service such loans as agent for the Secretary. Eliminates the option of mortgagees to assign such insured mortgages to the Secretary with respect to a commitment to insure entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. Eliminates the conditions that a mortgagor shall acquire a condominium for his or her use and occupancy, a mortgagor shall not own more than four insured condominiums, and a condominium shall meet one of the following requirements in order for the condominium mortgage to qualify for FHA insurance: (1) the project containing the mortgage is or has been Federally insured; (2) there are less than 12 units in the project; or (3) if the project has more than 11 units, it is more than one year old. Revises provisions governing the maximum amount of a condominium mortgage that is eligible for insurance. Prohibits FHA insurance for units in a project which was converted from rental housing, unless: (1) the conversion occurred more than one year prior to the application for insurance; (2) the mortgagor was a tenant of that rental housing; or (3) the conversion is sponsored by a tenant's organization representing a majority of households in the project. Authorizes the Secretary to insure the mortgage of a unit in a cooperative housing project not covered by an insured blanket mortgage if the Secretary has examined and not disapproved the underlying mortgage and if construction of the project was completed more than one year before application for insurance. Eliminates the insurance eligibility requirement that a cooperative be nonprofit. Repeals provisions limiting the amount of loans and mortgages the Secretary may insure on a coinsurance basis to twenty percent of the amount of all mortgages and loans insured by the Secretary. Extends for two years the Secretary's authority to insure graduated payment mortgages. Eliminates the requirements that a mortgagor must be unable to afford a dwelling under any other mortgage insurance program and must not have owned a dwelling within the previous three years in order to qualify for graduated payment mortgage insurance. Deletes restrictions on the number of graduated payment mortgages which may be insured during a year. Provides authority for the Secretary to insure graduated payment mortgages for housing projects consisting of five or more dwelling units. Authorizes the Secretary to insure a limited number of adjustable rate mortgages for dwellings designed for occupancy by one to four families (single-family homes). Permits annual interest rate adjustments of not to exceed one percent through adjustments in the monthly payment, the mortgage term, or a combination of both. Prohibits: (1) extending the mortgage term beyond 40 years; or (2) increasing the interest rate by more than five percentage points over the mortgage term. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board to assure the consistency of Federal regulations governing adjustable rate mortgages. Directs the Secretary to require the mortgagee to provide information to the mortgagor describing the features and maximum possible payment schedule for an adjustable rate mortgage. Authorizes the Secretary to insure a specified number of shared appreciation mortgages for single family homes (including cooperative units) and multifamily housing projects. Declares that the mortgagee's predetermined share of the property's net appreciation shall be payable upon the sale or transfer of the property or the payment in full of the mortgage, whichever occurs first, Excludes a mortgagee's share of the net appreciated value from the mortgagee's insurance benefits in the event of a default. Directs the Secretary to prescribe disclosure requirements applicable to such mortgages. Exempts such mortgages from State authority. Requires that a shared appreciation mortgage for a single-family home: (1) bear interest at a rate which meets criteria prescribed by the Secretary; (2) amortize over not more than 30 years; and (3) have a term of between ten and 30 years. Directs the Secretary, in insuring such mortgages, to give a priority to low and moderate income tenants affected by the conversion of rental housing to condominium or cooperative ownership. Requires that a shared appreciation mortgage for a multifamily housing project have a term of not less than 15 years and be repayable in monthly installments needed to retire the debt over 30 years. Directs the Secretary to establish the maximum percentage of a project's net appreciated value payable to such a mortgagee. Authorizes the Secretary to insure certain housing loans which do not completely amortize over the loan term. Authorizes the Secretary to make expenditures to correct or provide compensation for structural defects in an FHA-insured single family home for which a Veterans Administration loan guaranty was approved prior to construction. Requires payment to the Government of mortgage insurance premiums promptly: (1) upon their receipt from the borrower with respect to mortgages on single-family homes; and (2) when due to the Secretary with respect to mortgages on multifamily housing projects. Authorizes the Secretary to insure the mortgage of a single-family home that is located on an Indian reservation and purchased by a member of an Indian tribe for his or her principal place of residence, notwithstanding any other limitations of the National Housing Act. Amends the Multifamily Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1981 to repeal provisions authorizing or directing the Secretary to require the purchaser of a HUD-owned multifamily housing project at a foreclosure sale to continue to operate the project in accordance with the terms of the Act under which it was insured. Authorizes the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture to require an applicant for financial assistance or mortgage or loan insurance under a housing program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) or the Farmer's Home Administration (FHA), respectively, to: (1) include his or her social security number or employer identification number on designated forms; and (2) sign a form authorizing the Secretary to verify information furnished by the applicant and authorizing other agencies and private sources to release information relevant to the applicant's eligibility or benefit level such as data on wages, unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, and social security benefits. Entitles an applicant to examine and correct such information. Requires State unemployment agencies, upon request, to release to HUD, the Department of Agriculture, and public housing agencies information concerning an individual's wages, unemployment compensation, and home address for purposes of determining that individual's eligibility for, or level of, benefits under a housing program. Directs either Secretary or a public housing agency to deny benefits to any applicant to, or participant in, a housing program who: (1) knowingly has submitted incorrect or misleading information or withheld relevant facts; or (2) violated an Act or regulation governing that program. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 to prohibit the Secretary from providing financial assistance to aliens through a specified housing insurance program for moderate income and displaced families. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to: (1) authorize appropriations for loans to nonprofit organizations or public housing agencies for expenses in planning and obtaining financing for the rehabilitation or construction of housing for low or moderate-income families under any federally assisted program, with specified limits on appropriations authorized for FY 1982 and 1983; and (2) repeal specified provisions authorizing housing counseling assistance for mortgagors. Amends the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to authorize appropriations for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for FY 1983. Amends the National Housing Act to revise the maximum mortgage amount for a manufactured home or manufactured home and lot that is eligible for FHA insurance to 80 and 90 percent, respectively, of the maximum eligible mortgage amount for housing in the same area. Increases to 30 years the maximum term of a manufactured home mortgage eligible for FHA insurance. Allows an existing manufactured home purchased with a loan not insured by HUD to be refinanced under such Act if it was constructed according to standards established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974. Authorizes the Secretary to insure the mortgage of a manufactured home which satisfies such standards and which is affixed to a permanent foundation. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to make it discretionary (rather than mandatory) for the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) to establish maximum mortgage amounts that it will purchase. Authorizes the FNMA to issue freely transferable preferred stock. Repeals provisions limiting: (1) the amount of subordinated obligations the FNMA may have outstanding; and (2) the term of loans made by FNMA on the security of mortgages. Authorizes the FNMA to purchase any mortgage held by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC). Amends the Federal Home Loan Corporation Act to make it discretionary rather than mandatory for the Federal Home Loan Corporation (FHLC) to establish maximum mortgage amounts that it will purchase. Authorizes the FHLC to purchase any mortgage held by the FDIC or the FSLIC. Amends the National Housing Act to direct the Secretary not to accept the offer of an owner of a federally-assisted multifamily housing project to prepay the project mortgage (thus becoming exempt from Federal program requirements) unless the Secretary has: (1) determined that the project no longer meets the rental housing needs of low-income people in the area or that other Federal assistance could meet those needs more effectively; (2) considered tenants' comments; and (3) ensured that there is a plan for providing relocation assistance to displaced tenants. Directs the Secretary to give a priority to providing specified low-income housing assistance to tenants of projects assisted under programs that give project owners the right to prepay, if the Secretary determines that providing such assistance is necessary to prevent such an owner from prepaying the mortgage. Requires owners receiving such assistance to maintain the low-income character of the project for at least the remaining term of the mortgage to the extent that assistance is provided. Requires the Federal Home Loan Bank Board to include in its Mortgage Interest Rate Survey median loan and purchase price data for each State and the standard metropolitan statistical areas of each State. Title IV: Alternative Mortgage Transactions - Alternative Mortgage Transaction Parity Act of 1982 - Authorizes all housing creditors to make, purchase, and enforce alternative mortgage transactions provided the transactions are authorized by, and in accordance with, regulations governing alternative mortgage transactions issued by: (1) the Comptroller of the Currency for national banks (with respect to banks); (2) the National Credit Union Administration Board for Federal credit unions (with respect to credit unions); or (3) the Federal Home Loan Bank Board for federally chartered savings and loan associations (with respect to all other housing creditors). Defines an "alternative mortgage transaction" as a loan or credit sale which is secured by real property, a dwelling, all stock allocated to a cooperative unit, or a manufactured home and which involves other than a traditional fixed-rate, fixed-term transaction. Allows housing creditors to make such transactions notwithstanding any State constitution, law, or regulation, unless the voters of a State approve a provision stating that such State does not want the provisions of this title to apply to transactions subject to laws of that State. Title V: Rural Housing - National Rural Housing Act - Part A: Amendments to Title V of the Housing Act of 1949 - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to revise the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) to provide aid for rural housing through the Farmers Home Administration. Eliminates the Secretary's authority to provide grants or direct financial assistance other than loans or loan insurance under rural housing programs. Eliminates provisions limiting the interest rate on and certain amounts of rural housing loans. Requires rural housing loans made by the Secretary to bear the rate of interest prevailing in the private market for similar loans. Prohibits the interest rate to be agreed upon between a borrower and a private lender for an insured loan from exceeding the market rate. Repeals provisions which: (1) authorize loans for housing and buildings on potentially adequate farms on the same terms as loans may be authorized for adequate farms; (2) authorize the Secretary to cancel interest due on a loan in cases of extreme hardship; (3) authorize the Secretary to issue obligations for the purpose of making direct loans for farm housing; (4) authorize the Secretary to make and insure loans to enable consumer cooperatives to finance the transfer of memberships on terms that low- and moderate-income persons can afford; (5) permit the Secretary to cancel debts on loans to nonprofit groups for expenses such as planning and obtaining financing for the construction of low-income housing; (6) prohibit rent increases in certain rural housing projects in which tenant's are paying in excess of 25 percent of their incomes for rent; and (7) govern the application of rural housing programs for mobile homes. Extends for one year the (Secretary's) authority to make or insure loans for housing or buildings on adequate farms. Prohibits the Secretary, after enactment of this title, from entering into any contract to provide interest credits or rental assistance, except that any interest credit contract for single family or multifamily housing and any rental assistance contract for multifamily housing entered into before enactment of this title may be renewed. Requires that contracts for rental assistance or interest credit provide for tenants to contribute 30 percent of their income. Prohibits any increase of more than ten percent during any 12-month period in the rent or contribution of any tenant as a result of any provision of this title or other Federal law. Authorizes rural housing loans for manufactured housing which: (1) meets standards under the Housing and Community Development Act; (2) is financed with a loan on terms which would apply under the National Housing Act; and (3) meets the Secretary's prescribed terms in case of manufactured housing not treated as real estate under State law. Requires property standards for new construction of rural housing to be the same as the Minimum Property Standards prescribed by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary: (1) to establish, from amounts made available to the Rural Housing Insurance Fund, a reserve against loan losses sustained by the fund; and (2) to report to Congress annually concerning the Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to make and insure loans for condominium housing in rural areas. (Currently the Secretary is authorized, in his or her discretion, to make and insure such loans.) Authorizes the Secretary to make and insure rural housing loans and renew rental assistance contracts in a specified aggregate amount during FY 1983. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 for: (1) payments on obligations issued by the Secretary under specified programs; (2) financial assistance to provide low-rent housing for domestic farm labor; and (3) lower income housing assistance under the National Housing Act and the United States Housing Act of 1937. Extends for one year the authority of the Secretary to insure loans for rural housing for the elderly or handicapped. Authorizes FY 1983 appropriations for the mutual and self-help housing program. Part B: Rural Housing Block Grants - Rural Housing Block Grant Act of 1982 - Authorizes the Secretary to make block grants to States to promote the provision of safe and sanitary housing for residents of rural areas, particularly for those very low-income residents of areas having populations of 2,500 or less. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY 1983, 1984, and 1985. Requires each grantee to prepare a statement of housing objectives and projected use of funds prior to receipt of a grant. Requires the statement to take into account the needs and conditions of existing housing for very low-income Indians living on trust lands. Permits a grant to be made only if the grantee certifies that: (1) it has permitted the required public examination and appraisal of its statement; (2) the projected use of funds will improve housing conditions for the maximum feasible number of very low income families; and (3) the grant will be administered in conformity with applicable laws and this part. Requires each grantee to submit to the Secretary a performance report concerning the use of the funds. Requires the Secretary, at least annually, to review and audit a grantee's activities. Permits the Secretary to adjust and reallocate the amount of grants based on his or her findings. Permits the General Accounting Office to audit the financial transactions of recipients of funds under this part to the extent that the transactions relate to such funds. Declares that the Secretary's allocation and a grantee's use of grant funds shall not be subject to the National Environmental Policy Act. Provides that activities assisted under this part may include only: (1) rehabilitation of existing homes for occupancy by very low income residents; (2) the acquisition and rehabilitation of existing buildings for very low income housing; (3) financing the construction and purchase of modest homes for very low income persons; (4) provision of multifamily housing where there is a demonstrated need for very low income rental housing or farmworker housing; (5) provision of rental assistance for very low income persons not otherwise served by an existing rental assistance program; (6) the acquisition and development of real property for very low income housing; and (7) the disposition of real property. Directs the Secretary to issue a regulation prescribing a formula for determining the grant amount to be allocated to each State based on the population and extent of poverty and substandard housing in each State compared to all States. Requires a State to pay from its own resources: (1) at least ten percent of the amount of Federal funds allocated to such State for rural housing activities during any three-year funding cycle; and (2) all administrative expenses, which shall separately be appropriated for such purpose, incurred by the State in carrying out its responsibilities under this part (except that from the amounts received for distribution in rural areas, the State may deduct up to 50 percent of the costs it incurred in carrying out such responsibilities). Limits amounts so deducted to a maximum of five percent of the amount received. Directs the Secretary to allocate a State's determined amount of funds to the Farmers Home Administration office for the State for distribution in accordance with this part where: (1) the State has elected, in such manner and before such time as the Secretary may prescribe, not to distribute such amounts; or (2) the State has failed to submit the required certifications. Sets forth provisions prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex under any program funded by this part. Directs the Secretary, upon finding that a recipient of assistance has failed to comply substantially with any provision of this part, to: (1) terminate, reduce, or limit the availability of payments. Permits a recipient to file a petition for review of the Secretary's action in the appropriate United States Court of Appeals. Authorizes the Secretary in lieu of, or in addition to, any action which the Secretary initiates, to refer the matter to the Attorney General with a recommendation that a civil action be instituted. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress annually concerning this part. Gives congressional consent to States to enter into agreements for cooperative efforts and mutual assistance in support of housing planning and programs carried out under this part as they pertain to interstate areas. Part C: Congressional Review of Rural Housing Rulemaking - Requires the Secretary to transmit to specified congressional committees final rural housing rules, with specified exceptions (including emergency rules). Prohibits such rules from taking effect if: (1) within 45 days after Congress receives a rule, either committee reports or is discharged from considering a concurrent resolution disapproving such rule; (2) within 30 days after such a resolution is reported or discharged, either House adopts it; and (3) within 30 days after one House adopts such resolution, the other House adopts it. Sets forth House and Senate procedures for consideration of such resolutions. Title VI: Flood, Riot, and Crime Insurance - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to: (1) authorize appropriations for studies under such Act for FY 1983 and 1984; (2) extend the authorization for the flood insurance program for two years; and (3) extend the deadline for establishing and rating flood-risk zones. Amends the National Housing Act to extend for two years the authority of the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide crime and riot insurance. Requires the Director to increase the premiums for crime insurance to exceed the average premiums for 1981 and 1982 by 50 percent. Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to study and report to specified congressional committees on the marketing of Federal crime insurance.

A bill to provide for the consideration of certain applications for rural housing assistance under title V of the Housing Act of 1949.

United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1982

Requires that any application for rural housing assistance for an area which was determined by the Secretary of Agriculture not to be an eligible rural area as a result of the 1980 decennial census shall be processed as though the area was an eligible rural area if during the 120 days before the Secretary's determination the application was: (1) requested and not provided by the Secretary; or (2) submitted and discarded by the Secretary without written notice to the applicant.

A bill to provide that the area of Canyon, in the State of Texas, shall be considered to be a rural area for purposes of title V of the Housing Act of 1949.

United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1982

Requires that the area served by the Farmers Home Administration office in Canyon, Texas, be considered to be a rural area for purposes of determining any person's eligibility for rural housing assistance.

A bill to amend the Community Services Block Grant Act to clarify the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate community action agencies for certain community action programs administered by the Secretary for fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1982

Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act to authorze the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate and make grants to public or private nonprofit agencies to administer community action programs in areas for which action agencies are terminated or denied funding by the Secretary during FY 1982 or 1983.

Housing and Automobile Industries Recovery Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1982

Housing and Automobile Industries Recovery Act of 1982 - Title I: Exemption for the Purchase of Certain Bonds by Employee Pension Benefit Plans - Provides a temporary exemption from certain provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code relating to prohibited transactions for the purchase of certain bonds sold to fund residential mortgages and domestic motor vehicle loans. Title II: Interest Reduction Payments - Provides for interest reduction payments by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to assist with the financing of the purchase of certain residences and domestic motor vehicles. Sets forth: (1) requirements and restrictions for eligible loans and mortgages; and (2) guidelines for the allocation of such payments. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1982 through 1988 to carry out this title. Prohibits the Secretary from making any commitments to make interest reduction payments under this title after August 31, 1983.

A joint resolution to disapprove certain rules prescribed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1982

Disapproves certain rules of the Department of Housing and Urban Development which would: (1) require competitive bidding by borrowers under the Department's loan program for housing for the elderly or handicapped whenever a housing construction contract exceeds $100,000; (2) increase the minimum capital investment of borrowers under such program; and (3) conform cost limits on units of housing under such program to unit cost limits under a specified mortgage guarantee program.

A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 6267) to revitalize the housing industry by strengthening the financial stability of home mortgage lending institutions and ensuring the availability of home mortgage loans.

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1982

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 6267 (Home mortgages).