bill_id,congress,bill_type,bill_number,title,policy_area,introduced_date,latest_action_date,latest_action_text,origin_chamber,sponsor_name,sponsor_state,sponsor_party,sponsor_bioguide_id,cosponsor_count,summary_text,update_date,url
105-hr-4838,105,hr,4838,Housing Preservation Matching Grant Act of 1998,Housing and Community Development,1998-10-14,1998-10-21,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2283-2284),House,"Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4]",MN,D,V000087,0,Housing Preservation Matching Grant Act of 1998 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make matching grants to States for low-income housing preservation. Sets forth requirements for projects:  (1) with Department of Housing and Urban Development-insured mortgages; (2) with section 8 assistance; or (3) purchased by the residents. Authorizes appropriations.,2025-08-21T16:13:05Z,
105-hr-4827,105,hr,4827,Safe Neighborhood Act of 1998,Housing and Community Development,1998-10-13,1998-10-19,Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.,House,"Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]",NJ,R,S000522,0,"Safe Neighborhood Act of 1998 - Amends the Fair Housing Act to permit reasonable Federal, State, or local restriction on group home occupancy by persons convicted of a crime for which a term of imprisonment was imposed.",2025-08-21T16:13:04Z,
105-hr-4796,105,hr,4796,To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to prohibit the use of funds for any facility a primary purpose of which is the distribution or use of tobacco products.,Housing and Community Development,1998-10-10,1998-10-10,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Ensign, John [R-NV-1]",NV,R,E000194,0,"Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to prohibit the use of community development funds to acquire, construct, or improve any facility with a primary interest of tobacco product distribution or sale.",2025-01-02T17:51:44Z,
105-s-2595,105,s,2595,Rural Recovery Act of 1998,Housing and Community Development,1998-10-08,1998-10-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]",SD,D,D000064,1,Rural Recovery Act of 1998 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to provide rural housing and community development assistance through rural recovery community development block grants to eligible local governments and Indian tribes in areas with high rates of outmigration and low per capita income.  Authorizes appropriations.,2025-08-21T16:12:26Z,
105-hr-4666,105,hr,4666,Empowerment Zone Enhancement and Rural Enterprise Communities Act of 1998,Housing and Community Development,1998-10-01,1998-10-01,Referred to House Agriculture,House,"Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-26]",NY,D,H000627,10,"Empowerment Zone Enhancement and Rural Enterprise Communities Act of 1998 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize:  (1) 33 additional rural enterprise communities (with an extended designation deadline); (2) a special designation exception for certain areas based upon emigration, underemployment, or economic adjustment; and (3) empowerment zone eligibility for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Provides for:  (1) designation priority to be given to well performing enterprise communities (with discretionary set-asides for satisfactorily performing communities); and (2) additional specified grants and grant amounts for rural empowerment zones and rural enterprise communities. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to use certain community planning amounts under the Social Security Act to help communities apply for empowerment zone or enterprise community designation. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the increased expensing restriction for developable noncontiguous sites. Amends the Social Security Act to provide that:  (1) the Secretaries of Agriculture and of Housing and Urban Development, rather than the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall assume certain environmental review responsibility for the urban and rural empowerment zone and enterprise community grants; and (2) the Secretaries may permit fund release for particular projects on the assumption of such responsibility by States, local governments, or Indian tribes. Amends the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to authorize conveyance of Department of Agriculture excess property to support empowerment zones and enterprise communities.",2025-08-21T16:14:26Z,
105-hr-4551,105,hr,4551,"To amend section 16 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to prohibit occupancy in public housing by, and rental assistance under section 8 of such Act for, any person convicted of manufacturing or producing methamphetamine on the premises.",Housing and Community Development,1998-09-11,1998-09-11,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]",TX,R,P000583,0,Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to prohibit section 8 public housing occupancy or rental assistance to persons convicted of manufacturing or producing methamphetamine on the premises.,2025-01-02T17:51:13Z,
105-hr-4543,105,hr,4543,To amend section 16 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require owners of federally assisted housing to establish standards to prohibit occupancy in such housing by drug and alcohol abusers in the same manner that public housing agencies are required to establish such standards for public housing.,Housing and Community Development,1998-09-10,1998-09-10,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1]",RI,D,K000113,0,Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require owners of federally assisted housing to establish standards for prohibition of occupancy and termination of tenancy due to drug or alcohol abuse.,2025-01-02T17:51:13Z,
105-hr-4435,105,hr,4435,Private Mortgage Insurance Cancellation Simplification Act of 1998,Housing and Community Development,1998-08-06,1998-08-07,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1607),House,"Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-29]",NY,D,L000556,0,"Private Mortgage Insurance Cancellation Simplification Act of 1998 - Amends the Homeowners Protection Act of 1998 to apply the borrower termination and automatic cancellation provisions to high-risk loans. Provides that, other than with respect to inconsistencies, such Act does not affect compliance with State laws regarding private residential mortgage insurance.",2025-08-21T16:13:07Z,
105-s-2379,105,s,2379,Rural and Remote Community Fairness Act of 1998,Housing and Community Development,1998-07-30,1998-07-31,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9559),Senate,"Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK]",AK,R,M001085,1,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Short Title      Title II:  Rural and Remote Community Development Block           Grants      Title III:  Rural and Remote Community Electrification Grants Title I:  Short Title - Rural and Remote Community Fairness Act of 1998. Title II:  Rural and Remote Community Development Block Grants - Amends the Housing and Community Act of 1974 to authorize (including appropriations) a rural and remote community development block grant program.  Sets forth eligible program activities, including housing, water and waste water, and fuel and energy enhancements. Title III:  Rural and Remote Community Electrification Grants - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to authorize (including appropriations) rural and remote community electrification grants.",2025-08-21T16:13:34Z,
105-hr-4218,105,hr,4218,Section 8 Housing Improvement Act,Housing and Community Development,1998-07-15,1998-07-31,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]",NJ,D,A000210,0,"Section 8 Housing Improvement Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize a public housing agency to limit the number of section 8 assisted rental families in its jurisdiction if the agency determines such restriction is necessary to preserve an area's property values, safety, or unique character. Requires each agency to establish and maintain a neighborhood review committee which shall:  (1) be made up of between three and six agency-area residents, of whom at least three must not be receiving housing assistance other than mortgage assistance; and (2) obtain and review references and certain enforcement-related information respecting assisted families and landlords. Sets forth section 8 housing quality standards enforcement provisions.",2025-08-21T16:11:54Z,
105-s-2280,105,s,2280,Foreclosure Sale Fairness Act of 1998,Housing and Community Development,1998-07-09,1998-07-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Faircloth, Lauch [R-NC]",NC,R,F000437,0,"Foreclosure Sale Fairness Act of 1998 - Provides that upon mortgagor request, the foreclosure sale of a single family home shall occur at public auction and be conducted to maximize competitive bidding and obtain the highest sale price.",2025-08-21T16:12:02Z,
105-s-2188,105,s,2188,A bill to amend section 203(b) of the National Housing Act relating to the calculation of downpayments.,Housing and Community Development,1998-06-18,1998-06-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK]",AK,R,M001085,3,Amends the National Housing Act to revise the downpayment calculation for Federal Housing Administration mortgage eligibility. Eliminates the separate calculation for Alaska and Hawaii.,2025-01-14T18:20:21Z,
105-hr-4071,105,hr,4071,Rural Enterprise Communities Act of 1998,Housing and Community Development,1998-06-17,1998-06-25,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation and Research.",House,"Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-26]",NY,D,H000627,53,"Rural Enterprise Communities Act of 1998 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize:  (1) 33 additional rural enterprise communities (with an extended designation deadline); (2) designation of certain noncontiguous parcels as empowerment zones or enterprise communities; (3) a special designation exception for certain areas based upon emigration, underemployment, or economic adjustment; and (4) empowerment zone eligibility for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Provides for:  (1) designation priority to be given to top performing enterprise communities; and (2) additional specified grants and grant amounts for rural empowerment zones and rural enterprise communities. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to use certain community planning amounts under the Social Security Act to help communities apply for empowerment zone or enterprise community designation. Amends the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to authorize conveyance of Department of Agriculture excess property to support empowerment zones and enterprise communities.",2025-08-21T16:12:16Z,
105-s-2178,105,s,2178,Children's Development Commission Act,Housing and Community Development,1998-06-16,1998-10-06,"Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 105-988.",Senate,"Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]",WI,D,K000305,1,"Children's Development Commission Act - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure mortgages for:  (1) new or rehabilitated child care and development facilities, including mortgage insurance for fire safety equipment loans; and (2) purchase or refinance of existing child care and development facilities. Establishes the Children's Development Commission which shall:  (1) issue facility standards and compliance certifications; and (2) make loans not in excess of $50,000 for facility rehabilitation or renovation.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct a study of the availability of child care facility secondary mortgage markets.",2025-08-21T16:13:45Z,
105-s-2145,105,s,2145,Manufactured Housing Improvement Act,Housing and Community Development,1998-06-09,1998-06-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL]",AL,R,S000320,16,Manufactured Housing Improvement Act - Amends the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 to revise Federal construction and safety provisions for manufactured homes based upon a consensus standards development process. Eliminates the National Manufactured Home Advisory Council.,2025-08-21T16:13:29Z,
105-hr-3899,105,hr,3899,American Homeownership Act of 1998,Housing and Community Development,1998-05-19,1998-10-14,Received in the Senate.,House,"Rep. Lazio, Rick [R-NY-2]",NY,R,L000155,35,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Removal of Barriers to Affordable Housing      Title II:  Homeownership Through Mortgage Insurance and Loan           Guarantees      Title III:  Section 8 Homeownership Option      Title IV:  Home Investment Partnerships Program      Title V:  Local Homeownership Initiatives      Title VI:  Manufactured Housing Improvement      Title VII:  Indian Housing Homeownership      Title VIII:  Transfer of Unoccupied and Substandard HUD-Held           Housing to Local Governments and Community Development Corporations American Homeownership Act of 1998 - Title I:  Removal of Barriers to Affordable Housing - Affordable Housing Barrier Removal Act of 1998 - Requires proposed and final agency rules to analyze their impact upon affordable housing availability, including provision for interested parties to offer alternatives, which shall be incorporated into the final rule if found to accomplish required objectives with a less deleterious effect upon housing. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to develop model housing impact analyses. (Sec. 103) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to authorize FY 1999 through 2003 direct appropriations for State and local grants for regulatory barrier removal.  Makes consortia of local governments eligible grantees.  Requires grant use in coordination with the local comprehensive affordability strategy (CHAS) under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act. (Sec. 104) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to require jurisdictions to make good faith efforts at affordable housing barrier removal in order to qualify for community development block grants (CDBG) (without creating a private right of action). (Sec. 105) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to state that the regulatory barriers clearinghouse shall be established within the Office of Policy Development of HUD under the direction of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research. Title II:  Homeownership Through Mortgage Insurance and Loan Guarantees - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary to increase the number of adjustable single family mortgages and loans that may be insured each year by up to 40 percent of the previous year's number of mortgages. (Sec. 202) Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) housing inspection study. (Sec. 203) Authorizes the Secretary to treat a county or statistical area and contiguous or proximate counties as a single area for certain loan insurance limitation purposes using the highest median price for such determination. (Sec. 204) Amends the National Housing Act to increase the manufactured home lot loan term from 15 years, 32 days to 20 years, 32 days. (Sec. 205) Amends the National Housing Act to repeal prior insurance requirements for new home construction. (Sec. 206) States that upon enactment, the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 shall be amended to entitle a specified section as the ""Joseph P. Kennedy II Homeownership Rehabilitation Demonstration Grant Act.""  (Such Act was subsequently enacted as P.L.105-276.)  Makes specified amounts from the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund available for the FY 1999 rehabilitation demonstration grant program. Title III:  Section 8 Homeownership Option - Amends the United States Housing Act to provide an homeownership option under the section 8 housing assistance program, including downpayment assistance, beginning with FY 2000. Title IV:  Home Investment Partnerships Program - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to authorize FY 1999 through 2003 appropriations for affordable housing programs. Prohibits set-asides other than specified amounts for:  (1) community housing partnership activities; and (2) activities in support of State and local housing strategies. (Sec. 402) Makes limited equity cooperatives and mutual housing associations eligible for home investment partnerships. (Sec. 403) Permits loan pool investment of partnership funds. (Sec. 404) Authorizes the Secretary to make home investment partnerships loan guarantees.  Sets forth an aggregate loan guarantee limitation. Title V:  Local Homeownership Initiatives - Amends the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act to authorize FY 1999 through 2003 appropriations for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, including a pilot homeownership initiative set-aside. (Sec. 502) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to revise the homeownership zone grant program, including providing: (1) grant eligibility for units of general local government (currently nonprofit organizations); and (2) assistance targeting for specified low-income homebuyers.  Authorizes FY 1999 and 2000 appropriations. (Sec. 503) Expresses the sense of the Congress in favor of lease- to-own tenancies as homeownership tools. (Sec. 504) Amends the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 to make the National Association of Housing Partnerships eligible for local capacity grants.  Removes the specified amount of authorized appropriations. Title VI:  Manufactured Housing Improvement - Manufactured Housing Improvement Act - Amends the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 to revise Federal construction and safety provisions for manufactured homes based upon a consensus standards development process. Eliminates the National Manufactured Home Advisory Council. Title VII:  Indian Housing Homeownership - Establishes the Indian Lands Status Commission which shall analyze and evaluate the Bureau of Indian Affairs' land recording and documentation system. Terminates the Commission one year after appointment of its members. Authorizes appropriations. Title VIII:  Transfer of Unoccupied and Substandard HUD-Held Housing to Local Governments and Community Development Corporations - Amends the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to transfer ownership of qualified HUD-held properties (substandard or unoccupied multifamily or unoccupied single family properties) to local governments and community development corporations under specified conditions. (Sec. 802) States that upon enactment the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 shall be amended to permit property unable to be sold under the revitalization area disposition program to be disposed of under this title. (Sec. 803) Directs the Secretary to report on revitalization zones for HUD-held single family properties. (Sec. 804) Makes technical corrections to the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997, the Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I, and upon enactment, the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999.",2025-04-07T15:23:38Z,
105-hr-3750,105,hr,3750,FHA Property Inspection Act,Housing and Community Development,1998-04-29,1998-05-18,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]",IL,D,D000096,0,FHA Property Inspection Act - Amends the National Housing Act to require that properties undergo a compliance inspection by a certified building inspector in order to qualify for single family housing mortgage insurance.  Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish inspector certification standards.,2025-08-21T16:11:16Z,
105-hr-3757,105,hr,3757,To amend the National Housing Act to provide for adequate insurance of mortgages on property in Puerto Rico.,Housing and Community Development,1998-04-29,1998-05-18,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Resident Commissioner Romero-Barcelo, Carlos A. [D-PR-At Large]",PR,D,R000417,0,Amends the National Housing Act to include Puerto Rico among the high-cost areas eligible for mortgage insurance assistance.,2025-01-02T17:50:05Z,
105-s-1927,105,s,1927,Empowerment Zone Enhancement Act of 1998,Housing and Community Development,1998-04-02,1998-04-02,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Moseley-Braun, Carol [D-IL]",IL,D,M001025,2,"Empowerment Zone Enhancement Act of 1998 - Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act with respect to additional grants to:  (1) provide for grant funding for additional empowerment zones; (2) set the amount of such grants for zones in urban ($10 million) and rural ($4 million) areas, as well as the timing of such grants (ten years of one-year grants); (3) provide funding for such grants; (4) authorize the use of grants to fund revolving loan funds and similar arrangements to make loans, guarantees, financial services, or related activities more accessible to residents, institutions, organizations, or businesses; (5) require environmental review by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (urban areas) and the Secretary of Agriculture (rural areas); and (6) require the lead implementing entity for an empowerment zone to establish a performance measurement system.",2025-08-21T16:13:38Z,
105-hr-3622,105,hr,3622,Empowerment Zone Enhancement Act of 1998,Housing and Community Development,1998-04-01,1998-04-01,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]",NY,D,R000053,30,"Empowerment Zone Enhancement Act of 1998 - Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act with respect to additional grants to:  (1) provide for grant funding for additional empowerment zones; (2) set the amount of such grants for zones in urban ($10 million) and rural ($4 million) areas, as well as the timing of such grants (ten years of one-year grants); (3) provide funding for such grants; (4) require environmental review by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (urban areas) and the Secretary of Agriculture (rural areas); and (5) require the lead implementing entity for an empowerment zone to establish a performance measurement system.",2025-08-21T16:11:31Z,
105-hr-3634,105,hr,3634,Manufactured Housing Improvement Act,Housing and Community Development,1998-04-01,1998-04-30,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Lazio, Rick [R-NY-2]",NY,R,L000155,104,Manufactured Housing Improvement Act - Amends the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 to revise Federal construction and safety provisions for manufactured homes based upon a consensus standards development process. Eliminates the National Manufactured Home Advisory Council.,2025-08-21T16:14:16Z,
105-hr-3635,105,hr,3635,Senior Citizens' Housing Financial Restructuring Act of 1998,Housing and Community Development,1998-04-01,1998-04-09,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Lazio, Rick [R-NY-2]",NY,R,L000155,20,"Senior Citizens' Housing Financial Restructuring Act of 1998 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, with the consent of the owner, to convert certain housing projects for the elderly from direct loan financing to rental assistance contract financing. Authorizes related debt forgiveness and section 8 contract cancellation.",2025-08-21T16:14:37Z,
105-hr-3637,105,hr,3637,Children's Development Commission Act,Housing and Community Development,1998-04-01,1998-04-09,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]",NY,D,M000087,37,"Children's Development Commission Act - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure mortgages for: (1) new or rehabilitated child care and development facilities, including mortgage insurance for fire safety equipment loans; and (2) purchase or refinance of existing child care and development facilities. Establishes the Children's Development Commission which shall:  (1) issue facility standards and compliance certifications; and (2) make loans not in excess of $50,000 for facility rehabilitation or renovation.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct a study of the availability of child care facility secondary mortgage markets.",2025-08-21T16:12:24Z,
105-s-1877,105,s,1877,Affordable Housing Barrier Removal Act of 1998,Housing and Community Development,1998-03-27,1998-03-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]",OR,D,W000779,4,"Affordable Housing Barrier Removal Act of 1998 - Provides for a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-sponsored biennial conference on (regulatory) barriers to affordable housing. Requires proposed and final agency rules to analyze their impact upon affordable housing availability.  Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to develop model housing impact analyses. (Sec. 5) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to authorize direct appropriations for State and local grants for regulatory barrier removal. (Sec. 6) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to make affordable housing barrier removal eligible for community development block grant assistance.  Expresses the sense of the Congress that each block grant recipient should establish a Barriers to Homeownership and Housing Affordability Council. (Sec. 7) States that the regulatory barriers clearinghouse shall be established within the Office of Policy Development of HUD under the direction of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research. (Sec. 8) Amends the National Housing Act to:  (1) repeal the single family mortgage insurance owner-occupancy requirement; (2) repeal mortgage limits on dwellings begun prior to insurance approval; (3) revise the definition of ""area""; and (4) revise downpayment provisions.",2025-08-21T16:13:19Z,
105-hr-3545,105,hr,3545,Neighborhood Integrity and Responsibility Act,Housing and Community Development,1998-03-25,1998-03-31,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Borski, Robert A. [D-PA-3]",PA,D,B000644,1,Neighborhood Integrity and Responsibility Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require public housing agencies (PHAs) administering the section 8 housing certificate program to:  (1) ensure that program rents are reasonable in comparison with private rentals; and (2) disapprove leases that are not reasonable. Requires (currently authorizes) PHAs to disapprove leases that are not reasonable under the section 8 rental voucher program. Makes PHA administrative fee eligibility dependent upon compliance with such provisions. (Sec. 3) Prohibits (with exceptions) a PHA from providing section 8 tenant-based assistance for more than five units owned by any single owner. (Sec. 4) Revises tenant rent and monthly assistance provisions under the certificate and voucher programs.,2025-08-21T16:13:11Z,
105-hr-3435,105,hr,3435,Affordable Housing Barrier Removal Act of 1998,Housing and Community Development,1998-03-11,1998-03-17,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Campbell, Tom [R-CA-15]",CA,R,C000100,63,"Affordable Housing Barrier Removal Act of 1998 - Provides for a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-sponsored biennial conference on (regulatory) barriers to affordable housing. Requires proposed and final agency rules to analyze their impact upon affordable housing availability.  Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to develop model housing impact analyses. (Sec. 5) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to authorize direct appropriations for State and local grants for regulatory barrier removal. (Sec. 6) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to make affordable housing barrier removal eligible for community development block grant assistance. (Sec. 7) States that the regulatory barriers clearinghouse shall be established within the Office of Policy Development of HUD under the direction of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research. (Sec. 8) Amends the National Housing Act to:  (1) repeal the single family mortgage insurance owner-occupancy requirement; (2) repeal mortgage limits on dwellings begun prior to insurance approval; (3) revise the definition of ""area""; and (4) revise downpayment provisions. (Sec. 9) Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to:  (1) include 1- to 4-family residential construction loans within the  percent of residential assets required of a qualifying Federal Home Loan Bank; and (2) eliminate the 30 percent cap on certain real estate-related capital that may be held as collateral by a member institution.",2025-08-21T16:11:25Z,
105-hr-3206,105,hr,3206,Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1998,Housing and Community Development,1998-02-12,1998-02-25,Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 7 - 5.,House,"Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-49]",CA,R,B000461,31,"Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1998 - Amends the Fair Housing Act to state that:  (1) nothing in such Act shall be construed to make the expression of an opinion or the seeking of redress from public authority a violation of such Act; and (2) a party shall not be liable for engaging in litigation or administrative proceedings unless done so for an improper purpose, or not supported by evidence or warranted by existing law. (Sec. 3) Requires specificity of complaint. (Sec. 4) States that a provision of State or local law shall not be construed to violate fair housing provisions if the alleging party has not first exhausted State remedies. (Sec. 5) Provides that familial status protection shall apply to persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption and certain foster children. (Sec. 6) States that fair housing provisions shall not prevent local control of residential uses.",2025-08-21T16:11:21Z,
105-hconres-208,105,hconres,208,Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding access to affordable housing and expansion of homeownership opportunities.,Housing and Community Development,1998-02-04,1998-07-21,Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Banking.,House,"Rep. Lazio, Rick [R-NY-2]",NY,R,L000155,169,Expresses the sense of the Congress that national goals should include providing access to affordable housing and expanding home ownership opportunities pursued through policies of tax incentives and private and public sector activities.,2025-04-07T15:23:38Z,
105-hr-3062,105,hr,3062,Mine Subsidence Right To Know Act,Housing and Community Development,1997-11-13,1997-12-13,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Klink, Ron [D-PA-4]",PA,D,K000270,7,"Mine Subsidence Right To Know Act - Requires the lender of any federally related mortgage loan for the purchase of a dwelling located in a mine subsidence hazard State to provide written and oral notice to the borrower contemporaneous with the purchase agreement of:  (1) the potential or actual hazards facing the property as a result of its location; (2) the availability or results of Federal determination of potential or actual hazard in the property area; and (3) the availability of insurance protection. Requires the insurer of a homeowner's insurance policy to timely notify the policyholder of the absence or availability of coverage for mine subsidence damage. Requires the Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement of the Department of the Interior to: (1) identify, certify, and subsequently publish in the Federal Register all areas in each State that are subject to mine subsidence hazard risk; and (2) periodically review such areas.",2025-08-21T16:12:42Z,
105-s-1522,105,s,1522,Rural Cooperative Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-11-12,1997-11-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.,Senate,"Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]",IA,D,H000206,0,"Rural Cooperative Act of 1997 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide service, technical assistance, research, and education to members of rural cooperatives and persons desiring to organize such cooperatives.  Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-21T16:14:11Z,
105-hr-2932,105,hr,2932,Accurate Fair Market Rental Demonstration Act,Housing and Community Development,1997-11-08,1997-11-26,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Borski, Robert A. [D-PA-3]",PA,D,B000644,0,"Accurate Fair Market Rental Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, with respect to section 8 tenant-based assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937, to carry out a demonstration program in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan statistical area to determine the effectiveness of establishing fair market rentals by zip code areas that are smaller than the market areas otherwise used in such program.",2025-08-21T16:13:22Z,
105-hr-2975,105,hr,2975,Federal Housing Corporation Charter Act,Housing and Community Development,1997-11-08,1997-11-26,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises.",House,"Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4]",MN,D,V000087,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Organization of Corporation      Title II:  Business of Corporation      Title III:  Transition      Title IV:  Provisions Relating to Government National           Mortgage Association and Office of Federal Housing                Enterprise Oversight Federal Housing Corporation Charter Act - Title I:   Organization of Corporation - Establishes within the Department of Housing and Urban Development the Federal Housing Corporation. Title II:  Business of the Corporation - States that the Corporation shall carry out mortgage insurance programs for single family and multifamily housing and health care facilities. Requires the Corporation to comply with public purpose requirements to be established by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, which shall include service to underserved homebuyers, areas, and rental markets, and low- and moderate-income families. Title III: Transition - Sets forth transition provisions. Title IV:  Provisions Relating to Government National Mortgage Association and Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight - Amends the National Housing Act to include the Corporation within the mortgage authority of the Government National Mortgage Association. Places the Corporation under the regulatory authority of the Director of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight.",2025-08-21T16:12:43Z,
105-hr-2820,105,hr,2820,Helping America's Disabled Veterans Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-11-05,1997-11-26,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Johnson, Jay W. [D-WI-8]",WI,D,J000149,26,"Helping America's Disabled Veterans Act of 1997 - Excludes the first $30,000 of amounts received under veterans' disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation programs from adjusted income for purposes of determining the amount of rent a family will pay for public housing.",2025-08-21T16:14:40Z,
105-s-1258,105,s,1258,A bill to amend the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 to prohibit an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States from receiving assistance under that Act.,Housing and Community Development,1997-10-06,1997-11-21,Became Public Law No: 105-117.,Senate,"Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT]",UT,R,B000382,0,"Amends the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 to prohibit relocation assistance under such Act to a displaced person who is an alien not lawfully present in the United States, with an exception provided in the case of a dislocation causing exceptional and extreme hardship to such alien's U.S. citizen or immigrant spouse, child, or parent. Directs the lead agency:  (1) after providing notice and an opportunity for public comment, to issue implementing regulations within one year of enactment of this Act; and (2) to provide related training to other agencies.",2025-04-07T15:23:27Z,
105-hr-2447,105,hr,2447,Multifamily Housing Restructuring and Affordability Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-09-10,1997-09-10,Referred to the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services.,House,"Rep. Lazio, Rick [R-NY-2]",NY,R,L000155,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  FHA-Insured Multifamily Housing Mortgage and           Housing Assistance Restructuring           Subtitle A:  Restructuring of Assistance           Subtitle B:  Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance                Restructuring           Subtitle C:  Contracts Expiring After Termination of                Program      Title II:  Miscellaneous Provisions      Title III:  Enforcement Provisions           Subtitle A:  FHA Single Family and Multifamily Housing           Subtitle B:  FHA Multifamily Provisions Multifamily Housing Restructuring and Affordability Act of 1997 - Title I:  FHA-Insured Multifamily Housing Mortgage and Housing Assistance Restructuring - Subtitle A:  Restructuring of Assistance - Requires the Director (Director) of the Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring (established by this Act) to enter into mortgage and rental assistance portfolio restructuring agreements with participating multifamily housing administrative entities (entities) in order to:  (1) reduce expiring section 8 contract costs; (2) address troubled projects; and (3) correct management and ownership problems. (Sec. 112) Requires the Director to develop mortgage restructuring and rental assistance sufficiency plans (plan) for the entities of eligible multifamily housing projects with expiring contracts.  Sets forth plan components. (Sec. 113) Requires the Director to enter into contracts with entities under approved plans for section 8 contract renewals with long term owner affordability commitments. (Sec. 114) Exempts specified projects from restructuring requirements and permits contract renewals at existing or budget based rent levels.  Prohibits restructuring for projects:  (1) whose owners have engaged in patterns of managerial or financial mismanagement; or (2) that are in such poor condition as to be not cost effective to renew. (Sec. 115) Authorizes plans to provide for:  (1) full or partial claim payment; (2) debt refinancing; (3) mortgage insurance; (4) credit enhancement; (5) third party compensation; (6) project account use; (7) rehabilitation needs; and (8) mortgage restructuring. (Sec. 116) Requires:  (1) contracts to provide for long-term owner compliance; (2) entity compliance monitoring; and (3) specified reviews by the Director and the General Accounting Office (GAO). (Sec. 120) Amends the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 to terminate a specified multihousing demonstration program upon implementation of the restructuring program under this Act.  Continues program funding until such termination. (Sec. 121) Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Director to make a one time, nondefault partial payment of an existing multifamily housing mortgage. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide for the reuse of recaptured budget authority from contracts terminated under this Act. Subtitle B:  Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring - Establishes within the Department of Housing and Urban Development the Office (Office) of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring.  Authorizes appropriations.  Terminates the Office as of a specified date. Subtitle C:  Contracts Expiring After Termination of Program - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide tenant based section 8 assistance with respect to contracts expiring after the Office's termination. Title II:  Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Office to make rehabilitation grants for specified insured projects. (Sec. 202) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 with respect to the housing finance agency multifamily housing finance pilot program. (Sec. 203) Authorizes the Secretary to convert direct loan elderly projects to project rental assistance contracts.  Provides for related cancellation of debt and section 8 contracts. (Sec. 204) Authorizes the Secretary, upon owner request, to provide rent limitations for qualified multifamily housing projects receiving section 8 project based assistance. (Sec. 205) Requires a GAO report on section 8 multifamily rental assistance. Title III:  Enforcement Provisions - Subtitle A:  FHA Single Family and Multifamily Housing - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Mortgage Review Board to immediately suspend a mortgage under specified conditions. (Sec. 312) Extends (and increases) equity skimming penalties to 1- to 4-family residences. (Sec. 313) Amends the National Housing Act to expand the scope of civil money penalties for mortgagees, lenders, and other Federal Housing Administration program participants. Subtitle B:  FHA Multifamily Provisions - Amends the National Housing Act to extend certain multifamily mortgagor civil money penalties (and such penalties' scope) to general partners of a partnership mortgagor, or officers or directors of corporate mortgagors. (Sec. 322) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to establish civil money penalties for specified section 8 violations by owners or other liable parties. (Sec. 323) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to extend the double damages remedy for recovery of assets to specified insured mortgage agreements under the Housing Act of 1959 and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992.",2025-08-21T16:11:51Z,
105-hr-2406,105,hr,2406,Temporary Extension of Public Housing Reform Provisions Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-09-04,1997-09-04,Referred to the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services.,House,"Rep. Lazio, Rick [R-NY-2]",NY,R,L000155,1,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Public Housing and Section 8 Rental Assistance      Title II:  Federally Assisted Multifamily Rental Housing Temporary Extension of Public Housing Reform Provisions Act of 1997 - Title I:  Public Housing and Section 8 Rental Assistance - Amends the Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I to extend provisions regarding public housing ceiling rents, income adjustments, and (repeal of) Federal preferences for assisted housing. (Sec. 102) Amends the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Additional Disaster Assistance, for Antiterrorism Initiatives, for Assistance in the Recovery from the Tragedy that Occurred at Oklahoma City, and Rescissions Act, 1995 to extend the public housing demolition and disposition one-for-one replacement requirement. (Sec. 103) Amends the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 to extend provisions regarding use of public housing modernization funding for mixed income developments. (Sec. 104) Amends the Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I to extend minimum rent provisions. (Sec. 105) Amends the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 to extend certain provisions regarding the section 8 rental assistance program. Amends the Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I to extend fair market rental provisions. Title II:  Federally Assisted Multifamily Rental Housing - Amends the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 to extend authority for:  (1) section 8 contract renewals; and (2) the multifamily housing mortgage restructuring demonstration. (Sec. 203) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to increase the number of units and extend the risk-sharing and housing finance agency multifamily housing finance pilot programs. (Sec. 204) Amends the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 to state that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) authority to manage and dispose of multifamily housing includes the provision of grants and loans from the General Insurance Fund. (Sec. 205) Amends the National Housing Act to:  (1) extend multifamily mortgage auction authority; and (2) authorize the Secretary to continue to make interest reduction payments on transferred mortgage loans under the rental or cooperative housing for lower income families program. (Sec. 207) Amends the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to authorize the Secretary to provide for the assumption of all regulatory rights and responsibilities in connection with the sale of a HUD-held mortgage.",2025-08-21T16:11:15Z,
105-s-1094,105,s,1094,A bill to authorize the use of certain public housing operating funds to provide tenant-based assistance to public housing residents.,Housing and Community Development,1997-07-31,1997-07-31,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO]",CO,R,A000109,1,"Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to direct public housing agencies to obligate ten percent of operating funds for tenant-based assistance (in lieu of public housing assistance), with preference given to violent crime victims.",2025-01-14T18:20:21Z,
105-s-1128,105,s,1128,Domestic Violence Victims Housing Act,Housing and Community Development,1997-07-31,1997-07-31,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN]",MN,D,W000288,0,Domestic Violence Victims Housing Act - Increases specified authorizations of appropriations under the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide rental relocation assistance to victims of domestic violence.,2025-08-21T16:14:25Z,
105-hr-2297,105,hr,2297,Local Control and Fair Housing Reform Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-07-30,1997-08-07,Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.,House,"Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]",LA,R,B000072,0,"Local Control and Fair Housing Reform Act of 1997 - Amends the Fair Housing Act to:  (1) provide that fair housing provisions shall not limit a reasonable local, State, or Federal restriction on the maximum number of unrelated persons occupying a dwelling or dwelling proximity if such restriction's purpose is to restrict land use to single family dwellings; and (2) protect the right to seek redress, including legal action, under such Act.",2025-08-21T16:13:59Z,
105-hr-2307,105,hr,2307,Homelessness Assistance and Management Reform Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-07-30,1997-08-15,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8]",MA,D,K000110,0,TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Homeless Assistance Performance Fund      Title II:  Management Improvements:  Home and Hope for           Homeownership of Single Family Homes Programs Homelessness Assistance and Management Reform Act of 1997 - Title I:  Homeless Assistance Performance Fund - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants for eligible projects to assist homeless individuals and families in support of continuum of care systems.  Authorizes appropriations.  Sets forth related program provisions. Title II:  Management Improvements; Home and Hope for Homeownership of Single Family Homes Programs - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act with respect to the HOME investment partnership and HOPE for home ownership of single family homes programs.,2025-08-21T16:13:12Z,
105-hr-2308,105,hr,2308,Residential Neighborhood Preservation Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-07-30,1997-08-07,Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.,House,"Rep. McDade, Joseph M. [R-PA-10]",PA,R,M000399,0,Residential Neighborhood Preservation Act of 1997 - Amends the Fair Housing Act to permit State and local authorities to limit residential area placement of group homes for recovering drug or alcohol abusers.,2025-08-21T16:14:43Z,
105-hr-2274,105,hr,2274,Rural Housing Program Reauthorization Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-07-25,1997-08-15,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Lazio, Rick [R-NY-2]",NY,R,L000155,0,Rural Housing Program Reauthorization Act of 1997 - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend program authority or authorization of appropriations for:  (1) targeted underserved areas; (2) insurance of housing and related facilities loans for elderly persons and families and other low-income persons and families; (3)  nonprofit rural rental housing fund set-asides; and (4) loan guarantees for multifamily rural rental housing.,2025-08-21T16:12:22Z,
105-s-1071,105,s,1071,Homeless Assistance and Management Reform Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-07-25,1997-07-25,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]",NY,R,D000018,0,TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Homeless Assistance Performance Fund      Title II:  Management Improvements:  Home and Hope for           Homeownership of Single Family Homes Programs Homelessness Assistance and Management Reform Act of 1997 - Title I:  Homeless Assistance Performance Fund - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants for eligible projects to assist homeless individuals and families in support of continuum of care systems.  Authorizes appropriations.  Sets forth related program provisions. Title II:  Management Improvements; Home and Hope for Homeownership of Single Family Homes Programs - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act with respect to the HOME investment partnership and HOPE for home ownership of single family homes programs.,2025-08-21T16:12:47Z,
105-hr-2257,105,hr,2257,Disaster Assistance Fairness Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-07-24,1997-08-07,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6]",OH,D,S001004,22,Disaster Assistance Fairness Act of 1997 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Assistance Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize repair or restoration of residences made uninhabitable by a major disaster in lieu of providing other types of (temporary) housing under the temporary housing assistance program.  Sets forth flood insurance and income requirements for residences that are not capable of rapid restoration.,2025-08-21T16:13:28Z,
105-hr-2091,105,hr,2091,"To amend the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to add Elbert County and Hart County, Georgia, to the Appalachian region.",Housing and Community Development,1997-06-26,1997-07-10,Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development.,House,"Rep. Linder, John [R-GA-11]",GA,R,L000321,1,Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to add the Georgia counties of Elbert and Hart to the Appalachian region.,2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
105-s-884,105,s,884,"A bill to amend the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to add Elbert County and Hart County, Georgia, to the Appalachian region.",Housing and Community Development,1997-06-11,1997-06-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Cleland, Max [D-GA]",GA,D,C001034,1,Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to add the Georgia counties of Elbert and Hart to the Appalachian region.,2025-04-07T15:24:13Z,
105-s-853,105,s,853,Housing 2020:  Multifamily Management Reform Act,Housing and Community Development,1997-06-09,1997-06-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]",NY,R,D000018,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Multifamily Restructuring           Subtitle A:  Housing Provisions           Subtitle B:  Extension of Time for Payment of Tax                Attributable to FHA Portfolio Restructuring      Title II:  Housing Enforcement           Subtitle A:  Single Family and Multifamily Housing           Subtitle B:  Multifamily Housing           Subtitle C:  FHA Single Family Housing      Title III:  Exemption of HUD and USDA Multifamily Loan           Foreclosures and Related Actions from the Bankruptcy Stay      Title IV:  FHA Multifamily Housing Consolidation and Reform           Subtitle A:  FHA Multifamily Housing           Subtitle B:  Extensions of Existing Authority and Other                Provisions      Title V:  Rehabilitation Grants Housing 2020: Multifamily Management Reform Act - Title I:  Multifamily Restructuring - Housing Opportunity Act of 1997 - Subtitle A: Housing Provisions - Directs the Secretary (Secretary) of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a program of multifamily housing debt restructuring and subsidy reduction that takes into account the goals of:  (1) maintaining existing affordable and safe housing; (2) minimizing adverse effects on tenants and neighborhoods; (3) supporting fair housing strategies; and (4) encouraging ownership and property management. Authorizes the Secretary (or specified designee) to take the following actions to make qualifying multifamily projects financially viable at market rates:  (1) pay mortgage claims; (2) remove or modify project restrictions; (3) purchase reinsurance or otherwise transfer insurance interests; (4) take actions to induce owner or lender participation; (5)restructure mortgages; and (6) make insurance payments.  Authorizes the Secretary to provide for the renewal of section 8 contracts. Authorizes the Secretary to provide:  (1) tenant-based assistance to certain assisted and very-low-income families affected by such restructuring; and (2) project-based assistance in areas with tight housing markets or with high concentrations of elderly or disabled families. Prohibits owner discrimination with respect to section 8 certificate or voucher holders. Directs the Secretary to facilitate the sale of multifamily projects to tenant and nonprofit organizations. (Sec. 111) Amends the Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I to authorize renewal of expiring section 8 contracts in excess of certain fair market standards at specified rental levels. (Sec. 112) Provides for the reuse and rescission of recaptured budget authority resulting from project restructuring. Subtitle B:  Extension of Time for Payment of Tax Attributable to FHA Multifamily Restructuring - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize specified tax payment extensions on debt reduction or gain from a sale attributable to section 8 housing restructuring. Title II:  Housing Enforcement - Housing Enforcement Act of 1997 - Directs the Secretary to issue implementing regulations. Subtitle A:  Single Family and Multifamily Housing - Amends the National Housing Act (Act) to exempt the Mortgage Review Board from certain bankruptcy stay provisions. (Sec. 211) Authorizes the Board to immediately suspend a mortgage under specified conditions. (Sec. 212) Extends (and increases) equity skimming penalties to 1- to-4 family residences. (Sec. 213) Amends Federal criminal law to include equity skimming as a money laundering offense. (Sec. 214) Authorizes the Secretary to recover mortgage insurance claims against a person convicted of equity skimming. (Sec. 215) Expands the scope of penalties for mortgagees, lenders, and other Federal Housing Administration (FHA) program participants. Subtitle B:  Multifamily Housing - Amends the Act to extend certain multifamily mortgagor civil penalties (and the scope of such penalties) to general partners of a partnership mortgagor, or officers or directors of corporate mortgagors. (Sec. 221) Establishes civil money penalties for specified section 8 violations by owners or other liable parties. (Sec. 222) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to extend the double damages remedy for recovery of assets to specified insured mortgage agreements under the Housing Act of 1959 and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992. (Sec. 223) Amends the Social Security Act to eliminate the 1994 termination date for HUD access to certain State employment information. (Sec. 224) Authorizes the Secretary to prohibit renewal or extension of certain expiring section 8 contracts unless the owner agrees to comply with any additional HUD conditions. Subtitle C:  FHA Single Family Housing - Amends the Act to terminate mortgagee origination approval authority. Title III:  Exemption of HUD and USDA Multifamily Loan Foreclosures and Related Actions from the Bankruptcy Stay - Amends Federal law to exempt HUD or Department of Agriculture appointment of receivership or loan foreclosures and related actions from the bankruptcy stay. Title IV:  FHA Multifamily Housing Consolidation and Reform - FHA Multifamily Housing Reform Act of 1997 - Subtitle A:  FHA Multifamily Housing - Amends the Act to authorize the Secretary (or approved mortgagee) to insure first or second mortgages and engage in related credit enhancement for certain multifamily housing projects and health care facilities. (Sec. 404) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into risk-sharing agreements with qualified participating mortgage entities and housing finance agencies in order to provide projects and facilities with first mortgage loans.  Sets forth provisions concerning:  (1) mortgage insurance and reinsurance; (2) risk apportionment and risk-sharing alternatives; (3) reimbursement capacity; (4) underwriting standards; and (5) non-Federal participation. (Sec. 406) Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) premiums and fees; (2) contracts; (3) default and contract claims; (4) prepayment charges; (5)environmental review; (6) lead-based paint poisoning prevention; (7) subsidy layering; (8) labor standards; and (9) disclosure of records. Subtitle B:  Extensions of Existing Authority and Other Provisions - Amends the Act to extend authorities for: (1) mortgage auctions; and (2) transfer of certain excess receipts to the flexible subsidy program. (Sec. 422) Authorizes the Secretary to regulate rents, sales, charges, and operations with respect to certain multifamily housing projects in order to provide reasonable rentals and a reasonable rate of return. (Sec. 423) Includes health care facilities within the partial payment of claims authority. (Sec. 424) Amends the Housing Act of 1959 and the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to provide environmental protection under the supportive housing for the elderly program and the supportive housing for persons with disabilities program.  Sets forth program provisions. (Sec. 425) Amends the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to authorize the Secretary to assign regulatory agreements in connection with the sale of HUD mortgages. Title V:  Rehabilitation Grants - Amends the Act to authorize the Secretary to make rehabilitation grants to owners of formerly insured or assisted qualifying projects.",2025-08-21T16:14:39Z,
105-hr-1798,105,hr,1798,HUD Property Disposition Reform Act,Housing and Community Development,1997-06-05,1997-06-27,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]",LA,R,B000072,1,HUD Property Disposition Reform Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from using specified lease options in carrying out the program of disposing of single family properties for use by the homeless. States that the purchase price of such disposed properties shall be the fair market value less specified discounts depending upon whether the sale is:  (1) a mortgage-insured sale or under a lease-option to purchase agreement; or (2) an uninsured sale. Authorizes sales to private nonprofit organizations under specified conditions.,2025-08-21T16:14:33Z,
105-hr-1754,105,hr,1754,Robert Stodola Homeless Veterans Assistance Act,Housing and Community Development,1997-06-03,1998-03-05,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H883),House,"Rep. Metcalf, Jack [R-WA-2]",WA,R,M000669,39,"Robert Stodola Homeless Veterans Assistance Act - Amends the Stewart B.  McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to require each city, county, State, and Indian tribe which is provided assistance under the following programs to ensure that not less than 20 percent of the total amount received by such entity is used for activities benefiting homeless veterans:  (1) the emergency shelter grants program; (2) the supportive housing program; (3) the safe havens for homeless individuals demonstration program; (4) a program for single room occupancy dwellings; (5) the shelter plus care program; and (6) the rural homelessness grant program.  Provides for related technical assistance.   Allows a waiver of such requirement in each case upon a determination that general program funds will remain unused for an unreasonable period of time unless the waiver is permitted.",2025-08-21T16:12:45Z,
105-s-784,105,s,784,Public Housing Management Reform Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-05-22,1997-05-22,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]",NY,R,D000018,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Public Housing and Rent Reforms      Title II:  Section 8 Streamlining and Other Program           Improvements      Title III:  ""One Strike And You're Out"" Occupancy Provisions Public Housing Management Reform Act of 1997 - Title I:  Public Housing And Rent Reforms - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to establish public housing Operating and Capital Funds. (Sec. 101) Revises specified public housing and section 8 rent provisions. (Sec. 104) Exempts (for 18 months with a subsequent three-year phase-in) earned income from a previously unemployed family member from public housing and section 8 rent and family contribution determinations. (Sec. 105) Authorizes a public housing agency (PHA) project sale to an organization acting as a tenant conduit under specified conditions. (Sec. 106) Sets forth PHA plan contents. (Sec. 107) Sets forth performance indicators for PHAs with fewer than 250 units (small PHAs). (Sec. 109) Revises provisions regarding defaulting and troubled PHAs. (Sec. 111) Establishes community service requirements for public and section 8 housing. (Sec. 112) Revises small PHA modernization plan requirements. Eliminates specified preference provisions.  Increases PHA set-asides for disaster and emergency assistance. (Sec. 113) Increases permitted PHA fund uses.  Authorizes mixed- finance development (public and non-public housing units). (Sec. 114) Revises public housing demolition and disposition provisions, including operating fund and comprehensive grant amounts. Eliminates the one-for-one replacement requirement. (Sec. 116) Revises the severely distressed public housing assistance program.  Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 117) Establishes a PHA performance evaluation board. (Sec. 118) Directs the Secretary to make grants for public housing tenant economic development and supportive services. (Sec. 120) Provides that a PHA not providing acceptable basic housing conditions shall be designated as a troubled PHA. (Sec. 121) Revises volunteer provisions to exempt from contract wage requirements volunteers performing services in accordance with the Community Improvement Volunteer Act of 1994.  (Makes related amendments to such Act.) (Sec. 122) Authorizes specified appropriations for the Operation Safe Home program. Title II:  Section 8 Streamlining And Other Program Improvements - Makes certain public housing preferences under The Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I, permanent.  Amends the Act, as amended by such Act, to base specified public and section 8 housing tenant selection criteria upon local conditions rather than upon the comprehensive housing affordability strategy under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act. (Sec. 202) Amends the Act to revise public and section 8 housing income-based eligibility and occupancy provisions. (Sec. 203) Provides for section 8 rental payment standards which shall neither exceed nor be less than 80 percent of the ""fair market rent-exception rent limit"" (as defined by this Act). (Sec. 204) Amends the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 to increase specified section 8 administrative fees. (Sec. 205) Amends the section 8 home ownership option, including provision for cooperative eligibility. Eliminates the family self-sufficiency escrow. (Sec. 206) Authorizes a welfare to work (housing) certificate demonstration program to assist families in welfare to work transition. (Sec. 207) Prohibits a family in public or section 8 housing from receiving a rental reduction based upon lowered income resulting from failure to comply with certain public assistance self-sufficiency or work requirements. (Sec. 209) Amends the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to certain income verification provisions. (Sec. 210) Provides for:  (1) nondiscrimination against section 8 voucher and certificate holders; and (2) recapture of certain PHA excess reserve funds. (Sec. 212) Amends the Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1990 to:  (1) expand coverage to include other than drug-related crimes; (2) establish formula funding; and (3) authorize appropriations and revise set-aside provisions. Title III:  ""One Strike And You're Out"" Occupancy Provisions - Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) public housing ineligibility, or tenancy or assistance termination, based upon prior drug activity or serious lease violations, or current drug or alcohol abuse; (2) related lease requirements; and (3) availability of criminal records for tenant screening and eviction.",2025-08-21T16:13:37Z,
105-hres-147,105,hres,147,"Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the House of Representatives should participate in and support activities to provide decent homes for the people of the United States, and for other purposes.",Housing and Community Development,1997-05-13,1997-05-30,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Lewis, Jerry [R-CA-40]",CA,R,L000274,6,"Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that:  (1) the Members of the House of Representatives and Habitat for Humanity, with support from the National Partners in Homeownership, should sponsor and construct, commencing on June 5, 1997, two homes in the Anacostia neighborhood of the District of Columbia, each to be known as a ""House That Congress Built""; (2) each house should be constructed primarily by Members and their families and staffs with the participation of the family that will own the home, involving and symbolizing the partnership of the public, private, and nonprofit sectors of society; (3) upon completion and initial occupancy of the homes in the fall of 1997, the Members, their families and staffs, each family that will own each house, and local and national leaders from the public and private nonprofit sectors of society should participate in an event to celebrate the occasion; (4) the Members and their families and staff should participate in similar house building activities of Habitat for Humanity in their own districts as part of National Homeownership Week; and (5) these occasions should be used to emphasize the importance of providing safe, clean, and healthy homes for all of the people in the United States.",2025-04-07T15:23:38Z,
105-hr-1555,105,hr,1555,American Cities Investment Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-05-08,1997-05-30,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2]",PA,D,F000043,58,"American Cities Investment Act of 1997 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to:  (1) set limitations on maximum outstanding loan guarantees issued by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; (2) authorize the Secretary to guarantee advances from Federal Home Loan Banks; and (3) expand the community participation requirements to include major stakeholders (as defined by this Act). Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to authorize advances to metropolitan cities, urban counties, or their public agencies for certain extraordinary, nonusual community development purposes pursuant to such loan guarantees.  Prohibits the use of such funds to supplant Federal or non-federal fund sources.  Sets forth amount limit and repayment provisions.",2025-08-21T16:14:41Z,
105-hr-1508,105,hr,1508,Multifamily Housing Restructuring and Affordability Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-05-01,1997-05-30,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15]",OH,R,P000555,3,"Multifamily Housing Restructuring and Affordability Act of 1997 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to enter into agreements with participating administrative entities (with preference given to State housing finance agencies) to develop and implement mortgage restructuring and rental assistance plans for FHA-insured multifamily housing mortgages in order to:  (1) reduce expiring section 8 contracts costs; (2) address troubled projects; and (3) correct management and ownership deficiencies. Includes two-tiered mortgage restructuring among plan incentives. Extends specified provisions relating to public housing and section 8 rental assistance. Amends the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 to terminate the Federal Housing Administration multifamily housing restructuring demonstration program upon the Secretary's determination that the restructuring program under this Act has been implemented. Terminates program authority as of a specified date.",2025-08-21T16:11:19Z,
105-hr-1474,105,hr,1474,HUD Reverse Mortgage Program Protection Act,Housing and Community Development,1997-04-29,1997-05-16,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42]",CA,D,B000918,7,"HUD Reverse Mortgage Program Protection Act - Amends the National Housing Act with respect to the home equity conversion mortgage program for the elderly to:  (1) make the program permanent; (2) remove the participant mortgage ceiling; (3) require adequate consumer education, and full disclosure to the mortgagor of all mortgage costs, including estate planning, financial advice, or other related costs; and (4) prohibit excessive referral fees.",2025-08-21T16:12:32Z,
105-hjres-73,105,hjres,73,Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States respecting the right to a home.,Housing and Community Development,1997-04-24,1997-05-01,Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.,House,"Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]",NY,D,R000053,0,"Constitutional Amendment - States that all U.S. citizens shall have a right to a home, which right shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State.",2019-11-15T21:34:00Z,
105-hr-1429,105,hr,1429,Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-04-24,1998-07-23,For Further Action See H.R.4275.,House,"Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9]",PA,R,S000394,3,"Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 1997 - Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to repeal a requirement that public investments made in the Appalachian region under the Act be concentrated in areas with a significant potential for future growth and where the expected return on public dollars invested will be the greatest. Modifies the Act's purpose to include:  (1) assisting Appalachia to become a region with an educated and trained work force, healthy people, a sound physical infrastructure, a dynamic economic base, and the capacity to be economically self-sustaining; and (2) directing the Appalachian Regional Commission to be an advocate for and partner with the Appalachian people and to seek to achieve a viable, self- sustaining economy for the region. (Sec. 3) Requires the Commission to conduct at least one meeting each year with the Federal Co-Chairman and at least a majority of the State members present.  Authorizes the Commission to conduct additional meetings by electronic means.  Prohibits decisions involving the criteria for the designation of counties as distressed or economically strong from being made without a quorum of State members. (Sec. 4) Reauthorizes appropriations for:  (1) administrative expenses; and (2) the Appalachian development highway system (and increases the Federal cost share). (Sec. 5) Revises provisions regarding:  (1) compensation to authorize the Commission to appoint and fix the compensation of an executive director and other specified personnel at a rate not to exceed the maximum for the Senior Executive Service, including any applicable locality-based comparability payment that may be authorized (and extends the Commission's authorization to lease office space); and (2) supplements to Federal grant-in-aid programs to authorize the Federal Co-Chairman to use sums available to carry out the Act (current law authorizes the President to provide funds to the Co-Chairman to be used to carry out the Act) and to revise the definition of ""Federal grant-in-aid programs"" to remove the provision limitating such programs to those authorized on or before December 31, 1980. (Sec. 9) Adds specified criteria and measurements to be considered when determining programs and projects to be given assistance. (Sec. 10) Directs the Commission to:  (1) designate as distressed counties those that are the most severely and persistently distressed and underdeveloped and two categories of economically strong counties (competitive counties are those approaching, and attainment counties are those having attained or exceeded, economic parity with the rest of the country); and (2) give special consideration to the needs of distressed counties. Limits or prohibits funds for projects in a competitive or attainment county, with exceptions and waivers. (Sec. 11) Empowers the Commission (currently, the President) to make grants for administrative expenses and research and development projects. (Sec. 12) Extends through FY 2002 the authorization of appropriations and termination date under the Act.",2025-08-21T16:13:50Z,
105-hr-1433,105,hr,1433,Housing 2020:  Multifamily Management Reform Act,Housing and Community Development,1997-04-24,1997-07-09,Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.,House,"Rep. Lazio, Rick [R-NY-2]",NY,R,L000155,1,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Multifamily Restructuring           Subtitle A:  Housing Provisions           Subtitle B:  Extension of Time for Payment of Tax                Attributable to FHA Portfolio Restructuring      Title II:  Housing Enforcement           Subtitle A:  Single Family and Multifamily Housing           Subtitle B:  Multifamily Housing           Subtitle C:  FHA Single Family Housing      Title III:  Exemption of HUD and USDA Multifamily Loan           Foreclosures and Related Actions from the Bankruptcy Stay      Title IV:  FHA Multifamily Housing Consolidation and Reform           Subtitle A:  FHA Multifamily Housing           Subtitle B:  Extensions of Existing Authority and Other                Provisions      Title V:  Rehabilitation Grants Housing 2020:  Multifamily Management Reform Act - Title I: Multifamily Restructuring - Housing Opportunity Act of 1997 - Subtitle A:  Housing Provisions - Directs the Secretary (Secretary) of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a program of multifamily housing debt restructuring and subsidy reduction that takes into account the goals of:  (1) maintaining existing affordable and safe housing; (2) minimizing adverse effects on tenants and neighborhoods; (3) supporting fair housing strategies; and (4) encouraging ownership and property management. Authorizes the Secretary (or specified designee) to take the following actions to make qualifying multifamily projects financially viable at market rates:  (1) pay mortgage claims; (2) remove or modify project restrictions; (3) purchase reinsurance or otherwise transfer insurance interests; (4) take actions to induce owner or lender participation; (5)restructure mortgages; and (6) make insurance payments.  Authorizes the Secretary to provide for the renewal of section 8 contracts. Authorizes the Secretary to provide:  (1) tenant-based assistance to certain assisted and very-low-income families affected by such restructuring; and (2) project-based assistance in areas with tight housing markets or with high concentrations of elderly or disabled families. Prohibits owner discrimination with respect to section 8 certificate or voucher holders. Directs the Secretary to facilitate the sale of multifamily projects to tenant and nonprofit organizations. (Sec. 111) Amends the Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I to authorize renewal of expiring section 8 contracts in excess of certain fair market standards at specified rental levels. (Sec. 112) Provides for the reuse and rescission of recaptured budget authority resulting from project restructuring. Subtitle B:  Extension of Time for Payment of Tax Attributable to FHA Multifamily Restructuring - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize specified tax payment extensions on debt reduction or gain from a sale attributable to section 8 housing restructuring. Title II: Housing Enforcement - Housing Enforcement Act of 1997 - Directs the Secretary to issue implementing regulations. Subtitle A:  Single Family and Multifamily Housing - Amends the National Housing Act (Act) to exempt the Mortgage Review Board from certain bankruptcy stay provisions. (Sec. 211) Authorizes the Board to immediately suspend a mortgage under specified conditions. (Sec. 212) Extends (and increases) equity skimming penalties to one- to -four family residences. (Sec. 213) Amends Federal criminal law to include equity skimming as a money laundering offense. (Sec. 214) Authorizes the Secretary to recover mortgage insurance claims against a person convicted of equity skimming. (Sec. 215) Expands the scope of penalties for mortgagees, lenders, and other Federal Housing Administration (FHA) program participants. Subtitle B:  Multifamily Housing - Amends the Act to extend certain multifamily mortgagor civil penalties (and the scope of such penalties) to general partners of a partnership mortgagor, or officers or directors of corporate mortgagors. (Sec. 221) Establishes civil money penalties for specified section 8 violations by owners or other liable parties. (Sec. 222) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to extend the double damages remedy for recovery of assets to specified insured mortgage agreements under the Housing Act of 1959 and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992. (Sec. 223) Amends the Social Security Act to eliminate the 1994 termination date for HUD access to certain State employment information. (Sec. 224) Authorizes the Secretary to prohibit renewal or extension of certain expiring section 8 contracts unless the owner agrees to comply with any additional HUD conditions. Subtitle C:  FHA Single Family Housing - Amends the Act to terminate mortgagee origination approval authority. Title III:  Exemption of HUD and USDA Multifamily Loan Foreclosures and Related Actions from the Bankruptcy Stay - Amends Federal law to exempt HUD or Department of Agriculture appointment of receivership or loan foreclosures and related actions from the bankruptcy stay. Title IV:  FHA Multifamily Housing Consolidation and Reform - FHA Multifamily Housing Reform Act of 1997 -Subtitle A:  FHA Multifamily Housing - Amends the Act to authorize the Secretary (or approved mortgagee) to insure first or second mortgages and engage in related credit enhancement for certain multifamily housing projects and health care facilities. (Sec. 404) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into risk-sharing agreements with qualified participating mortgage entities and housing finance agencies in order to provide projects and facilities with first mortgage loans.   Sets forth provisions concerning:  (1) mortgage insurance and reinsurance; (2) risk apportionment and risk-sharing alternatives; (3) reimbursement capacity; (4) underwriting standards; and (5) non-Federal participation. (Sec. 406) Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) premiums and fees; (2) contracts; (3) default and contract claims; (4) prepayment charges; (5)environmental review; (6) lead-based paint poisoning prevention; (7) subsidy layering; (8)labor standards; and (9) disclosure of records. Subtitle B: Extensions of Existing Authority and Other Provisions - Amends the Act to extend authorities for:  (1) mortgage auctions; and (2) transfer of certain excess receipts to the flexible subsidy program. (Sec. 422) Authorizes the Secretary to regulate rents, sales, charges, and operations with respect to certain multifamily housing projects in order to provide reasonable rentals and a reasonable rate of return. (Sec. 423) Includes health care facilities within the partial payment of claims authority. (Sec. 424) Amends the Housing Act of 1959 and the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to provide environmental protection under the supportive housing for the elderly program and the supportive housing for persons with disabilities program.   Sets forth program provisions. (Sec. 425) Amends the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to authorize the Secretary to assign regulatory agreements in connection with the sale of HUD mortgages. Title V:  Rehabilitation Grants - Amends the Act to authorize the Secretary to make rehabilitation grants to owners of formerly insured or assisted qualifying projects.",2025-08-21T16:13:35Z,
105-hr-1447,105,hr,1447,Public Housing Management Reform Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-04-24,1997-05-16,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Lazio, Rick [R-NY-2]",NY,R,L000155,1,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Public Housing and Rent Reforms      Title II:  Section 8 Streamlining and Other Program           Improvements      Title III:  ""One Strike And You're Out"" Occupancy Provisions Public Housing Management Reform Act of 1997 - Title I:  Public Housing And Rent Reforms - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to establish public housing Operating and Capital Funds. (Sec. 101) Revises specified public housing and section 8 rent provisions. (Sec. 104) Exempts (for 18 months with a subsequent three-year phase-in) earned income from a previously unemployed family member from public housing and section 8 rent and family contribution determinations. (Sec. 105) Authorizes a public housing agency (PHA) project sale to an organization acting as a tenant conduit under specified conditions. (Sec. 106) Sets forth PHA plan contents. (Sec. 107) Sets forth performance indicators for PHAs with fewer than 250 units (small PHAs). (Sec. 109) Revises provisions regarding defaulting and troubled PHAs. (Sec. 111) Establishes community service requirements for public and section 8 housing. (Sec. 112) Revises small PHA modernization plan requirements. Eliminates specified preference provisions.  Increases PHA set-asides for disaster and emergency assistance. (Sec. 113) Increases permitted PHA fund uses.  Authorizes mixed-finance development (public and non-public housing units). (Sec. 114) Revises public housing demolition and disposition provisions, including operating fund and comprehensive grant amounts. Eliminates the one-for-one replacement requirement. (Sec. 116) Revises the severely distressed public housing assistance program.  Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 117) Establishes a PHA performance evaluation board. (Sec. 118) Directs the Secretary to make grants for public housing tenant economic development and supportive services. (Sec. 120) Provides that a PHA not providing acceptable basic housing conditions shall be designated as a troubled PHA. (Sec. 121) Revises volunteer provisions to exempt from contract wage requirements volunteers performing services in accordance with the Community Improvement Volunteer Act of 1994.  (Makes related amendments to such Act.) (Sec. 122) Authorizes specified appropriations for the Operation Safe Home program. Title II:  Section 8 Streamlining And Other Program Improvements - Makes certain public housing preferences under The Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I, permanent.   Amends the Act, as amended by such Act, to base specified public and section 8 housing tenant selection criteria upon local conditions rather than upon the comprehensive housing affordability strategy under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act. (Sec. 202) Amends the Act to revise public and section 8 housing income-based eligibility and occupancy provisions. (Sec. 203) Provides for section 8 rental payment standards which shall neither exceed nor be less than 80 percent of the ""fair market rent-exception rent limit"" (as defined by this Act). (Sec. 204) Amends the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 to increase specified section 8 administrative fees. (Sec. 205) Amends the section 8 home ownership option, including provision for cooperative eligibility. Eliminates the family self-sufficiency escrow. (Sec. 206) Authorizes a welfare to work (housing) certificate demonstration program to assist families in welfare to work transition. (Sec. 207) Prohibits a family in public or section 8 housing from receiving a rental reduction based upon lowered income resulting from failure to comply with certain public assistance self-sufficiency or work requirements. (Sec. 209) Amends the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to certain income verification provisions. (Sec. 210) Provides for:  (1) nondiscrimination against section 8 voucher and certificate holders; and (2) recapture of certain PHA excess reserve funds. (Sec. 212) Amends the Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1990 to:  (1) expand coverage to include other than drug-related crimes; (2) establish formula funding; and (3) authorize appropriations and revise set-aside provisions. Title III:  ""One Strike And You're Out"" Occupancy Provisions - Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) public housing ineligibility, or tenancy or assistance termination, based upon prior drug activity or serious lease violations, or current drug or alcohol abuse; (2) related lease requirements; and (3) availability of criminal records for tenant screening and eviction.",2025-08-21T16:11:53Z,
105-hr-1297,105,hr,1297,Senior Homeowner Reverse Mortgage Protection Act,Housing and Community Development,1997-04-10,1997-04-25,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Lazio, Rick [R-NY-2]",NY,R,L000155,7,"Senior Homeowner Reverse Mortgage Protection Act - Amends the National Housing Act with respect to home equity conversion mortgages to:  (1) require full disclosure to the mortgagor of all mortgage costs, including estate planning, financial advice, or other related costs; and (2) provide for imposition of restrictions by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to ensure that the mortgagor is not charged for such costs.",2025-08-21T16:13:20Z,
105-s-562,105,s,562,Senior Citizen Home Equity Protection Act,Housing and Community Development,1997-04-10,1997-11-13,Message on House action received in Senate and at desk:.,Senate,"Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]",NY,R,D000018,26,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Senior Citizen Home Equity Protection      Title II:  Temporary Extension of Public Housing and Section           8 Rental Assistance Provisions      Title III:  Reauthorization of Federally Assisted Multifamily           Rental Housing Provisions      Title IV:  Reauthorization of Rural Housing Programs      Title V:  Reauthorization of National Flood Insurance Program      Title VI:  Native American Housing Assistance Senior Citizen Home Equity Protection Act - Title I:  Senior Citizen Home Equity Protection - Amends the National Housing Act with respect to home equity conversion mortgages to:  (1) require full disclosure to the mortgagor of all mortgage costs, including estate planning, financial advice, or other related costs; and (2) provide for the Secretary (Secretary) of Housing and Urban Development to impose restrictions to ensure that the mortgagor is not charged for such costs. (Sec. 102) Provides for implementation of such provisions by the Secretary. Title II:  Temporary Extension of Public Housing and Section 8 Rental Assistance Provisions - Amends the Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I to extend through FY 1998 provisions regarding public housing ceiling rents, the definition of income adjustments, and repeal of Federal preferences for assisted housing. (Sec. 202) Amends the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Additional Disaster Assistance, for Anti-terrorism Initiatives, for Assistance in the Recovery from the Tragedy that Occurred in Oklahoma City, and Rescissions Act, 1995 to extend through FY 1998 the suspension of the public housing demolition and disposition one-for-one replacement requirement. (Sec. 203) Amends the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 to extend through FY 1998 provisions regarding use of public housing modernization funding for mixed income developments. (Sec. 204) Amends the Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I to extend minimum rent provisions through FY 1998. (Sec. 205) Amends the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 to extend through FY 1998 suspension of certain provisions (take-one-take-all, notice of contract termination, and endless lease) of the section 8 rental assistance program. Title III:  Reauthorization of Federally Assisted Multifamily Rental Housing Provisions - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to increase the number of units and extend through FY 1998 the risk-sharing and housing finance agency multifamily housing finance pilot programs. (Sec. 302) Amends the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 to state that the Secretary's authority to manage and dispose of multifamily housing includes the provision of grants and loans from the General Insurance Fund. (Sec. 304) Sets forth owner mortgage prepayment and voluntary mortgage insurance termination provisions, which shall be applicable during the period October 1, 1997 through March 31, 1998. Title IV:  Reauthorization of Rural Housing Programs - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend through FY 1999:  (1) set-aside authority for targeted rural underserved areas and colonias, and for rural rental housing funds; (2) loan authority for housing and related facilities for elderly persons and families and other low-income persons and families; and (3) authorization of appropriations for multifamily rural rental housing loan guarantees. Title V:  Reauthorization of National Flood Insurance Program - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend through FY 1999 flood insurance program authority, borrowing authority, and emergency implementation authority. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1999 for related studies. Title VI:  Native American Housing Assistance - Makes specified technical changes to the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, the United States Housing Act of 1937, the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, and the Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1990. (Sec. 604) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to make the provisions permitting designation of housing for elderly and disabled families applicable to Indian housing. (Sec. 605) Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 with respect to:  (1) the definition of ""Indian area""; (2) block grant tax exemption; (3) civil rights applicability; (4) low-income requirements; (5) tenant selection; (6) environmental review under the Indian housing loan guarantee program; and (7) public availability of information. Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to repeal authority for the Indian housing early childhood development program. Amends the Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1990 to provide for tribal eligibility under the drug elimination program.",2025-04-07T15:23:38Z,
105-s-513,105,s,513,Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-03-21,1997-06-17,Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 105-389.,Senate,"Sen. Mack, Connie, III [R-FL]",FL,R,M000019,7,TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  FHA-Insured Multifamily Housing Mortgage and           Housing Assistance Restructuring      Title II:  Enforcement Provisions           Subtitle A:  FHA Single Family and Multifamily Housing           Subtitle B:  FHA Multifamily Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 - Title I:  FHA-Insured Multifamily Housing Mortgage and Housing Assistance Restructuring - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to enter into agreements with participating administrative entities (with preference given to State housing finance agencies) to develop and implement mortgage restructuring and rental assistance plans for FHA-insured multifamily housing mortgages in order to:  (1) reduce expiring section 8 contracts costs; (2) address troubled projects; and (3) correct management and ownership deficiencies. Includes two-tiered mortgage restructuring among plan incentives. Terminates program authority as of a specified date. Title II:  Enforcement Provisions - Directs the Secretary to issue implementing regulations. Subtitle A:  FHA Single Family and Multifamily Housing - Amends the National Housing Act to expand HUD authorities with respect to: (1) lender sanctions; (2) equity skimming; and (3) civil money penalties. Subtitle B:  FHA Multifamily - Amends the National Housing Act and the Housing Act of 1937 to expand multifamily housing-related civil money penalties. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to extend the double damages remedy.,2025-08-21T16:12:38Z,
105-hr-1144,105,hr,1144,Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-03-20,1997-04-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4]",MN,D,V000087,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  General Provisions      Title II:  Interagency Council on the Homeless      Title III:  Federal Emergency Management Agency Food and           Shelter Program      Title IV:  Housing Assistance           Subtitle A:  Reorganization of Certain McKinney Act                Housing Provisions           Subtitle B:  Other Housing Assistance Programs for the                Homeless Under McKinney Act           Subtitle C:  Miscellaneous Homeless Housing Provisions Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1997 - Title I:  General Provisions - Requires budget compliance. Title II:  Interagency Council on the Homeless - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (Act) to authorize appropriations for and extend the Interagency Council on the Homeless. Title III: Federal Emergency Management Food and Shelter Program - Amends the Act to authorize appropriations for the Federal Emergency Management Agency food and shelter program. Title IV:  Housing Assistance - Subtitle A:  Reorganization of Certain McKinney Act Housing Provisions - Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Housing Assistance Amendments Act of 1997 - Amends title IV (Housing Assistance) of the Act to replace the current individual programs of emergency shelter grants, supportive housing program, safe havens for homeless individuals, and the shelter plus care program with an inclusive flexible grant program.  Sets forth program provisions.  Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B:  Other Housing Assistance Programs for the Homeless Under McKinney Act - Amends the Act to increase budget authority for section 8 assistance for single room occupancy dwellings. Authorizes section 8 assistance for shelter plus care single room occupancy dwellings.  Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes appropriations for the rural homelessness grant program. Transfers such program from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to the Department of Agriculture. Subtitle C:  Miscellaneous Homeless Housing Provisions - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to direct States and localities to eliminate unfit transient facilities for homeless families with children according to a specified housing strategy.",2025-08-21T16:12:03Z,
105-hr-1108,105,hr,1108,State Occupancy Standards Affirmation Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-03-18,1997-03-28,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8]",FL,R,M000350,29,"State Occupancy Standards Affirmation Act of 1997 - Prohibits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from establishing a national occupancy standard (as defined by this Act, with an exception for health and safety protection purposes). Provides that:  (1) a State standard shall be considered reasonable for purposes of determining familial status discrimination; and (2) the Secretary, in the absence of a State standard, shall take no action respecting a two-person per bedroom standard established by a housing provider.",2025-08-21T16:13:48Z,
105-s-458,105,s,458,"A bill to provide for State housing occupancy standards, and for other purposes.",Housing and Community Development,1997-03-18,1997-03-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Faircloth, Lauch [R-NC]",NC,R,F000437,9,Prohibits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from establishing a national housing occupancy standard for five years. Provides that during such period:  (1) a State-established standard shall be presumed reasonable for purposes of determining familial status discrimination and the Secretary shall not decertify a State or local public agency based upon such standard or its operation; and (2) in the absence of a State standard a two-person per bedroom standard shall be deemed reasonable.,2025-01-14T18:20:21Z,
105-s-462,105,s,462,Public Housing Reform and Responsibility Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-03-18,1998-10-21,Referred to the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services.,Senate,"Sen. Mack, Connie, III [R-FL]",FL,R,M000019,5,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Public Housing      Title II:  Section 8 Rental Assistance      Title III:  Safety and Security in Public and Assisted           Housing      Title IV:  Miscellaneous Provisions Public Housing Reform and Responsibility Act of 1997 - Directs the Secretary (Secretary) of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to submit to the Congress:  (1) within nine months of enactment of this Act, regulations to carry out the Housing Act of 1937 (Act) as amended by this Act; and (2) annual reports concerning the effects of the amendments made by this Act upon rent policies, public housing agency (PHA) viability, and tenants. Title I:  Public Housing - Amends the Act to require, with specified exceptions, tenant membership on PHA board of directors. (Sec. 103) Revises PHA authority with respect to:  (1) ceiling and minimum rents; (2) police officer tenant eligibility; and (3) market value rent flexibility and encouragement of tenant self-sufficiency. (Sec. 104) Disallows, for 18 months (with a subsequent three-year phase-in), from public housing rent determinations income earned by a family member previously unemployed for a year or more. (Sec. 106) Requires PHAs to submit annual and five-year plans to the Secretary.  Requires annual plans to contain provisions concerning:   (1) local housing needs; (2) PHA financial resources; (3) admissions policies; (4) rent determinations; (5) operations and management; (6) grievance procedures; (7) capital improvements; (8) demolition and disposition; (9) designation of housing for elderly and disabled families; (10) public housing conversion; (11) home ownership; (12) economic self-sufficiency and cooperation with welfare and other agencies; (13) safety and crime prevention; and (14) annual certification and audits.  Requires:  (1) plan submission to HUD within 60 days of the start of a PHA's fiscal year; and (2) General Accounting Office audit and review of a representative sampling of such plans. (Sec. 107) Revises contract provisions and requirements, including:   (1) elimination of Federal preferences for public housing admissions (with a temporary local preference authorization); and (2) expansion of drug-related eviction authority to violent crimes and felony convictions, both on and off the premises. (Sec. 108) Revises HUD powers with respect to troubled PHAs to permit the Secretary to:  (1) take possession of a troubled PHA, including any of its projects or functions, or provide for alternative management, including section 8 housing; and (2) grant such PHA a one-year period to demonstrate satisfactory improvement, and, upon inability to make such improvement, either take over the PHA or appoint a receiver to do so. (Sec. 109) Authorizes PHAs to establish site-based waiting lists. (Sec. 110) Consolidates public housing assistance (other than section 8 assistance) into a Capital Fund and an Operating Fund. Directs the Secretary to establish assistance formulae.  Obligates emergency reserve funding. (Sec. 111) Requires public housing tenants (other than the elderly, disabled, employed, or otherwise work-exempt) to participate at least eight hours monthly in a community service or self-sufficiency program. (Sec. 112) Permits PHAs to form consortia and joint ventures and operate subsidiaries. Eliminates:  (1) certain energy conservation requirements; and (2) modernization fund authority. (Sec. 114) Sets forth public and assisted housing income eligibility provisions.  Prohibits low-income family concentration and provides for mixed-income housing. (Sec. 115) Revises public housing demolition and disposition provisions.  Requires a PHA to certify:  (1) in the case of a demolition, that the project is obsolete and not cost effective to rehabilitate; and (2) in the case of a disposition, project retention is not in the best interests of the tenants or the PHA.  Authorizes HUD disapproval of a demolition or disposition application under specified circumstances.  Provides for resident organization purchase opportunity in a proposed disposition.  Eliminates the one-for-one replacement requirement.  Authorizes replacement units to be built on the demolition site only if fewer than the original number of demolished units are built. (Sec. 116) Eliminates family investment center provisions. Authorizes PHAs to convert public housing projects to a system of tenant-based (voucher) assistance.  Requires PHAs to develop a conversion assessment (market analysis and community impact) within two years of enactment of this Act. (Sec. 117) Eliminates the family self-sufficiency program. Authorizes PHAs to sell low-income units to residents or conduit organizations (with right of first refusal).  Provides rental and relocation assistance to nonpurchasing tenants. Authorizes PHA (public housing) tenant home ownership assistance. (Sec. 118) Authorizes the Secretary to make competitive grants to PHAs for obsolete housing demolition, site revitalization, replacement housing, and section 8 tenant assistance. (Sec. 119) Authorizes PHAs to own or operate mixed-finance and mixed- ownership projects. (Sec. 120) Provides for identification and conversion of distressed public housing to tenant-based assistance.  Requires PHAs to develop a five-year plan for removal of such housing. (Sec. 121) Authorizes the Secretary to permit PHAs to mortgage or grant security interests in their projects. (Sec. 122) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to PHAs and resident organizations for supportive services and resident empowerment activities to assist residents achieve economic self-sufficiency. Obligates specified amounts from this program for resident organizations. (Sec. 123) Prohibits use of HUD funds to indemnify contractors against costs associated with judgments of intellectual property rights infringement. (Sec. 124) Authorizes pet ownership in federally assisted rental housing. (Sec. 125) Directs the Secretary to carry out a flexible housing assistance program with Indianapolis, Indiana. Title II:  Section 8 Rental Assistance - Amends the Act to merge the section 8 voucher and certificate programs into a single voucher program.  Sets forth program provisions, including:  (1) a payment standard and discretionary set-aside; (2) monthly assistance amounts; (3) tenant rent contribution and rent cap; (4) family eligibility, including local preferences; (5) annual family income review; (6) one-year (or less if PHA-approved) lease provisions; (7) PHA unit inspections; (8) vacated units; (9) reasonable market rents; (10) manufactured housing eligibility; (11) a home ownership option; and (12) witness relocation participation. (Sec. 202) Repeals specified Federal housing preference provisions under the Act, the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992. (Sec. 203) Amends the Act to remove within-State or metropolitan area housing portability restrictions.  Provides for creation of a related reimbursement pool. (Sec. 204) Eliminates the provision requiring participating section 8 owners to accept all tenants (take one, take all rule). (Sec. 205) Includes cooperatives within the assisted housing home ownership option.  Revises monthly assistance determination provisions.   Authorizes a low-income family home ownership demonstration program. (Sec. 206) Authorizes section 8 tenant eligibility for law enforcement and security personnel not otherwise eligible. (Sec. 207) Repeals:  (1) a specified section 8 landlord notice requirement; and (2) the moving to opportunities for fair housing demonstration and single room occupancy programs. (Sec. 209) Amends the definition of ""public housing agency"" for section 8 purposes to include entities serving more than one local jurisdiction. (Sec. 210) Makes the amendments made by this title effective not later than one year after enactment of this Act. (Sec. 211) Authorizes recapture and reuse of annual section 8 unspent contract reserves. Title III:  Safety and Security in Public and Assisted Housing - Makes a household or member ineligible for federally assisted housing for:  (1) at least three years (unless the evicted person(s) successfully completes a rehabilitation program) if evicted for a drug-related criminal activity; or (2) a reasonable time if convicted of other serious lease violations. Directs a PHA or owner of assisted housing, or both, to establish admission and eviction standards for a person:  (1) using a controlled substance; or (2) reasonably believed to be using a controlled substance or abusing alcohol in a way that would interfere with the safety, health, or peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other tenants.  Authorizes a PHA to require all applicants to sign a limited release permitting PHA access to drug- or alcohol-related medical information, or specified law enforcement information.  Sets forth related tenant protection provisions.  Requires a related General Accounting Office report. Prohibits public housing admission of sexually violent predators. (Sec. 302) Requires leases for federally assisted housing to contain provisions setting forth drug and alcohol related or other serious grounds for termination.    (Sec. 304) Provides for, and sets forth the circumstances under which, law enforcement agencies shall provide criminal conviction information to a requesting PHA for screening and eviction use, including information concerning crimes committed by sexually violent predators and crimes against children. Title IV:  Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to include certain public housing-related information in the Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS). (Sec. 402) Amends the Act to remove Rockland County, New York, from the metropolitan statistical area in which it is located for purposes of assisted housing income determinations. (Sec. 403) Makes certain housing projects eligible for specified demolition-related funding. (Sec. 404) Establishes a (temporary) National Commission on Housing Assistance Program Costs.  Obligates specified HUD FY 1998 and 1999 funds for such Commission. (Sec. 406) Directs the Secretary to review and report on certain public housing security contracts with respect to effectiveness, expense accounting, emergency contracting procedures, and nondiscrimination compliance. (Sec. 407) States that, during the two-year period after enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall:  (1) take no action to reduce senior citizen housing inventory if the housing Authority of Las Vegas, Nevada, is otherwise in compliance with a specified repayment agreement, and (2) assist in identifying alternative repayment options. (Sec. 408) Authorizes the Secretary, upon owner request, to establish ceiling rents for the Marshall Field Garden Apartments Homes, Chicago, Illinois. (Sec. 409) Expresses the sense of the Congress that PHAs should consider preferences for victims of domestic violence. (Sec. 410) Eliminates specified programs and studies under the following Acts:  (1) Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (fair housing report); (2) Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (special projects for elderly or handicapped families); (3) Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1981; (4) Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 (public housing childhood development); and (5) Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Indian housing childhood development, public housing one-stop perinatal services demonstration, public housing mixed-income new communities demonstration, public housing energy efficiency demonstration, and public and assisted housing youth sports programs).  (Sec. 411) Authorizes property acquisition loan guarantees. (Sec. 412) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to prohibit fund use for employment relocation activities. (Sec. 413) Authorizes the use of home funds for specified public housing modernization in Bismarck, North Dakota, or in the State of North Dakota, under certain circumstances. (Sec. 414) Directs the Inspector General of HUD to report on single family and multifamily home occupancy and conditions.",2025-04-07T15:33:08Z,
105-hr-1014,105,hr,1014,Brooke Amendment Restoration Act,Housing and Community Development,1997-03-11,1997-03-28,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]",MA,D,F000339,24,Brooke Amendment Restoration Act - Amends the following Acts with respect to certain housing program rental contributions:  (1) the United States Housing Act of 1937; (2) the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; (3) the Housing Act of 1959; (4) the National Housing Act; (5) the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983; (6) the Stewart B. Mckinney Homeless Assistance Act; and (7) the Housing Act of 1949.,2025-08-21T16:13:17Z,
105-hr-973,105,hr,973,Jesse Gray Housing Act,Housing and Community Development,1997-03-06,1997-03-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]",MI,D,C000714,6,"Jesse Gray Housing Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out a program to construct new public housing units.  Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to make financial assistance available for public housing projects, especially those likely to be disposed of or demolished. Prohibits the Secretary from approving a project demolition application. Reduces lower-income rent contribution and related amounts under: (1) the United States Housing Act of 1937; (2) the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; (3) the Housing Act of 1959; (4) the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965; (5) the National Housing Act; (6) the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978; (7) the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983; (8) the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990; (9) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, (10) the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996; (11) the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992; (12) the Housing Act of 1949; (13) the Federal Home Loan Bank Act; (14) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; (15) the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974; and (16) the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992. Excludes welfare or social security cost-of-living adjustments from such adjusted income determinations. Directs the Secretary to prepare a Federal housing assistance report.",2025-08-21T16:14:05Z,
105-hr-871,105,hr,871,Domestic Violence Victims Housing Act,Housing and Community Development,1997-02-27,1997-03-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]",MA,D,F000339,34,Domestic Violence Victims Housing Act - Increases specified authorizations of appropriations under the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide rental relocation assistance to victims of domestic violence.,2025-08-21T16:12:20Z,
105-hr-895,105,hr,895,Housing Counseling Enhancement Act,Housing and Community Development,1997-02-27,1997-03-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17]",OH,D,T000350,13,Housing Counseling Enhancement Act - Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to:  (1) extend the emergency home ownership counseling program; (2) extend the authorization of appropriations for the prepurchase and foreclosure prevention counseling demonstration; and (3) require notification of delinquency on veterans' home loans.,2025-08-21T16:11:56Z,
105-hr-839,105,hr,839,Jesse Gray Housing Act,Housing and Community Development,1997-02-26,1997-03-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]",MI,D,C000714,4,"Jesse Gray Housing Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out a program to construct new public housing units.  Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to make financial assistance available for public housing projects, especially those likely to be disposed of or demolished. Prohibits the Secretary from approving a project demolition application. Requires public housing agencies to carry out job training and employment programs in connection with certain housing construction and revitalization projects. Reduces lower-income rent contribution and related amounts under: (1) the United States Housing Act of 1937; (2) the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; (3) the Housing Act of 1959; (4) the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965; (5) the National Housing Act; (6) the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978; (7) the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983; (8) the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990; (9) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, (10) the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996; (11) the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992; (12) the Housing Act of 1949; (13) the Federal Home Loan Bank Act; (14) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; (15) the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974; and (16) the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992. Excludes welfare or social security cost-of-living adjustments from such adjusted income determinations. Directs the Secretary to prepare a Federal housing assistance report.",2025-08-21T16:12:28Z,
105-hr-849,105,hr,849,To prohibit an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States from receiving assistance under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970.,Housing and Community Development,1997-02-26,1997-11-20,For Further Action See S.1258.,House,"Rep. Packard, Ron [R-CA-48]",CA,R,P000005,25,"Amends the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 to prohibit relocation assistance under such Act to a displaced person who is an alien not lawfully present in the United States, with an exception provided in the case of a dislocation causing exceptional and extreme hardship to such alien's U.S. citizen or immigrant spouse, child, or parent. Directs the lead agency:  (1) after providing notice and an opportunity for public comment, to issue implementing regulations within six months of enactment of this Act; and (2) to provide related training to other agencies.",2025-04-07T15:32:17Z,
105-s-334,105,s,334,A bill to amend section 541 of the National Housing Act with respect to the partial payment of claims on health care facilities.,Housing and Community Development,1997-02-13,1997-02-13,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY]",NY,D,M001054,1,Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Department of Housing and Urban Development to make partial guaranteed mortgage loan payments for health care facilities.,2025-01-14T18:20:21Z,
105-hr-726,105,hr,726,Revitalizing Cities Through Parks Enhancement Act,Housing and Community Development,1997-02-12,1997-02-28,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]",NY,D,M000087,24,Revitalizing Cities Through Parks Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to qualified community organizations to develop open space on municipally owned vacant lots in urban areas. Authorizes appropriations.,2025-08-21T16:15:00Z,
105-hr-671,105,hr,671,Prohibition of Incentives for Relocation Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-02-11,1997-02-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Barrett, Thomas M. [D-WI-5]",WI,D,B000177,15,Prohibition of Incentives for Relocation Act of 1997 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to prohibit the use of specified grant and loan assistance for employment relocation activities.,2025-08-21T16:15:01Z,
105-s-300,105,s,300,"A bill to prohibit the use of certain assistance provided under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to encourage plant closings and the resultant relocation of employment, and for other purposes.",Housing and Community Development,1997-02-11,1997-02-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]",WI,D,F000061,1,Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to prohibit community development block grants and related special purpose grants and property acquisition loan guarantees from being used to facilitate plant closings and employment relocation.,2025-01-14T18:20:21Z,
105-hr-661,105,hr,661,Use of Assisted Housing By Aliens Technical Correction Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-02-10,1997-02-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-23]",CA,R,G000021,0,"Use of Assisted Housing By Aliens Technical Correction Act of 1997 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980, as amended by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, with respect to a public housing authority's assistance verification waiver.",2025-08-21T16:11:21Z,
105-hr-589,105,hr,589,Fair Housing Reform and Freedom of Speech Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-02-05,1997-04-17,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-49]",CA,R,B000461,26,"Fair Housing Reform and Freedom of Speech Act of 1997 - Amends the Fair Housing Act to permit a dwelling restriction relating to number of unrelated inhabitants, building proximity, or inhabitant's criminal record if such restriction's purpose is to limit land use to single family dwellings. States that such Act shall not be construed to apply to lawful activity, including a legal action, engaged in solely to:  (1) achieve or prevent governmental action; or (2) receive a judicial interpretation of any provision of such Act.",2025-08-21T16:13:28Z,
105-hr-606,105,hr,606,"To amend the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to include Montgomery, Roanoke, and Rockbridge Counties, Virginia, as part of the Appalachian region.",Housing and Community Development,1997-02-05,1997-02-18,Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development.,House,"Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]",VA,R,G000289,1,"Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to include Montgomery, Roanoke, and Rockbridge Counties, Virginia, as part of the Appalachian region.",2025-04-07T15:24:13Z,
105-hr-460,105,hr,460,Rural Housing Loan Servicing Privatization Act,Housing and Community Development,1997-01-21,1997-02-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Condit, Gary A. [D-CA-18]",CA,D,C000670,0,Rural Housing Loan Servicing Privatization Act - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to provide for private servicing of certain rural housing loans.,2025-08-21T16:12:15Z,
105-hr-468,105,hr,468,Mobile Home Protection Act,Housing and Community Development,1997-01-21,1997-02-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-50]",CA,D,F000116,1,Mobile Home Protection Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide for direct rental assistance to certain low-income owners of manufactured homes who rent the lots on which their homes are located.,2025-08-21T16:13:03Z,
105-s-142,105,s,142,A bill to amend the Fair Housing Act.,Housing and Community Development,1997-01-21,1997-01-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Faircloth, Lauch [R-NC]",NC,R,F000437,0,"Amends the Fair Housing Act to state that first amendment-protected conduct or membership and court actions (satisfying Federal civil procedure) to enforce Federal, State, or local law shall not constitute housing discrimination under such Act. Prohibits, in a housing discrimination proceeding against a governmental official, the admission as evidence that such official: (1) received information pertaining to the protected membership of another person; or (2) was the subject of a housing discrimination court action. Requires any housing discrimination enforcement guideline to make explicit that protected conduct or membership shall not be restricted nor constitute evidence of discrimination. Prohibits administrative enforcement unless the complaint describes the practice in sufficient detail to enable the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to determine that such practice is not first amendment-protected. Provides sanctions for impermissible complaints.",2025-01-14T18:20:21Z,
105-s-23,105,s,23,New Urban Agenda Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-01-21,1997-01-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,1,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Federal Commitment to Urban Economic Development      Title II:  Tax Incentives to Stimulate Urban Economic           Development      Title III:  Community-Based Housing Development      Title IV:  Response to Urban Environmental Challenges New Urban Agenda Act of 1997 - Title I:  Federal Commitment to Urban Economic Development - Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to require executive agencies to expend not less than 15 percent in each fiscal year for the purchase of goods from businesses located in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or enterprise zones. Requires agencies, to the maximum extent practicable, to purchase recycled products from businesses located in such zones. (Sec. 102) Requires not less than 15 percent of foreign assistance provided in a fiscal year to be in the form of credits for the purchase of U.S. goods produced, manufactured, or assembled in such zones. (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in designating and providing financial assistance to Manufacturing Technology Outreach Centers, to give preference to centers located in such zones. (Sec. 104) Establishes a preference for the construction, improvement, or relocation of Federal facilities in distressed urban areas. Title II:  Tax Incentives to Stimulate Urban Economic Development - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the offset for rental real estate activities under passive activity rules to increase the rehabilitation credit under such rules. (Sec. 202) Allows the rehabilitation investment credit to offset a portion of tentative minimum tax. (Sec. 203) Allows the issuance of tax-exempt facility bonds for sports facilities, convention or trade show facilities, freestanding parking facilities, air or water pollution control facilities, or industrial parks.  Makes termination dates on such tax-exempt bonds inapplicable to bonds issued to finance manufacturing facilities. (Sec. 204) Increases the permitted amount of qualified small issue bonds for facilities to be used by related persons. (Sec. 205) Provides an exception to arbitrage interest rebate provisions if 100 percent of available construction proceeds are spent for governmental purposes within three years of the issuance of the tax-exempt bonds. (Sec. 206) Makes 75 percent of a qualified residential project bond exempt from State agency volume caps for the issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds. (Sec. 207) Increases the amount and duration of the targeted jobs tax credit to 50 (currently 40) percent of the qualifying wages earned for the first three years (currently, only for the first year) of the employment. (Sec. 208) Excludes from gross income any qualified capital gain recognized on the sale or exchange of a qualified zone asset (stock, property, or partnership interest that was part of an enterprise zone business) held more than three years.  Provides for the tax treatment of pass-thru entities and sales and exchanges of interests in partnerships and S corporations which are qualified zone businesses. Title III: Community-Based Housing Development - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to study and report to the Comptroller General on the feasibility of consolidating existing public and low-income housing programs into a comprehensive block grant system of Federal aid and on the possibility of administering future programs through such a system.  Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress with an analysis of such report and recommendations. (Sec. 302) Provides, subject to the approval of both the unit of general local government and the local public housing agency, for the reconstruction of public housing dwelling units on the same property on which such units were demolished or disposed, and for the relocation of displaced tenants to such new units. Title IV:  Response to Urban Environmental Challenges -Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to prohibit the President or any other person from bringing an enforcement action under such Act, with respect to a facility located in an urban area that is not listed on the National Priorities List, against a person that has fulfilled all requirements under State and local law to conduct environmental response actions at such facility. (Sec. 402) Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to maintain the brownfield program (a program for the expansion or redevelopment of abandoned or underused commercial or industrial property at which a hazardous substance may be present) established by the Administrator before the enactment of this section. Limits to $200,000 the maximum grant to any single brownfield facility.  Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1998 through 2000 out of the Hazardous Substance Superfund.",2025-08-21T16:13:37Z,
105-hr-384,105,hr,384,Veterans' Equity Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-01-09,1997-02-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]",NJ,D,A000210,0,Veterans' Equity Act of 1997 - Excludes certain amounts received under veterans' compensation programs from adjusted income for purposes of determining the amount of rent a family will pay for public housing.,2025-08-21T16:12:05Z,
105-hr-171,105,hr,171,Use of Assisted Housing By Aliens Technical Correction Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-01-07,1997-02-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-23]",CA,R,G000021,0,"Use of Assisted Housing By Aliens Technical Correction Act of 1997 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980, as amended by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, to make a technical correction.",2025-08-21T16:14:03Z,
105-hr-2,105,hr,2,Housing Opportunity and Responsibility Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-01-07,1997-05-15,Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,House,"Rep. Lazio, Rick [R-NY-2]",NY,R,L000155,7,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  General Provisions      Title II:  Public Housing           Subtitle A:  Block Grants           Subtitle B:  Admissions and Occupancy Requirements           Subtitle C:  Management           Subtitle D:  Homeownership           Subtitle E:  Disposition, Demolition, and Revitalization                of Developments           Subtitle F:  Mixed-Finance Public Housing           Subtitle G:  General Provisions      Title III:  Choice-Based Rental Housing and Homeownership           Assistance for Low-Income Families           Subtitle A:  Allocation           Subtitle B:  Choice-Based Housing Assistance for                Eligible Families           Subtitle C:  Payment of Housing Assistance on Behalf of                Assisted Families           Subtitle D:  General and Miscellaneous Provisions      Title IV:  Home Rule Flexible Grant Option      Title V:  Accountability and Oversight of Public Housing           Agencies           Subtitle A:  Study of Alternative Methods for Evaluating                Public Housing Agencies           Subtitle B:  Housing Evaluation and Accreditation Board           Subtitle C:  Interim Applicability of Public Housing                Management Assessment Program           Subtitle D:  Accountability and Oversight Standards and                Procedures      Title VI:  Repeals and Related Amendments           Subtitle A:  Repeals, Effective Date, and Savings                Provisions           Subtitle B:  Other Provisions Relating to Public Housing                and Rental Assistance Programs           Subtitle C:  Limitations Relating to Occupancy in                Federally Assisted Housing      Title VII:  Affordable Housing and Miscellaneous Provisions Housing Opportunity and Responsibility Act of 1997 - Title I: General Provisions - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to provide affordable low-income housing through such means as deregulation of public housing agencies (PHAs) and increased housing assistance flexibility. Defines specified terms for purposes of this Act. (Sec. 105) Requires adult residents of public and assisted housing to:  (1) perform eight hours of monthly community work; (2) set a target date for transition out of such housing (prohibits eviction for failure to meet such date); and (3) enter into economic self-sufficiency programs.  Exempts from this requirement:  (1) elderly or disabled persons; (2) persons working, attending school or vocational training, or complying with public assistance work requirements; or (4) persons unable to comply because of a doctor-certified physical impairment. Prohibits a rent reduction based upon lessened family income due to reduced public assistance because of program fraud or self-sufficiency noncompliance, but stipulates that such lessened family income shall be considered for a rent reduction where work could not be found in spite of program compliance. (Sec. 106) Requires PHAs to submit five-year and annual management plans to the Secretary (Secretary) of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  Sets forth annual plan contents, including provisions regarding:  (1) community housing needs and population served; (2) PHA financial resources; (3) rent determination; (4) operation and management; (5) grievance procedures; (6) capital improvements; (7) demolition and disposition; (8) designation of housing for elderly and disabled families; (9) conversion of public housing; (10) homeownership activities; (11) economic self-sufficiency and coordination with public assistance; and (12) safety and crime prevention.  Authorizes the Secretary to waive unnecessary requirements for PHAs operating less than 250 housing units. (Sec. 107) Sets forth plan review and reporting provisions. (Sec. 109) Permits pet ownership in federally assisted rental housing as provided for by the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983. (Sec. 110) Requires PHAs to establish an administrative grievance procedure that provides tenants with basic due process, but authorizes exclusion (from such procedure) of certain eviction grievances in a local jurisdiction that requires a due process court hearing prior to eviction. (Sec. 111) Authorizes the Secretary to reserve not more than two percent of appropriations under title II (public housing) of this Act for housing needs related to natural disasters and other emergencies, fair housing and other litigation, and troubled or at-risk PHAs. (Sec. 112) Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) labor standards and volunteers; (2) nondiscrimination and civil rights compliance; and (3) prohibition of fund use to indemnify contractors against intellectual property rights judgments. (Sec. 115) Makes the provisions of this Act inapplicable to Indian housing. Title II:  Public Housing - Subtitle A:  Block Grants - Directs the Secretary to enter into block grant contracts with PHAs to establish capital and operating funds.  Authorizes direct State capital fund payment (50 percent) and distribution on behalf of PHAs with less than 100 units. Authorizes:  (1) PHAs to use up to 20 percent of capital grants for operations; and (2) full spending flexibility for PHAs with less than 250 units. Requires PHAs to:  (1) make specified payments in lieu of State and local taxation of their housing developments; and (2) enter into local cooperation agreements. Authorizes:  (1) temporary payments to ineligible PHAs while securing an alternative managing entity; and (2) recapture of capital assistance. (Sec. 203) Sets forth:  (1) eligible and required activities, including required (with tenant protections) conversion of certain distressed public housing to rental assistance (vouchers); (2) permanent and interim grant allocations; and (3) improper grant use sanctions. Subtitle B:  Admissions and Occupancy Requirements - Requires public housing produced under this Act or the United States Housing Act of 1937 to be so operated for 40 years.  Authorizes mixed-income developments. (Sec. 222) Limits public housing occupancy to families qualifying as low-income at the time of initial occupancy.  Sets forth income-mix provisions.  Prohibits concentration of very low-income tenants. Authorizes waiver of eligibility requirements for police and security personnel. (Sec.  223) Authorizes PHAs to establish local preferences. Expresses the sense of the Congress that preference should be given to domestic violence victims. (Sec. 224) Sets forth tenant admissions provisions, including:  (1) a hearing for admission denial; and (2) authorization for site-based waiting lists. (Sec. 225) Permits tenants to annually choose either a flat or income-based (not to exceed 30 percent of income) rent. (Sec. 226) Sets forth lease provisions. (Sec. 227) Authorizes housing designated only for elderly families, disabled families, or elderly and disabled families. Subtitle C:  Management - Requires PHAs to ensure sound management practices and comply with applicable housing standards. (Sec. 234) Authorizes:  (1) public housing residents to establish resident councils and resident management corporations (RMCs); (2) PHA-RMC housing management corporations; and (3) the Secretary to transfer management from a troubled PHA to an independent management entity upon resident request. (Sec. 237) Provides for a resident (management) opportunity program.  Obligates FY 1998 program funding. Subtitle D:  Homeownership - Authorizes PHAs to develop home ownership programs to sell public housing units to:  (1) residents or other low-income buyers; or (2) entities for resale to such buyers. Exempts sales from specified disposition provisions.  Requires a one percent buyer-provided downpayment. Imposes specified resale restrictions. Subtitle E:  Disposition, Demolition, and Revitalization of Developments - Authorizes and sets forth requirements for PHA demolition and disposition of nonviable or nonmarketable housing, including tenant relocation assistance and local consultation. Eliminates the one-for-one replacement requirement.  Gives RMCs and other resident organizations right of first refusal. (Sec. 262) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to PHAs for: (1) site revitalization; (2) density reduction (demolition); (3) replacement housing; and (4) choice-based assistance for replacement housing and displaced tenant aid.  Authorizes FY 1998 through 2000 appropriations.  Terminates such program after September 30, 2000. (Sec. 263) Authorizes PHAs to convert a public housing development to a choice-based rental housing assistance system. Subtitle F:  Mixed-Finance Public Housing - Authorizes the Secretary to allow PHAs to use capital fund or revitalization amounts for mixed-finance housing.  Sets forth related  provisions regarding housing plans, rent levels, and assistance carryovers. Subtitle G:  General Provisions - Permits rental or use value to be used as the non-Federal share where required. (Sec. 282) Authorizes FY 1998 through 2002 appropriations for the capital and operating funds. (Sec. 283) Obligates specified FY 1998 and 1999 funds from the Community Partnerships Against Crime Act of 1976 for the operation safe home program. (Sec. 284) Obligates specified FY 1998 through 2002 funds from choice-based housing under title III of this Act for relocation of domestic violence victims. Title III:  Choice-Based Rental Housing and Home-Ownership Assistance for Low-Income Families - Subtitle A:  Allocation - Authorizes the Secretary to enter into one-year contracts with PHAs to provide low-income housing assistance under this title.  Sets forth allocation provisions. (Sec. 306) Authorizes FY 1998 through 2002 appropriations for:  (1) incremental and contract renewal assistance under this title; and (2) section 8 contract renewal. Authorizes appropriations for nonelderly disabled families. Obligates specified funds for witness relocation assistance. (Sec. 307) Provides for:  (1) conversion of unobligated section 8 assistance for use under this title; and (2) recapture and reuse of section 8 tenant- and project-based reserves. Subtitle B:  Choice-Based Housing Assistance for Eligible Families - Sets forth income eligibility (low-income) and income targeting provisions.  Authorizes PHAs to establish local preferences. Expresses the sense of the Congress that such preferences should be given to domestic violence victims. Provides for:  (1) assistance portability; (2) monthly family rent contributions (with hardship exceptions); (3) owner and dwelling eligibility; (4) home ownership option; and (5) manufactured home eligibility. Subtitle C:  Payment of Housing Assistance on Behalf of Assisted Families - Authorizes participating PHAs to enter into payment contracts with owners (including owner-PHAs) of existing units as provided for by this subtitle.  Prohibits assistance for vacant units. Subtitle D:  General and Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes PHAs to retain specified amounts of rental fraud recoveries. (Sec. 373) Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of:  (1) assisted-family geographic concentration in the areas served by the Cook County (Illinois) and the Chicago Housing Authorities; and (2) the choice-based housing assistance and the section 8 tenant-based assistance programs. Title IV:  Home Rule Flexible Grant Option - Directs the Secretary to carry out a flexible one-to-five year grant program under which jurisdictions shall enter into contracts to:  (1) provide low-income housing; (2) reduce homelessness; and (3) increase low-income home ownership. Title V:  Accountability and Oversight of Public Housing Agencies - Subtitle A: Study of Alternative Methods for Evaluating Public Housing Agencies - Directs the Secretary to provide for a study of alternative PHA and other assistance provider performance evaluations.  Obligates specified FY 1998 funds under the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 for such study. Subtitle B:  Housing Evaluation and Accreditation Board - Establishes the Housing Foundation and Accreditation Board which shall establish PHA performance benchmarks and an accreditation procedure. Subjects the Board to General Accounting Office audit authority. Subtitle C:  Interim Applicability for Public Housing Management Assessment Program - Directs the Secretary to develop and publish in the Federal register interim management assessment indicators for PHAs and other public housing managing entities. (Sec. 533) Directs the Secretary to:  (1) establish procedures for designation (and appeal) of PHAs as troubled, troubled with respect to capital activities, at risk of becoming troubled, and exemplary; and (2) provide for on-site independent inspection of troubled PHAs if not otherwise required. Subtitle D:  Accountability and Oversight Standards and Procedures - Sets forth:  (1) audit provisions; (2) performance agreement requirements for at-risk and troubled PHAs; and (3) conditions of removal of ineffective PHAs and mandatory takeover of chronically troubled PHAs.  Makes such provisions applicable to RMCs. (Sec. 551) Directs the Secretary and the Housing Authority of New Orleans to establish an Authority advisory council which shall:  (1) establish guidelines to assess the Authority's performance and improvement; (2) file quarterly performance reports; and (3) submit a final report with respect to whether the Authority's performance has improved sufficiently for it to continue to manage its projects, or whether a receivership should be established. Title VI:  Repeals and Related Amendments - Subtitle A:  Repeals, Effective Date, and Savings Provisions - Makes this Act effective six months after its enactment, unless provided otherwise or delayed by the Secretary. Repeals the United States Housing Act of 1937, with exceptions, effective six months after enactment of this Act.  Stipulates that such Act shall remain in effect with respect to section 8 project-based assistance (as defined by this section). (Sec. 602) Repeals specified provisions of the following Acts:  (1) Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (assisted housing allocation special projects for elderly or handicapped families); (2) Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (public housing rent waivers for police, excessive rent data, Indian housing childhood development, one-stop perinatal services, energy efficiency demonstration, mixed-income new communities demonstration, youth sports programs); (3) Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 (certificate and voucher holders, comprehensive transition demonstration); (4) Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (opportunity for fair housing, Omaha homeownership demonstration); (5) Housing Act of 1954; (6) Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1981 (development managers' payment); (7) Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (8) Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 (childhood development); (9) Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988; and (10) Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (public housing conversion). Subtitle B:  Other Provisions Relating to Public Housing and Rental Assistance Programs - Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to require elderly housing assistance allocations to provide for the supportive needs of frail elderly residents. (Sec. 622) Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to permit ownership of common household pets in federally assisted rental housing (as defined by this section). (Sec. 623) Directs the Secretary to:  (1) review specified PHA drug elimination program contracts to determine contractor compliance with hiring antidiscrimination and related requirements; and (2) either terminate or bring into compliance violating contracts. (Sec. 624) Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to entitle a revised chapter of such Act as the ""Community Partnerships Against Crime Act of 1997."" Revises the scope of the public housing drug elimination program to apply to all crime.  Authorizes grants for crime elimination in and around public and federally assisted low-income housing projects.  Establishes separate grant procedures and funding allocations for PHAs with 250 or more units (85 percent allocation), those with fewer than 250 units (10 percent allocation), and for federally assisted low-income housing (5 percent allocation).  Authorizes FY 1998 through 2002 appropriations. Subtitle C:  Limitations Relating to Occupancy in Federally Assisted Housing - Makes a household or member ineligible for federally assisted housing for:  (1) at least three years (unless the evicted person(s) successfully completes a rehabilitation program) if evicted for a drug related criminal activity; or (2) reasonable time if convicted of other serious lease violations. Directs a PHA or owner of assisted housing, or both, to establish admission and eviction standards for a person:  (1) using a controlled substance; or (2) reasonably believed to be using a controlled substance or abusing alcohol in a way that would interfere with the safety, health, or peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other tenants.  Directs a PHA to deny admission to a person who is a sexually violent predator (as defined by this section). Authorizes a PHA or owner of assisted housing to require adult household members to sign a release permitting access to certain law enforcement information. (Sec. 643) Requires a lease for federally assisted housing to contain provisions setting forth drug related or other serious grounds for termination. (Sec. 644) Provides for, and sets forth the circumstances under which, law enforcement agencies shall provide criminal conviction information and information regarding crimes against children and sexual predators to a requesting PHA for screening and eviction use. Title VII:  Affordable Housing and Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to designate the city of Altus, Oklahoma, as a rural area until receipt of data from the decennial census in the year 2000. (Sec. 702) Prohibits the Secretary from establishing a national occupancy standard. (Sec.  703) Directs the Secretary to implement the Ida Barbour Revitalization Plan of the city of Portsmouth, Virginia, within 120 days of enactment of this Act. (Sec. 704) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to prohibit lowering of income eligibility levels with respect to the home investment partnership and community development block grant (CDBG) programs. (Sec. 705) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to:  (1) prohibit use of CDBG funds for employment relocation activities that will result in an employment loss in the original area; and (2) include regional cooperation among the selection criteria for CDBG economic development grants. (Sec. 707) Expresses the sense of the Congress that equipment and products purchased with funds under this Act should be American made. (Sec. 708) Requires the Secretary to consult with affected local governmental units in connection with housing litigation settlements. (Sec. 709) States that during the two-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall:  (1) not reduce the senior citizen housing inventory owned by the Housing Authority of Las Vegas, Nevada, if such Authority complies with a specified 1997 repayment plan; and (2) assist the Authority find alternative repayment options. (Sec. 710) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 with respect to the use of assisted housing by aliens. (Sec. 711) Amends the National Housing Act to prohibit unnecessary or excessive mortgage costs (estate or financial planning)and set forth related disclosure requirements for senior homeowner participants in the reverse mortgage program. (Sec. 712) Authorizes the Secretary to require the conversion of section 8 tenant-based assistance to project-based assistance for the Tamaqua Highrise project in the Borough of Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. (Sec. 713) Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to: (1) extend homeownership counseling authority through FY 1999; (2) extend authorization of appropriations for the prepurchase and foreclosure prevention demonstration program through FY 1999; and (3) require notification of delinquency on veterans home loans. (Sec. 714) Authorizes conveyance of certain surplus Federal property in New York County, New York, under a public benefit discount to a non-profit organization for use as low- and moderate-income housing. (Sec. 715) Makes this title effective upon enactment of this Act.",2025-04-07T15:34:06Z,
105-hr-207,105,hr,207,Hate Group Public Funding Exclusion Act,Housing and Community Development,1997-01-07,1997-02-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]",NY,R,K000210,1,"Hate Group Public Funding Exclusion Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make an organization controlled by individuals who promote prejudice or bias based on race, religion, or ethnicity ineligible for HUD assistance.",2025-08-21T16:14:20Z,
105-hr-212,105,hr,212,Community Housing Right To Know Act,Housing and Community Development,1997-01-07,1997-02-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Klink, Ron [D-PA-4]",PA,D,K000270,1,Community Housing Right To Know Act - Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to notify and consult with the unit of general local government within which an assisted multifamily housing project is to be located before providing any low-income housing assistance for such project.,2025-08-21T16:14:23Z,
105-hr-214,105,hr,214,Public Housing Tenant Integrity Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-01-07,1997-02-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Knollenberg, Joe [R-MI-11]",MI,R,K000288,1,Public Housing Tenant Integrity Act of 1997 - Amends title III (Unemployment Insurance) of the Social Security Act to repeal the termination date for certain provisions providing Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) access to State employment-related information. Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to:  (1) authorize HUD to disclose certain tax return information to a requesting public housing agency for purposes of determining program eligibility or benefits; and (2) repeal the termination date for certain housing program disclosure authority. Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 with respect to such IRC disclosures.,2025-08-21T16:14:15Z,
105-hr-217,105,hr,217,Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and Flexibility Act,Housing and Community Development,1997-01-07,1998-03-04,Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,House,"Rep. Lazio, Rick [R-NY-2]",NY,R,L000155,5,"Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and Flexibility Act - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (Act) to authorize appropriations through FY 2002 for the Federal Emergency Management Agency food and shelter program. (Sec. 5) Consolidates the existing homeless housing programs under title IV of such Act into a permanent housing development and flexible block grant homeless assistance program. Makes grants available to States, cities, urban counties, and insular areas. Defines ""eligible grantees"" to be:  (1) with respect to grants for insular areas, the insular area, or a designated entity, including a private nonprofit entity; and (2) with respect to grants for permanent housing development and flexible assistance, the State, local government, or designated entity. Authorizes grantees to transfer funds for eligible activities to project sponsors.  Sets forth selection criteria. Sets forth allocation provisions for:  (1) insular areas; (2) permanent housing development grants; and (3) flexible block grant homeless assistance. Sets forth matching fund and program requirements.  Requires consultation regarding the use of available National Guard facilities as homeless shelters.  Establishes and obligates funds for a companion services block grant program to be carried out through the Interagency Council on the Homeless in cases of inadequate assistance for the homeless. Authorizes permanent housing development grant use to construct, rehabilitate, or acquire permanent housing.  Prohibits fund use for supportive services.  Requires:  (1) at least 50 percent use through nonprofit organizations (with an available waiver); and (2) targeting of special populations. Authorizes flexible block grant use for:  (1) construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, leasing, and operation of supportive housing; (2) homelessness prevention; (3) permanent housing activities; (4) emergency shelter; (5) supportive services; and (6) technical assistance.  Requires at least 50 percent use through nonprofit organizations (with an available waiver).  Includes within supportive housing transitional housing, single room occupancy dwellings, and safe haven housing. Considers a facility as emergency shelter if it is designed to provide overnight sleeping accommodations for the homeless, including eating and cooking accommodations. Sets forth reporting requirements for:  (1) grantees; and (2) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.    Authorizes specified appropriations for FY 1998 through 2002. (Sec. 6) Revises responsibilities of the Interagency Council on the Homeless.  Extends the Council's termination date through October 1, 2002.  Obligates specified amounts for the Council from appropriations to carry out such Act. (Sec. 7) Directs the Secretary to request that each executive agency identify facilities under its jurisdiction that would be suitable for overnight homeless shelters. (Sec. 8) Repeals specified provisions and makes conforming amendments to the following Acts:  (1) HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (innovative homeless initiatives); (2) Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (FHA single family property disposition for homeless use); (3) Housing Act of 1949 (housing for rural homeless and migrant farmworkers); (4) United States Housing Act of 1937 (SRO assistance program); and (5) Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (youthbuild). (Sec. 9) Provides that:  (1) existing agreements will not be abrogated by this Act; and (2) previously obligated funds will be subject to such Act as in effect prior to enactment of this Act.",2025-04-07T15:34:12Z,
105-hr-257,105,hr,257,Small Communities CDBG Multipurpose Facilities Act,Housing and Community Development,1997-01-07,1997-02-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3]",NM,D,R000229,0,"Small Communities CDBG Multipurpose Facilities Act - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to permit certain small communities to use specified space for governmental purposes in public facilities acquired, rehabilitated, or built with community development block grant funds.",2025-08-21T16:12:29Z,
105-hr-263,105,hr,263,Urban Homestead Act of 1996,Housing and Community Development,1997-01-07,1997-02-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Roukema, Marge [R-NJ-5]",NJ,R,R000465,0,"Urban Homestead Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to transfer ownership of unoccupied or substandard public housing to appropriate units of local government, after first satisfying any related indebtedness.  Directs these local governmental units to initially offer such housing for sale exclusively to community development corporations, and then on a competitive or other basis.",2025-08-21T16:12:22Z,
105-hr-265,105,hr,265,Family Housing Act of 1996,Housing and Community Development,1997-01-07,1997-02-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Roukema, Marge [R-NJ-5]",NJ,R,R000465,0,Family Housing Act of 1996 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to reserve a specified percentage of public housing units for legally married families.,2025-08-21T16:13:32Z,
105-hr-28,105,hr,28,Rural Multifamily Rental Housing Loan Guarantee Extension Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-01-07,1997-09-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,House,"Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1]",NE,R,B000403,1,"Rural Multifamily Rental Housing Loan Guarantee Extension Act of 1997 - Amends the Housing Act of 1949, with regard to rural multifamily rental housing loan guarantees, to extend the:  (1) authorization of appropriations; and (2) annual guarantee limitations, but bases such limitations on fiscal year appropriations.",2025-08-21T16:11:37Z,
105-hr-32,105,hr,32,To terminate the property disposition program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development providing single family properties for use for the homeless.,Housing and Community Development,1997-01-07,1997-02-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]",LA,R,B000072,2,Terminates the Department of Housing and Urban Development's program for the disposition of single-family homes for use by the homeless.,2024-02-06T19:38:08Z,
105-hr-33,105,hr,33,Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Extension Act of 1997,Housing and Community Development,1997-01-07,1997-02-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1]",NE,R,B000403,0,"Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Extension Act of 1997 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, with regard to the Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund, to extend the:  (1) authorization of appropriations; and (2) annual guarantee limitations, but bases such limitations on fiscal year appropriations.",2025-08-21T16:11:13Z,