Housing and Community Development Act of 1990

Summary

Housing and Community Development Act of 1989 - Title I: National Housing Trust - National Housing Trust Act - Establishes the National Housing Trust in the Department of Housing and Urban Development to assist first-time homebuyers. Establishes in the Treasury the National Housing Trust Fund. Authorizes FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations. Title II: Rental Housing Production - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to make the rental development grant program permanent. Authorizes FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to: (1) eliminate area eligibility standards; and (2) revise project selection criteria. Title III: Community Housing Partnership Act - Community Housing Partnership Act - Subtitle A: Housing Education and Organizational Support Grants for Community Based Housing Projects - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide housing education and organizational support grants directly to nonprofit organizations or indirectly to States and cities to assist such organizations. Authorizes FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations. Subtitle B: Community Housing and Partnership Grants - Authorizes the Secretary to provide community partnership grants directly to nonprofit organizations or indirectly to States and cities to assist such organizations. Divides appropriations among: (1) urban community housing partnership grants; (2) State community housing partnership grants; and (3) direct community housing partnership grants. Sets forth the following eligible activities: (1) technical assistance and site control loans; (2) seed-money loans; (3) matching grants or loans; and (4) technical and management assistance for nonprofit sponsors. Sets forth rental project and home ownership eligibility provisions, including: (1) occupancy by lower income families; (2) profit limitations; (3) funding coordination; and (4) affirmative action requirements. Authorizes FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations. Subtitle C: General Provisions - Defines specified terms for purposes of this Act. Title IV: Reauthorizations and Extensions of Housing and Community Development Programs - Subtitle A: Housing Assistance - Part I: Programs Under United States Housing Act of 1937 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to increase FY 1990 and 1991 lower income housing budget authority. Authorizes FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations for public housing operating subsidies. Authorizes the use of funds in FY 1990 and 1991 for public housing resident management technical assistance and training. Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to authorize FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations for public housing child care grants. Applies the provisions of this part relating to public housing to Indian housing authorities. Part 2: Other Housing Assistance Programs - Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to authorize FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations for housing for the elderly and the handicapped. Makes specified funds available in FY 1990 and 1991 for housing and services for frail elderly persons (as defined by this Act). Amends the Congregate Housing Services Act of 1978 to authorize FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations for congregate services. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to authorize FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations for housing counseling. Extends and authorizes appropriations through FY 1991 for emergency home ownership counseling. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to extend the multifamily housing disposition partnership program through FY 1991. Extends and authorizes appropriations through FY 1991 for the Nehemiah housing opportunity grant program. Subtitle B: Rural Housing - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend and authorize appropriations through FY 1991 for the rural housing loan and loan guarantee program. Extends program authority through FY 1991 for: (1) rental assistance payment contracts; (2) supplemental rental assistance contracts; (3) rental housing loans; (4) mutual and self-help housing grants and loans; and (5) rural area classification. Authorizes a deferred mortgage demonstration program. Subtitle C: Community Development and Miscellaneous Programs - Part I: Community and Neighborhood Development and Preservation - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to: (1) authorize FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations for the community development block grant program; (2) set aside funds for FY 1990 and 1991 for the special discretionary fund; (3) authorize FY 1990 and 1991 property acquisition loan guarantees; and (4) authorize FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations for the urban homesteading program. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to extend and authorize appropriations through FY 1991 for the rehabilitation loan program. Amends the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act to authorize FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation. Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to authorize FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations for the neighborhood development demonstration program. Authorizes Hartford, Connecticut, and Nanticoke and the boroughs of Plymouth and Forty Fort, in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, to retain and use specified urban renewal land disposition proceeds and other community development funds. Part 2: Mortgage Insurance and Secondary Mortgage Market Programs - Amends the National Housing Act to extend authority through FY 1991 for the homeownership for lower income families program, including mortgage insurance authority and housing stimulus authority. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to authorize Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance authority through FY 1991. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to authorize Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) loan guarantee authority through FY 1991. Part 3: Regulatory and Other Programs - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to extend and authorize appropriations through FY 1991 for the fair housing initiatives program. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 to authorize FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations for housing research and development. Amends the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to provide for mortgage servicing transfer disclosure. Sets forth related penalty provisions. Requires the General Accounting Office to conduct a study of mortgage transfer activities and report to the appropriate congressional committees. Title V: Homeless Prevention - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to: (1) obligate FY 1990 funds for section 8 programs; and (2) authorize FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations for the homeless. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to extend authority for the emergency low-income preservation program, including incentives to extend low-income use. Provides for the preservation of low-income affordability restrictions upon assistance program conversions under such Act. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to prohibit the prepayment of rural housing loans on contracts entered into after the enactment of this Act. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize additional FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations for conversions of in rem properties to permanent shelters for the homeless.

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• Reported in House (text)

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• Passed House amended

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• Introduced in House

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