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| 94-hr-15749 | 94 | hr | 15749 | Foreclosure Forbearance Standards Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-09-29 | 1976-09-29 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-21] | OH | D | S000948 | 15 | Foreclosure Forebearance Standards Act - Requires any person who makes a federally related mortgage loan to maintain facilities sufficient to insure availability of information concerning such mortgage. States that within 60 days after payments on a mortgage become delinquent and within 30 days before the initiation of any foreclosure proceedings the following must occur: (1) a meeting with the mortgagor to work out a repayment plan; and (2) a transfer of information with respect to such proceedings to the mortgagor. Places restraints on the initiation proceedings, including the requirement that a mortgagee refrain from instituting such proceedings until at least three full monthly installments are due and unpaid, except where the mortgagor abandons the secured property. States that a mortgagee must cease foreclosure proceedings where a mortgagor tenders the total amount due plus attorney's fees. Provides that any mortgagee who fails to comply with state requirements shall no longer be eligible for Federal assistance. Defines the term "federally related mortgage loan" for purposes of this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:50:00Z | |
| 94-hr-15707 | 94 | hr | 15707 | A bill to amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 for the purpose of prohibiting the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from requiring, as a condition of receiving a community development grant pursuant to title I of such act, additional housing for low-or moderate-income persons in a community which has a significant number of residents who receive governmental assistance and for whom adequate housing is presently available. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-09-27 | 1976-09-27 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Wydler, John W. [R-NY-5] | NY | R | W000780 | 0 | Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to eliminate as a condition for the approval of a community development grant by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development that a local government has provided additional housing for low- or moderate-income persons when such community has a significant number of residents who receive governmental financial assistance and adequate housing is presently available for such persons. | 2024-08-01T19:33:29Z | |
| 94-hr-15660 | 94 | hr | 15660 | Urban Trees Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-09-21 | 1976-09-21 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Richmond, Frederick W. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | R000232 | 1 | Urban Trees Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants, on a matching basis, with urban areas to the States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam in order to provide financial assistance to such urban areas for arboriculture programs. Defines "arboriculture" as the planting, growing, maintenance, and protection of trees and shrubs. Authorizes appropriations of up to $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 to carry out such grant program. Requires that grants under this Act be made in accordance with an urban arboriculture plan for the selection, planting, and maintenance of trees agreed upon in advance by the Secretary and the State forester or other appropriate official. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to urban areas for arboriculture programs under this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:53Z | |
| 94-s-3842 | 94 | s | 3842 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code relating to condominium home loans. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-09-21 | 1976-09-21 | Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD] | MD | R | M000241 | 0 | Permits the Veterans' Administration to guarantee home mortgages for the purchase of homes which have been converted from a rental to a condominium form of ownership. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 94-s-3835 | 94 | s | 3835 | Urban Trees Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-09-20 | 1976-09-20 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Javits, Jacob K. [R-NY] | NY | R | J000064 | 1 | Urban Trees Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants, on a matching basis, with urban areas to the States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam in order to provide financial assistance to such urban areas for arboriculture programs. Defines "arboriculture" as the planting, growing, maintenance, and protection of trees and shrubs. Authorizes appropriations of up to $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 to carry out such grant program. Requires that grants under this Act be made in accordance with an urban arboriculture plan for the selection, planting, and maintenance of trees agreed upon in advance by the Secretary and the State forester or other appropriate official. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to urban areas for arboriculture programs under this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:52:32Z | |
| 94-hr-15567 | 94 | hr | 15567 | National Neighborhood Policy Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-09-15 | 1976-09-15 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Burke, Yvonne B. [D-CA-28] | CA | D | B001102 | 4 | National Neighborhood Policy Act - Establishes a National Commission on Neighborhoods which will include two members each from the House and the Senate and 16 public members appointed by the President. States the duties of the Commission which include studying the factors necessary to neighborhood survival and revitalization and making recommendations for modification of existing laws and policies. Makes provisions for the administration of this Commission. Authorizes to be appropriated funds necessary to carry out this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:48Z | |
| 94-hr-15555 | 94 | hr | 15555 | Foreclosure Forbearance Standards Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-09-14 | 1976-09-14 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Slack, John [D-WV-3] | WV | D | S000473 | 0 | Foreclosure Forebearance Standards Act - Requires any person who makes a federally related mortgage loan to maintain facilities sufficient to insure availability of information concerning such mortgage. States that within 60 days after payments on a mortgage become delinquent and within 30 days before the initiation of any foreclosure proceedings the following must occur: (1) a meeting with the mortgagor to work out a repayment plan; and (2) a transfer of information with respect to such proceedings to the mortgagor. Places restraints on the initiation proceedings, including the requirement that a mortgagee refrain from instituting such proceedings until at least three full monthly installments are due and unpaid, except where the mortgagor abandons the secured property. States that a mortgagee must cease foreclosure proceedings where a mortgagor tenders the total amount due plus attorney's fees. Provides that any mortgagee who fails to comply with state requirements shall no longer be eligible for Federal assistance. Defines the term "federally related mortgage loan" for purposes of this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:48Z | |
| 94-hr-15513 | 94 | hr | 15513 | Solar Energy for Homes Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-09-10 | 1976-09-10 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Baucus, Max [D-MT-1] | MT | D | B000243 | 13 | Solar Energy for Homes Act - Directs the Administrator of specified Federal housing programs to increase by not more than 20 percent any amount which represents a limitation on the amount of the principal obligation of a mortgage on a dwelling unit, if such increase represents the increase in the cost of the dwelling unit which may be attributed to the unit's being heated or cooled by solar energy. Amends the National Housing Act to provide for the increase in amount of home improvement loans which may be insured if the loan is used to acquire a solar energy system. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act to authorize the use of community development block grants to encourage community development activities related to the use of solar energy in residential housing. | 2025-09-02T18:49:54Z | |
| 94-hr-15515 | 94 | hr | 15515 | National Neighborhood Policy Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-09-10 | 1976-09-10 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Burke, Yvonne B. [D-CA-28] | CA | D | B001102 | 2 | National Neighborhood Policy Act - Establishes a National Commission on Neighborhoods which will include two members each from the House and the Senate and 16 public members appointed by the President. States the duties of the Commission which include studying the factors necessary to neighborhood survival and revitalization and making recommendations for modification of existing laws and policies. Makes provisions for the administration of this Commission. Authorizes to be appropriated funds necessary to carry out this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:48Z | |
| 94-hr-15454 | 94 | hr | 15454 | National Neighborhood Policy Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-09-08 | 1976-09-08 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. AuCoin, Les [D-OR-1] | OR | D | A000337 | 0 | National Neighborhood Policy Act - Establishes a National Commission on Neighborhoods which will include two members each from the House and the Senate and 16 public members appointed by the President. States the duties of the Commission, which include studying the factors contributing to the decline of city neighborhoods and the factors necessary to neighborhood survival and revitalization. Directs the Commission to make recommendations for modification of existing laws and policies. Makes provisions for the administration of this Commission. Authorizes to be appropriated funds necessary to carry out this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:48Z | |
| 94-hr-15457 | 94 | hr | 15457 | National Neighborhood Policy Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-09-08 | 1976-09-08 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Burke, Yvonne B. [D-CA-28] | CA | D | B001102 | 10 | National Neighborhood Policy Act - Establishes a National Commission on Neighborhoods which will include two members each from the House and the Senate and 16 public members appointed by the President. States the duties of the Commission which include studying the factors necessary to neighborhood survival and revitalization and making recommendations for modification of existing laws and policies. Makes provisions for the administration of this Commission. Authorizes to be appropriated funds necessary to carry out this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:48Z | |
| 94-hr-15407 | 94 | hr | 15407 | Federal Shared-Risk Insurance Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-09-02 | 1976-09-02 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Ashley, Thomas L. [D-OH-9] | OH | D | A000222 | 0 | Federal Shared-Risk Insurance Act - Creates a government corporation to be known as the Federal Shared-Risk Insurance Fund. States that such Fund shall be under the direction of a Board of Directors consisting of a Chairman and two additional persons, all of whom shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Creates a Federal Shared-Risk Insurance Advisory Council consisting of seven members appointed by the Board of Directors who shall represent the areas of housing, finance, insurance, and the public interest. Lists the powers of the Fund including the power to contract, to prescribe charges for services by the Fund, and other powers as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Allows the Fund to invest in such investments as the Board of Directors may prescribe. Exempts the Fund from all Federal, State, and local taxes. Grants original jurisdiction in the Federal district courts for any civil action to which the Fund is a party without regard to amount or value. Permits the Fund to remove any case from a State court to a Federal district court without the giving of any bond at any time before trial. States that the Fund shall have a capital stock of $10,000,000 subscribed by the United States. Permits the Fund to make and issue notes or obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury, to the extent of amounts approved in appropriation Acts, for the purpose of obtaining such funds as are determined by the Fund to be needed to carry out the mortgage loan insurance obligations of this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase any notes or obligations of the Fund in an amount not to exceed $100,000,000 in order to further the purpose of this Act. Permits the Fund to borrow, give security, pay interest, and issue notes, bonds or other securities. Allows the Fund to establish prohibitions or restrictions upon the creation of indebtedness or obligations of the Fund or of liens or charges upon property of the Fund. States that the Fund may act as … | 2025-09-02T18:49:48Z | |
| 94-hr-15409 | 94 | hr | 15409 | Federal Multifamily Mortgage Foreclosure Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-09-02 | 1976-09-02 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Gradison, Willis D., Jr. [R-OH-1] | OH | R | G000349 | 0 | Federal Multifamily Mortgage Foreclosure Act - Prescribes procedures for foreclosure of multifamily mortgages owned or held by the United States encumbering real estate located in any State. States that the United States may designate a foreclosure commissioner by executing a duly acknowledged written designation. Provides that such commissioner shall have a nonjudicial power of sale and that the owner or holder of the mortgage shall be a guarantor of payment of any judgment obtained by an interested party against the foreclosure commissioner's failure to properly perform his duties. States that foreclosure by the United States of a multifamily mortgage may be commenced upon the breach of a covenant or condition in the mortgage agreement for which foreclosure is authorized. Prescribes the notice of default and of foreclosure sale which must be given to the mortgagee before the foreclosure commissioner shall commence foreclosure. Requires that such notice be made by publication by mail, and by posting a copy of the notice of default and foreclosure in a prominent place at the premises to be sold. Allows for presale reinstatement where the entire amount of principal and interest is tendered before public auction. States that the foreclosure commissioner shall act as a fiduciary to both mortgagor and the United States and shall conduct the foreclosure sale in a manner fair to both parties. Sets procedures for the objection to foreclosure and for the conduct of a foreclosure sale. Provides for the disposition of sale proceeds including foreclosure costs and payment of prior liens. States that a foreclosure deed shall convey all of the right, title, and interest in the security property covered by the deed. Requires the foreclosure commissioner to establish sufficient records of foreclosure and sale. | 2025-09-02T18:49:48Z | |
| 94-hr-15411 | 94 | hr | 15411 | National Condominium and Planned Unit Development Consumer Protection Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-09-02 | 1976-09-02 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Minish, Joseph G. [D-NJ-11] | NJ | D | M000796 | 8 | National Condominium and Planned Unit Development Consumer Protection Act - Sets national standards for the sale of condominium units and for the conversion of existing rental units. States that such standards shall apply to: (1) any developer who uses any means of interstate commerce in connection with a sale or offer to sell; (2) any developer receiving federally-assisted loans; and (3) any development with more than 12 dwelling units. Requires disclosure of specified information, including a description of the development, its financing, any warranties, and a projection of annual expenditures for its upkeep. States that no dwelling unit shall be offered for sale or sold where there has been a conversion from a rental to a condominium development unless: (1) each tenant has been given an option to buy of not less than 90 days; and (2) no tenant has been required to vacate his rental unit before the end of the 30 day period after such option is no longer exercisable. Provides injunctive relief for tenants who have not been properly notified. Makes provisions for the enforcement of this Act by allowing purchasers to bring suits for actual damages and to rescind any agreement for specified failures to disclose. Grants jurisdiction to U.S. district courts, without regard to the amount in controversy, over any action brought to enforce any liability or duty under this Act. Permits any owner of a dwelling unit covered by this Act to bring a class action suit on behalf of other owners. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make, issue, amend, and rescind rules and regulations, including the prescription of standard forms, instruments, and documents for use in connection with the sale of condominium units. | 2025-09-02T18:49:48Z | |
| 94-hr-15424 | 94 | hr | 15424 | A bill to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to enable local public housing agencies to enter into security arrangements designed to prevent crimes and otherwise insure the safety and well-being of public housing tenants. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-09-02 | 1976-09-02 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Abzug, Bella S. [D-NY-20] | NY | D | A000018 | 0 | Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to allow public housing agencies to enter into security agreements designed to maintain the safety and well-being of residents of dwelling units, including services of a security staff and the installation of safety systems. States that another purpose of such agreements is the planning of other security services necessary to prevent crime. Authorizes to be appropriated an amount not to exceed $7,000,000 a year for fiscal years 1977 and 1978. | 2024-08-01T19:33:19Z | |
| 94-hr-15448 | 94 | hr | 15448 | National Neighborhood Policy Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-09-02 | 1976-09-02 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Moorhead, William S. [D-PA-14] | PA | D | M000930 | 0 | National Neighborhood Policy Act - Establishes a National Commission on Neighborhoods which will include four members from the House and the Senate and 16 public members appointed by the President. Sets forth the duties of the Commission, which include studying the factors necessary to neighborhood survival and revitalization and making recommendations for modification of existing laws and policies. Makes provisions for the administration of this Commission. Authorizes to be appropriated funds necessary to carry out this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:48Z | |
| 94-hr-15452 | 94 | hr | 15452 | Foreclosure Forbearance Standards Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-09-02 | 1976-09-02 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-21] | OH | D | S000948 | 24 | Foreclosure Forebearance Standards Act - Requires any person who makes a federally related mortgage loan to maintain facilities sufficient to insure availability of information concerning such mortgage. States that within 60 days after payments on a mortgage become delinquent and within 30 days before the initiation of any foreclosure proceedings the following must occur: (1) a meeting with the mortgagor to work out a repayment plan; and (2) a transfer of information with respect to such proceedings to the mortgagor. Places restraints on the initiation proceedings, including the requirement that a mortgagee refrain from instituting such proceedings until at least three full monthly installments are due and unpaid, except where the mortgagor abandons the secured property. States that a mortgagee must cease foreclosure proceedings where a mortgagor tenders the total amount due plus attorney's fees. Provides that any mortgagee who fails to comply with state requirements shall no longer be eligible for Federal assistance. Defines the term "federally related mortgage loan" for purposes of this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:48Z | |
| 94-hr-15453 | 94 | hr | 15453 | Foreclosure Forbearance Standards Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-09-02 | 1976-09-02 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-21] | OH | D | S000948 | 6 | Foreclosure Forebearance Standards Act - Requires any person who makes a federally related mortgage loan to maintain facilities sufficient to insure availability of information concerning such mortgage. States that within 60 days after payments on a mortgage become delinquent and within 30 days before the initiation of any foreclosure proceedings the following must occur: (1) a meeting with the mortgagor to work out a repayment plan; and (2) a transfer of information with respect to such proceedings to the mortgagor. Places restraints on the initiation proceedings, including the requirement that a mortgagee refrain from instituting such proceedings until at least three full monthly installments are due and unpaid, except where the mortgagor abandons the secured property. States that a mortgagee must cease foreclosure proceedings where a mortgagor tenders the total amount due plus attorney's fees. Provides that any mortgagee who fails to comply with state requirements shall no longer be eligible for Federal assistance. Defines the term "federally related mortgage loan" for purposes of this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:48Z | |
| 94-hr-15388 | 94 | hr | 15388 | National Neighborhood Policy Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-09-01 | 1976-09-01 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Brown, Garry E. [R-MI-3] | MI | R | B000917 | 0 | National Neighborhood Policy Act - Establishes a National Commission on Neighborhoods which will include two members each from the House and the Senate and 16 public members appointed by the President. States the duties of the Commission which include studying the factors contributing to the decline of city neighborhoods and the factors necessary to neighborhood survival and revitalization. Directs the Commission to make recommendations for modification of existing laws and policies. Makes provisions for the administration of this Commission. Authorizes to be appropriated funds necessary to carry out this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:47Z | |
| 94-hr-15389 | 94 | hr | 15389 | National Neighborhood Policy Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-09-01 | 1976-09-01 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Burke, Yvonne B. [D-CA-28] | CA | D | B001102 | 9 | National Neighborhood Policy Act - Establishes a National Commission on Neighborhoods which will include two members each from the House and the Senate and 16 public members appointed by the President. States the duties of the Commission which include studying the factors necessary to neighborhood survival and revitalization and making recommendations for modification of existing laws and policies. Makes provisions for the administration of this Commission. Authorizes to be appropriated funds necessary to carry out this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:48Z | |
| 94-hr-15398 | 94 | hr | 15398 | Condominium Consumer Protection Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-09-01 | 1976-09-01 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11] | FL | D | R000401 | 0 | Condominium Consumer Protection Act - Stipulates that it shall be unlawful for any developer or agent, directly or indirectly, to make use of any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce, or of the mails, to sell or offer to sell any condominium unit in a condominium project unless such developer or agent complies with provisions of this Act. States that, unless the method of disposition is adopted for the purpose of evasion of this Act, the provisions of this Act shall not apply to: (1) the sale of real estate not pursuant to a common promotional plan to offer or sell ten or more condominiums in a project; (2) the sale of condominiums solely for commercial or industrial purposes; (3) the sale of real estate under or pursuant to court order; or (4) the sale of real estate by any government or government agency. Provides that any contract or agreement for the purchase or leasing of a condominium in a project covered by this Act, shall be voidable at the option of the purchaser for a specified period of time. Stipulates that a sale or offer to sell a condominium unit in a condominium project which is subject to this Act may be made only if: (1) any deposit or downpayment will be held in trust or escrow pursuant to regulations of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development until delivered at settlement or returned to, or otherwise credited to the purchaser, or forfeited; (2) except in his capacity as an owner of unsold condominium units, the developer or agent will not retain an interest in any common element (including any recreational area or facility) after control of the condominium project is assumed by the owners' association unless, in the case of a leasehold condominium project, he will also retain that same type of interest in the entire condominium project; (3) the unit owners will assume control of the common elements and of the condominium owners' association not later than one year after initial occupancy of the condominium project, or as soon as 80 percent of … | 2025-09-02T18:49:48Z | |
| 94-hjres-1077 | 94 | hjres | 1077 | A resolution to establish a national commission on housing for the elderly. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-08-30 | 1976-08-30 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Hannaford, Mark W. [D-CA-34] | CA | D | H000166 | 0 | Establishes the National Commission on Housing for the Elderly which shall have responsibility for investigating: (1) present Federal programs to provide low- and middle-income housing for senior citizens; (2) the need for additional housing; (3) the feasibility of rehabilitating existing central city housing; and (4) the need for activities and a living environment which provides adequate security. Requires the Commission to submit to the President and the Congress a report on the investigation together with its recommendations, not later than 18 months after the date on which a majority of the membership is appointed. | 2024-08-01T19:22:11Z | |
| 94-hr-15290 | 94 | hr | 15290 | Surplus School Conservation Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-08-26 | 1976-08-26 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6] | PA | D | Y000014 | 0 | Surplus School Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to local agencies to pay the costs of renovating closed school buildings so they may be converted for other educational and social purposes. Suggests purposes for which conversion grants may be extended, including: (1) community centers; (2) senior citizen centers; (3) day care centers; (4) vocational schools; (5) medical facilities; and (6) recreational centers. Sets forth application requirements which local agencies must complete including: (1) structuring a plan for renovation of the closed school building; (2) estimating costs of such renovation; and (3) demonstrating to the Secretary's satisfaction sufficient financial ability to carry out the provisions of such plan. States that the amount of a grant under this Act shall be 80 percent of the estimated cost of renovation. Requires local agencies which receive a grant for more than the actual cost of renovation to return such surplus money to the Secretary. Sets priorities to be followed by the Secretary in approving applications for grants under this Act including: (1) an application for renovating a closed school building in a school district whose current school enrollments have decreased by ten percent or more from the school enrollments of the previous school year, and (2) an application for renovating a closed school building which is not being utilized for any educational or social service purpose at the time of application. Directs the Secretary to serve as a national clearinghouse to local agencies by providing information on feasible alternative uses for closed school buildings. Prohibits the distribution of more than ten percent of the funds appropriated by Congress for the program for grants in any fiscal year. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to the President and Congress: (1) a yearly report listing local agencies which received grants and the purposes for which such grants were made; and (2) a detailed evaluation of the effect… | 2025-09-02T18:49:43Z | |
| 94-hr-15213 | 94 | hr | 15213 | Solar Energy for Homes Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-08-23 | 1976-08-23 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Baucus, Max [D-MT-1] | MT | D | B000243 | 20 | Solar Energy for Homes Act - Directs the Administrator of specified Federal housing programs to increase by not more than 20 percent any amount which represents a limitation on the amount of the principal obligation of a mortgage on a dwelling unit, if such increase represents the increase in the cost of the dwelling unit which may be attributed to the unit's being heated or cooled by solar energy. Amends the National Housing Act to provide for the increase in amount of home improvement loans which may be insured if the loan is used to acquire a solar energy system. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act to authorize the use of community development block grants to encourage community development activities related to the use of solar energy in residential housing. | 2025-09-02T18:49:43Z | |
| 94-hr-15107 | 94 | hr | 15107 | Foreclosure Forbearance Standards Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-08-09 | 1976-08-09 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-21] | OH | D | S000948 | 0 | Foreclosure Forebearance Standards Act - Requires any person who makes a federally related mortgage loan to maintain facilities sufficient to insure availability of information concerning such mortgage. States that within 60 days after payments on a mortgage become delinquent and within 30 days before the initiation of any foreclosure proceedings the following must occur: (1) a meeting with the mortgagor to work out a repayment plan; and (2) a transfer of information with respect to such proceedings to the mortgagor. Places restraints on the initiation proceedings, including the requirement that a mortgagee refrain from instituting such proceedings until at least three full monthly installments are due and unpaid, except where the mortgagor abandons the secured property. States that a mortgagee must cease foreclosure proceedings where a mortgagor tenders the total amount due plus attorney's fees. Provides that any mortgagee who fails to comply with state requirements shall no longer be eligible for Federal assistance. Defines the term "federally related mortgage loan" for purposes of this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:36Z | |
| 94-hr-15108 | 94 | hr | 15108 | A bill to exempt insured loans from certain limitations of section 5 (c) of the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-08-09 | 1976-08-09 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Ashley, Thomas L. [D-OH-9] | OH | D | A000222 | 0 | Amends the House Owners' Loan Act of 1933 to exempt qualified mortgage insurers from the limitation placed on Federal savings and loan associations which forbids them to make loans secured by other than savings accounts and first liens on real property within 100 miles of their home office. | 2024-08-01T19:33:00Z | |
| 94-hr-15089 | 94 | hr | 15089 | National Neighborhood Policy Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-08-05 | 1976-08-05 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-36] | NY | D | L000556 | 13 | National Neighborhood Policy Act - Establishes a National Commission on Neighborhoods which will include four members from the House and the Senate and 16 public members appointed by the President. Sets forth the duties of the Commission, which include studying the factors necessary to neighborhood survival and revitalization and making recommendations for modification of existing laws and policies. Makes provisions for the administration of this Commission. Authorizes to be appropriated funds necessary to carry out this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:36Z | |
| 94-hr-15058 | 94 | hr | 15058 | A bill to amend section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for the purpose of reducing the amount of rent required to be paid by elderly families residing in dwelling units assisted by Federal contributions authorized by such section. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-08-04 | 1976-08-04 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. St Germain, Fernand J. [D-RI-1] | RI | D | S000762 | 0 | Amends the Housing Act of 1937 by granting an exclusion of ten percent of gross income in computing the rent to be paid by elderly families residing in dwelling units assisted by Federal contributions. | 2024-08-01T19:33:00Z | |
| 94-s-3692 | 94 | s | 3692 | A bill to amend the National Housing Act to provide for the insurance of equity adjusted mortgages. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-07-22 | 1976-07-22 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Brooke, Edward W. [R-MA] | MA | R | B000871 | 0 | Young Families' Housing Act - Equity Adjusted Mortgage Insurance Act - Amends the National Housing Act to establish a FHA - insured mortgage instrument which would reduce mortgage payments during the first year after the execution of the mortgage, and provides for subsequent adjustments thereafter. Sets eligibility requirements for equity adjusted mortgage insurance. Individual Housing Account Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for amounts paid in cash into an individual housing account. Limits annual tax deductions to $2,500 and lifetime deductions to $10,000. Makes provisions for tax treatment upon distribution of such account. Exempts individual housing accounts from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code. Defines individual housing account for purposes of this Act. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 94-hr-14756 | 94 | hr | 14756 | National Neighborhood Policy Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-07-20 | 1976-09-17 | Reported to House from the Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing with amendment, H. Rept. 94-1600. | House | Rep. Ashley, Thomas L. [D-OH-9] | OH | D | A000222 | 0 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing with amendment, H. Rept. 94-1600) National Neighborhood Policy Act - Establishes a National Commission on Neighborhoods to include four members from the House and the Senate and 16 public members appointed by the President. Sets forth the duties of the Commission, which include studying the factors necessary for neighborhood survival and revitalization and making recommendations for modification of existing laws and policies. Makes provisions for the administration of the Commission. Authorizes the appropriation of a sum not to exceed $2,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:28Z | |
| 94-s-3679 | 94 | s | 3679 | A bill to amend title V of the Housing Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for the establishment of escrow accounts for taxes and insurance by borrowers under that title. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-07-20 | 1976-07-20 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Hathaway, William D. [D-ME] | ME | D | H000346 | 1 | Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to make family corporations eligible for farm ownership loans under the Farmers Home Program. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to set up escrow accounts in connection with rural housing loans for the purpose of prepaying taxes and insurance. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 94-hr-14603 | 94 | hr | 14603 | A bill to amend the National Housing Act to authorize expenditures by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for repair of certain dwellings. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-06-29 | 1976-06-29 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Traxler, Bob [D-MI-8] | MI | D | T000356 | 0 | Amends the National Housing Act to authorize expenditures by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for repair of major structural defects which create a serious danger to the life and safety of inhabitants of any one-, two-, three-, or four-family dwelling covered by any mortgage insured by the Federal Housing Administration. | 2024-08-01T19:32:37Z | |
| 94-hr-14489 | 94 | hr | 14489 | A bill to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to provide that occupants have priority in the purchase of surplus Government housing. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-06-22 | 1976-06-22 | Referred to House Committee on Government Operations. | House | Rep. Ketchum, William M. [R-CA-18] | CA | R | K000153 | 8 | Directs the Administrator of General Services to grant priority to occupants in the purchase of surplus Government housing being disposed of under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 94-hr-14361 | 94 | hr | 14361 | National Neighborhood Policy Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-06-14 | 1976-06-14 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-36] | NY | D | L000556 | 0 | National Neighborhood Policy Act - Establishes a National Commission on Neighborhoods which will include four members from the House and the Senate and 16 public members appointed by the President. Sets forth the duties of the Commission, which include studying the factors necessary to neighborhood survival and revitalization and making recommendations for modification of existing laws and policies. Makes provisions for the administration of this Commission. Authorizes to be appropriated funds necessary to carry out this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:49:15Z | |
| 94-hr-14134 | 94 | hr | 14134 | Housing Incentive Investment Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-06-02 | 1976-06-02 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Ashley, Thomas L. [D-OH-9] | OH | D | A000222 | 2 | Housing Incentive Investment Act - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) to make monthly housing investment interest differential payments to lenders. Prohibits GNMA from approving a mortgage for assistance unless: (1) the mortgage covers a one-to-four family dwelling; (2) the home mortgage is not in excess of $35,000; (3) the purchaser's interest payments are at least two but not more than six percent below the market rate of interest for home mortgages; (4) the lender's interest rate will be adjusted every six months by GNMA to reflect the yield on VA-FHA mortgages; and (5) the purchaser agrees to repay the aggregate amount of differential payments with interest. Requires that upon sale or other disposition of the dwelling or upon termination of the use of the dwelling by the purchaser as his principal residence prior to retirement of the first mortgage, the cost of the extra assistance by GNMA be repaid by the borrower from the appreciation on his home. Authorizes GNMA to establish a lender's interest rate which may not exceed the average yield on VA-FHA mortgages during the six calendar months preceding the date of execution of the mortgage. Allows GNMA to adjust the lender's interest rate upward or downward every six months except that no single adjustment may exceed one quarter of one percent nor may an aggregate upward adjustment exceed two and one-half percent. Provides that if the lender's rate falls below the borrower's rate that the borrower shall be credited with the difference. Establishes in the Treasury a Housing Incentive Investment Fund to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes GNMA to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase and sell such notes and obligations. Sets the termination of this program for five years after the date of enactment. | 2025-09-02T18:49:09Z | |
| 94-hr-14042 | 94 | hr | 14042 | A bill to amend the National Housing Act to authorize expenditures by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for repair of certain dwellings. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-05-26 | 1976-05-26 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-21] | OH | D | S000948 | 1 | Amends the National Housing Act to authorize expenditures by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for repair of major structural defects which create a serious danger to the life and safety of inhabitants of any one-, two-, three-, or four-family dwelling covered by any mortgage insured by the Federal Housing Administration. | 2024-08-01T19:32:12Z | |
| 94-hr-14008 | 94 | hr | 14008 | A bill to establish within the Department of Housing and Urban Development a program providing financial assistance to low-income individuals and families for the purpose of purchasing and installing solar heating (or combined solar heating and cooling) equipment. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-05-25 | 1976-05-25 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-25] | CA | D | R000485 | 0 | Establishes within the Department of Housing and Urban Development a program which would grant loans not exceeding $8,000 for the purchase and installation of solar heating (or combination heating and cooling equipment) for the principal residences of low-income individuals and families. Sets forth the conditions for repayment of such loans. Requires the Secretary of HUD to provide full, complete, and current information concerning recommended standards and types of qualified solar heating equipment. Authorizes to be appropriated the sum of $100,000,000 to provide an initial amount for the program provided for under this Act. | 2024-08-01T19:32:12Z | |
| 94-hr-13968 | 94 | hr | 13968 | Housing Incentive Investment Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-05-24 | 1976-05-24 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Ashley, Thomas L. [D-OH-9] | OH | D | A000222 | 21 | Housing Incentive Investment Act - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) to make monthly housing investment interest differential payments to lenders. Prohibits GNMA from approving a mortgage for assistance unless: (1) the mortgage covers a one-to-four family dwelling; (2) the home mortgage is not in excess of $35,000; (3) the purchaser's interest payments are at least two but not more than six percent below the market rate of interest for home mortgages; (4) the lender's interest rate will be adjusted every six months by GNMA to reflect the yield on VA-FHA mortgages; and (5) the purchaser agrees to repay the aggregate amount of differential payments with interest. Requires that upon sale or other disposition of the dwelling or upon termination of the use of the dwelling by the purchaser as his principal residence prior to retirement of the first mortgage, the cost of the extra assistance by GNMA be repaid by the borrower from the appreciation on his home. Authorizes GNMA to establish a lender's interest rate which may not exceed the average yield on VA-FHA mortgages during the six calendar months preceding the date of execution of the mortgage. Allows GNMA to adjust the lender's interest rate upward or downward every six months except that no single adjustment may exceed one quarter of one percent nor may an aggregate upward adjustment exceed two and one-half percent. Provides that if the lender's rate falls below the borrower's rate that the borrower shall be credited with the difference. Establishes in the Treasury a Housing Incentive Investment Fund to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes GNMA to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase and sell such notes and obligations. Sets the termination of this program for five years after the date of enactment. | 2025-09-02T18:49:04Z | |
| 94-s-3458 | 94 | s | 3458 | A bill to amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 with regard to the definition of the term "city" as it is used in that Act. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-05-20 | 1976-05-20 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Buckley, James L. [R-NY] | NY | R | B001026 | 0 | Amends the Housing and Community Development Act to change the definition of city to include any town or township which contains incorporated places within its boundaries. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 94-hr-13879 | 94 | hr | 13879 | A bill to extend and modify provisions relating to Federal expenditures to correct or compensate for structural defects present in homes purchased with federally insured mortgages. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-05-18 | 1976-05-18 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Symington, James W. [D-MO-2] | MO | D | S001134 | 1 | Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make expenditures: (1) to correct structural defects of any property improved by a one to four-family dwelling which was approved for mortgage insurance prior to construction; (2) to pay the claims of the owner of the property arising from such defects; or (3) acquiring title of such property. Extends by four months the deadline for application for relief under such program. Extends by four months the authorization of the Secretary to make expenditures to correct, or to reimburse the owner for the correction of structural defects which so seriously affect use and livability as to create a serious danger to the life or safety of inhabitants of any one, two, three, or four-family dwelling which is located in an older, declining urban area and is covered by any specified federally insured mortgage. Sets prerequisites for application for such assistance. Provides that expenditures for reimbursement pursuant to this program shall be the obligation of the Special Risk Insurance Fund. Sets forth a permanent program covering all Federal Housing Administration insured housing which is in existence at the effective date of this Act to give applicants one year from the date of purchase to apply for reimbursement for major structural defects. Prescribes requirements for eligibility to apply under this program. Provides that the obligation for reimbursement pursuant to this program shall be the obligation of the Special Risk Insurance Fund. Requires that the Secretary promulgate regulations which prescribe the conditions and terms of expenditures and payments to be made under this Act. | 2024-08-01T19:32:03Z | |
| 94-hr-13730 | 94 | hr | 13730 | A bill to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to provide that occupants have priority in the purchase of surplus Government housing. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-05-12 | 1976-05-12 | Referred to House Committee on Government Operations. | House | Rep. Ketchum, William M. [R-CA-18] | CA | R | K000153 | 6 | Directs the Administrator of General Services to grant priority to occupants in the purchase of surplus Government housing being disposed of under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 94-hr-13598 | 94 | hr | 13598 | A bill to amend the National Housing Act to authorize expenditures by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for repair of certain dwellings. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-05-06 | 1976-05-06 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-21] | OH | D | S000948 | 24 | Amends the National Housing Act to authorize expenditures by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for repair of major structural defects which create a serious danger to the life and safety of inhabitants of any one-, two-, three-, or four-family dwelling covered by any mortgage insured by the Federal Housing Administration. | 2024-08-01T19:31:54Z | |
| 94-hr-13599 | 94 | hr | 13599 | A bill to amend the National Housing Act to authorize expenditures by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for repair of certain dwellings. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-05-06 | 1976-05-06 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-21] | OH | D | S000948 | 2 | Amends the National Housing Act to authorize expenditures by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for repair of major structural defects which create a serious danger to the life and safety of inhabitants of any one-, two-, three-, or four-family dwelling covered by any mortgage insured by the Federal Housing Administration. | 2024-08-01T19:31:54Z | |
| 94-hr-13614 | 94 | hr | 13614 | A bill to increase the aggregate authority for long-term direct loans to nonprofit sponsors for the construction of housing for the elderly and handicapped. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-05-06 | 1976-05-06 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Fraser, Donald M. [D-MN-5] | MN | D | F000350 | 0 | Increases by $2,500,000,000, the amount authorized to be appropriated for long-term direct loans to nonprofit sponsors for construction of housing for the elderly and the handicapped. | 2024-08-01T19:31:54Z | |
| 94-hr-13562 | 94 | hr | 13562 | Emergency Housing Employment Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-05-05 | 1976-05-05 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3] | NJ | D | H000840 | 0 | Emergency Housing Employment Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make and contract to make periodic assistance payments on behalf of homeowners to mortgagees. States that in order to be eligible for such assistance the mortgage must secure property which is used as the original owner's principal residence. Provides that assistance payments on behalf of homeowners shall be in an amount not to exceed the difference between the amount of principal and interest due under the mortgage and the amount of principal and interest that would be due if the mortgage were to bear interest at a yearly rate of seven percent. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:48:52Z | |
| 94-hr-13507 | 94 | hr | 13507 | A bill to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to provide that occupants have priority in the purchase of surplus government housing. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-05-03 | 1976-05-03 | Referred to House Committee on Government Operations. | House | Rep. Ketchum, William M. [R-CA-18] | CA | R | K000153 | 0 | Directs the Administrator of General Services to grant priority to occupants in the purchase of surplus Government housing being disposed of under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 94-hr-13447 | 94 | hr | 13447 | A bill to authorize the Comptroller General to audit the programs, activities, and financial operations of the Federal National Mortgage Association, and to amend certain housing laws for the purpose of improving Federal programs which insure home mortgages. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-04-29 | 1976-04-29 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Russo, Martin A. [D-IL-3] | IL | D | R000543 | 0 | Authorizes the Comptroller General to audit the programs, activities and financial operations of the Federal National Mortgage Association. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act to provide counseling for owners of single-family dwelling units. Amends the National Housing Act to change from ten to 20 percent the minimum amount of coinsurance which is to be extended to mortgagors, qualified for such coinsurance. Limits mortgage insurance to individuals whose mortgage payments do not exceed 28 percent of the monthly income of the mortgagor's household. Increases to ten percent the amount which a mortgagor is required to have paid before the mortgage is eligible for Federal insurance. | 2024-08-01T19:31:42Z | |
| 94-hr-13332 | 94 | hr | 13332 | A bill to amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 for the purpose of mandating that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development consider only the availability of credit to lower and moderate income families in determining whether an area with between 10,000 and 20,000 people is a rural area as defined in such section. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-04-27 | 1976-04-27 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Dickinson, William L. [R-AL-2] | AL | R | D000326 | 0 | Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to expand the definitions of "rural" and "rural areas" to include places not part of or associated with an urban area which have a population of between 10,000 and 20,000 people and which have a serious lack of mortgage credit for lower- and moderate-income families. | 2024-08-01T19:31:42Z | |
| 94-s-3295 | 94 | s | 3295 | Housing Authorization Act of 1976 | Housing and Community Development | 1976-04-12 | 1976-08-03 | Public law 94-375. | Senate | Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI] | WI | D | P000553 | 0 | (Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 94-1304) Housing Authorization Act - Increases the authorization of funds for the following programs administered by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): (1) housing assistance, including public housing; (2) public housing for Indians; (3) newly constructed, substantially rehabilitated, and modernized low-income public housing projects; and (4) public housing operating subsidies. Grants a ten percent preference in public housing and federally assisted housing to single non-elderly persons (with priority to elderly, handicapped or displaced persons). Increases mortgage limits, under the National Housing Act for the Home Ownership Assistance Program, to $25,000 ($29,000 in high-cost areas), except that with respect to housing for families of five or more persons, the limits would be $29,000 ($33,000 in high-cost areas). Raises the income limit for eligibility for (section 235) home ownership assistance from 80 percent of median to 95 percent of median income. Authorizes the Secretary to make periodic assistance payments for the purchase by those within specified income levels of double module mobile homes and lots therefor. Extends the program of rental assistance (section 236) through September 30, 1977. Authorizes Federal Housing Administration (FHA) supplemental loans for hospitals. Permits either HUD or a co-insuring lender to assume the loss in case of default for multifamily projects where the co-insurer is a public housing agency or insured depository institution. Authorizes loans to mortgages with respect to co-insured projects in default where the co-insurer is a public housing agency. Increases mortgage limits under FHA's multifamily housing programs by 20 percent and reduces the high-cost area increment from 75 to 50 percent. Amends the National Housing Act to authorize expenditures by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for repair of major structural defects which seriously affect use and livabi… | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 94-hr-13143 | 94 | hr | 13143 | A bill to provide Federal assistance under certain housing programs for more dwelling units which are heated or cooled by solar energy. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-04-09 | 1976-04-09 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Baucus, Max [D-MT-1] | MT | D | B000243 | 0 | Directs the Administrators of specified Federal housing programs to increase by not more than ten percent any amount which represents a limitation on the amount of a loan that may be made on a single or multi-family dwelling unit or a limitation on the amount of the principal obligation of a mortgage on such unit, if such increase represents the increase in the cost of the dwelling unit which may be attributed to the unit's being heated or cooled by solar energy. | 2024-08-01T19:31:35Z | |
| 94-hr-13159 | 94 | hr | 13159 | A bill to amend title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to revise the allocation formula for assistance under such title, and to provide increased authorizations to carry out programs under such title. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-04-09 | 1976-04-09 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Roncalio, Teno [D-WY-At Large] | WY | D | R000421 | 0 | Amends the Housing and Community Development Act to revise the allocation formula for assistance for Community Development programs by increasing the percentage allocated for local governments outside metropolitan areas and decreasing the percentage allocated for metropolitan cities. Increases by $425,000,000 the amount of funds authorized to be appropriated for grants to States and local governments. | 2024-08-01T19:31:35Z | |
| 94-hr-13139 | 94 | hr | 13139 | A bill to increase the aggregate authority for long-term direct loans to non-profit sponsors for the construction of housing for the elderly and handicapped. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-04-08 | 1976-04-08 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. St Germain, Fernand J. [D-RI-1] | RI | D | S000762 | 2 | Increases by $2,500,000,000, the amount authorized to be appropriated for long-term direct loans to nonprofit sponsors for construction of housing for the elderly and the handicapped. | 2024-08-01T19:31:35Z | |
| 94-hr-13110 | 94 | hr | 13110 | A bill to extend and modify provisions relating to Federal expenditures to correct or compensate for structural defects present in homes purchased with federally insured mortgages. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-04-07 | 1976-04-07 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Symington, James W. [D-MO-2] | MO | D | S001134 | 0 | Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make expenditures: (1) to correct structural defects of any property improved by a one- to four-family dwelling which was approved for mortgage insurance prior to construction; (2) to pay the claims of the owner of the property arising from such defects; or (3) to acquire title to such property. Extends for four months the deadline for application for relief under such program. Extends for four months the authorization of the Secretary to make expenditures to correct, or to reimburse the owner for the correction of structural defects which so seriously affect use and livability as to create a serious danger to the life or safety of inhabitants of any one- two- three- or four-family dwelling which is located in an older, declining urban area and is covered by any specified federally insured mortgage. Sets prerequisites for application for such assistance. Provides that expenditures for reimbursement pursuant to this program shall be the obligation of the Special Risk Insurance Fund. Sets forth a permanent program covering all Federal Housing Administration insured housing which is in existence at the effective date of this Act to give applicants one year from the date of purchase to apply for reimbursement for major structural defects. Prescribes requirements for eligibility to apply under this program. Provides that the obligation for reimbursement pursuant to this program shall be the obligation of the Special Risk Insurance Fund. Requires that the Secretary promulgate regulations which prescribe the conditions and terms of expenditures and payments to be made under this Act. | 2024-08-01T19:31:35Z | |
| 94-hr-13005 | 94 | hr | 13005 | National Condominium and Tenants Rights Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-04-02 | 1976-04-02 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Rosenthal, Benjamin S. [D-NY-8] | NY | D | R000442 | 1 | National Condominium and Tenants Reights Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares the purposes of this Act, including to establish minimum national standards governing the sale, ownership, conversion to, and extension of credit for condominiums. States that no condominium housing loan shall be made: (1) to any developer unless the creditor received a written property statement containing specified names, address, legal descriptions, costs and assurances; or (2) to any prospective purchaser unless the same written property statement has been submitted to such purchaser 21 days prior to any legally obligating document's execution. Provides similar protection for tenants in cases of condominium conversions. Prohibits discrimination against condominium-unit purchasers in the extension of credit on the basis of age, sex, marital status, religion, race, or national origin. Provides for the designation of an Assistant Secretary of Condominiums in the Department of Housing and Urban Development and enumerates the duties to be performed. Requires each creditor subject to the provisions of this Act to file an annual report with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development showing the extent of compliance with the provisions of this Act. Creates a civil remedy against creditors by persons discriminated against in violation of this Act. States that any developer or creditor who violates the provisions of this Act shall be fined not more than $15,000 for each violation. Empowers the Secretary to encourage and make grants to State and local governments to help establish offices to administer and enforce State and local requirements with respect to condominiums. Enumerates the requirements to be met by any plan for the protection of purchasers of condominium units and those displaced by conversion to such units prior to the making of any grant. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out such grants. Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as neces… | 2025-09-02T18:48:33Z | |
| 94-hr-12945 | 94 | hr | 12945 | Housing Authorization Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-04-01 | 1976-05-26 | Measure laid on table in House, S. 3295 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Ashley, Thomas L. [D-OH-9] | OH | D | A000222 | 18 | (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #310 (332-27)) Housing Authorization Act - Increases the authorization of funds for the following programs administered by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): (1) housing assistance; (2) comprehensive planning; (3) research; and (4) flood insurance. Increases mortgage limitations under the National Housing Act homeownership assistance programs. Extends assistance under the Emergency Homeowners' Relief Act and the Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Act through fiscal year 1977. Reallocates community development block grant funds under the Housing and Community Development Act. Amends the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to exempt from provisions of the Act requiring flood insurance, any loan to finance a residence acquired prior to March 1, 1976, or one year following identification of the area where such building is located as a flood hazard area, whichever is later. Sets limitations on the funds available for the Rehabilitation Loan Program of the Housing Act of 1964 for fiscal year 1977. Authorizes appropriations of $500,000,000 to cover losses sustained by the General Insurance Fund under the National Housing Act. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to increase construction and rehabilitation of units in connection with the Housing Assistance Payments Program. Extends the period of assistance payments for low-income housing where the dwelling unit is unoccupied, so long as a good faith effort is made to fill the unit and the unit provides decent, safe, and sanitary housing. Amends the Community Development Act of 1974 to allow the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to extend discretionary grant funds to specified new community projects. Increases from $800,000,000 to $1,475,000,000, and to $2,387,500,000 on October 1, 1977, and to $3,300,000,000 on October 1, 1978, the amount authorized to be appropriated for long-term direct loans to nonprofit sponsors for construction of housing for the el… | 2025-09-02T18:48:32Z | |
| 94-hr-12978 | 94 | hr | 12978 | A bill to increase the aggregate authority for long-term direct loans to nonprofit sponsors for the construction of housing for the elderly and handicapped. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-04-01 | 1976-04-01 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. St Germain, Fernand J. [D-RI-1] | RI | D | S000762 | 16 | Increases by $2,500,000,000, the amount authorized to be appropriated for long-term direct loans to nonprofit sponsors for construction of housing for the elderly and the handicapped. | 2024-08-01T19:31:25Z | |
| 94-hr-12979 | 94 | hr | 12979 | A bill to increase the aggregate authority for long-term direct loans to nonprofit sponsors for the construction of housing for the elderly and handicapped. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-04-01 | 1976-04-01 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. St Germain, Fernand J. [D-RI-1] | RI | D | S000762 | 16 | Increases by $2,500,000,000, the amount authorized to be appropriated for long-term direct loans to nonprofit sponsors for construction of housing for the elderly and the handicapped. | 2024-08-01T19:31:25Z | |
| 94-hr-12932 | 94 | hr | 12932 | A bill to increase the aggregate authority for long-term direct loans to nonprofit sponsors for the construction of housing for the elderly and handicapped. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-31 | 1976-03-31 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Minish, Joseph G. [D-NJ-11] | NJ | D | M000796 | 0 | Increases by $2,500,000,000, the amount authorized to be appropriated for long-term direct loans to nonprofit sponsors for construction of housing for the elderly and the handicapped. | 2024-08-01T19:31:18Z | |
| 94-hr-12889 | 94 | hr | 12889 | Emergency Tenants' Loan Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-30 | 1976-03-30 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Ottinger, Richard L. [D-NY-24] | NY | D | O000134 | 1 | Emergency Tenants' Loan Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make repayable emergency rent payments on behalf of tenants who are, or will be, subject to eviction proceedings as a result of being unable to make their rental payments by reason of their unemployment or underemployment. States that such payments may not be approved unless: (1) the tenant will be unable to make his rental payments; (2) the tenant has incurred a substantial reduction in income due to adverse economic conditions; (3) there is a reasonable prospect that the tenant will be able to repay the loan made by the Secretary; and (4) the rental property is the tenant's principal place of residence. Allows rental assistance for part or all of the tenant's rent up to $250 per month for a maximum of two years. Provides for interest to be charged according to the tenant's ability to pay but not more than eight percent per year. Requires that the payments be deferred until the tenant is able to pay the loan. Permits the Secretary to require security for the repayment of the loan, but provides that the Secretary may not refuse a loan for lack of security. Authorizes to be appropriated not more than $500,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides that no payments may be authorized after September 30, 1977. Provides penalties for any person obtaining any benefits under this Act through the giving of false information. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress every 60 days concerning delinquent repayments and actions taken to carry out the purposes of this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:48:32Z | |
| 94-hr-12857 | 94 | hr | 12857 | A bill to amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 for the purpose of mandating that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development consider only the availability of credit to lower- and moderate-income families in determining whether an area with between 10,000 and 20,000 people is a rural area as defined in such section. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-29 | 1976-03-29 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Sisk, B. F. [D-CA-15] | CA | D | S000454 | 7 | Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to expand the definitions of "rural" and "rural areas" to include places not part of or associated with an urban area which have a population of between 10,000 and 20,000 people and which have a serious lack of mortgage credit for lower- and moderate-income families. | 2024-08-01T19:31:17Z | |
| 94-hr-12782 | 94 | hr | 12782 | A bill to prohibit States and political subdivisions from discriminating against low and moderate income housing, and to give a priority in determining eligibility for assistance under various Federal programs to political subdivisions which submit plans for the inclusion of low and moderate income housing in their development. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-25 | 1976-03-25 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Badillo, Herman [D-NY-21] | NY | D | B000025 | 0 | Prohibits States and political subdivisions from discriminating against low-and moderate-income housing in the exercise of their powers with respect to planning, zoning, subdivision controls, building codes, and other matters affecting land use. Enables the Attorney General of the United States to bring a civil action in any appropriate district court to enforce compliance with such provisions. Grants standing to any person who would be assisted (financially or otherwise) in obtaining suitable housing, or would derive any other benefit by or from the provision of low- or moderate- income housing in any community within a metropolitan area, who believes that there has been a violation of this Act to bring a civil action, without regard to amount in controversy, to enforce compliance or obtain other equitable relief. Grants a priority in determining eligibility for assistance under specified Federal programs to political subdivisions which submit plans for the inclusion of low- and moderate-income housing in their development. | 2024-08-01T19:31:17Z | |
| 94-hr-12788 | 94 | hr | 12788 | Supplemental Community Development Employment Assistance Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-25 | 1976-03-25 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Brown, Garry E. [R-MI-3] | MI | R | B000917 | 4 | Supplemental Community Development Employment Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to any State, metropolitan city, or urban county which meets the requirements of a community development program as specified in the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. Authorizes appropriations of $780,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act. Sets forth allocation requirements with respect to the grants. States that in any calendar quarter, 75 percent shall be allocated to metropolitan cities and urban counties, except that the Secretary may establish such percentage as he deems appropriate in view of unemployment and related factors. Requires that unemployment data, determined by the Secretary of Labor, shall be utilized to establish the supplementary grant amounts which will be distributed in any calendar quarter. Stipulates that any metropolitan city or urban county which has been allocated supplementary grant assistance shall submit an application which outlines the proposed job intensive use and demonstrates that the use is consistent with the recipient's community development program. | 2025-09-02T18:48:27Z | |
| 94-hr-12756 | 94 | hr | 12756 | Housing Incentive Investment Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-24 | 1976-03-24 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Ashley, Thomas L. [D-OH-9] | OH | D | A000222 | 0 | Housing Incentive Investment Act - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) to make monthly housing investment interest differential payments to lenders. Prohibits GNMA from approving a mortgage for assistance unless: (1) the mortgage covers a one-to-four family dwelling; (2) the home mortgage is not in excess of $35,000; (3) the purchaser's interest payments are at least two but not more than six percent below the market rate of interest for home mortgages; (4) the lender's interest rate will be adjusted every six months by GNMA to reflect the yield on VA-FHA mortgages; and (5) the purchaser agrees to repay the aggregate amount of differential payments with interest. Requires that upon sale or other disposition of the dwelling or upon termination of the use of the dwelling by the purchaser as his principal residence prior to retirement of the first mortgage, the cost of the extra assistance by GNMA be repaid by the borrower from the appreciation on his home. Authorizes GNMA to establish a lender's interest rate which may not exceed the average yield on VA-FHA mortgages during the six calendar months preceding the date of execution of the mortgage. Allows GNMA to adjust the lender's interest rate upward or downward every six months except that no single adjustment may exceed one quarter of one percent nor may an aggregate upward adjustment exceed two and one-half percent. Provides that if the lender's rate falls below the borrower's rate that the borrower shall be credited with the difference. Establishes in the Treasury a Housing Incentive Investment Fund to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes GNMA to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase and sell such notes and obligations. Sets the termination of this program for five years after the date of enactment. | 2025-09-02T18:48:21Z | |
| 94-s-3198 | 94 | s | 3198 | A bill to extend the Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Act of 1974. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-24 | 1976-03-24 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD] | MD | R | M000241 | 2 | Extends the expiration date of the Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Act of 1975 to the end of fiscal year 1977. Amends the National Housing Act to place a ceiling on sales prices for each financed dwelling unit at an amount not to exceed the median purchase price for the local housing market area in which the property is located, as determined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 94-hr-12742 | 94 | hr | 12742 | A bill to amend the National Housing Act to authorize expenditures by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for repair of certain dwellings. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-23 | 1976-03-23 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Murphy, Morgan F. [D-IL-2] | IL | D | M001101 | 0 | Amends the National Housing Act to authorize expenditures by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for repair of major structural defects which create a serious danger to the life and safety of inhabitants of any one-, two-, three-, or four-family dwelling covered by any mortgage insured by the Federal Housing Administration. | 2024-08-01T19:31:17Z | |
| 94-s-3193 | 94 | s | 3193 | Housing Incentive Investment Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-23 | 1976-03-23 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Brock, Bill [R-TN] | TN | R | B000851 | 1 | Housing Incentive Investment Act - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) to make monthly housing investment interest differential payments to lenders. Prohibits GNMA from approving a mortgage for assistance unless: (1) the mortgage covers a one-to-four family dwelling; (2) the home mortgage is not in excess of $35,000; (3) the purchaser's interest payments are at least two but not more than six percent below the market rate of interest for home mortgages; (4) the lender's interest rate will be adjusted every six months by GNMA to reflect the yield on VA-FHA mortgages; and (5) the purchaser agrees to repay the aggregate amount of differential payments with interest. Requires that upon sale or other disposition of the dwelling or upon termination of the use of the dwelling by the purchaser as his principal residence prior to retirement of the first mortgage, the cost of the extra assistance by GNMA be repaid by the borrower from the appreciation on his home. Authorizes GNMA to establish a lender's interest rate which may not exceed the average yield on VA-FHA mortgages during the six calendar months preceding the date of execution of the mortgage. Allows GNMA to adjust the lender's interest rate upward or downward every six months except that no single adjustment may exceed one quarter of one percent nor may an aggregate upward adjustment exceed two and one-half percent. Provides that if the lender's rate falls below the borrower's rate that the borrower shall be credited with the difference. Establishes in the Treasury a Housing Incentive Investment Fund to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes GNMA to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase and sell such notes and obligations. Sets the termination of this program for five years after the date of enactment. | 2025-09-02T18:52:13Z | |
| 94-hr-12698 | 94 | hr | 12698 | A bill to amend the National Housing Act to authorize expenditures by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for repair of certain dwellings. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-22 | 1976-03-22 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-21] | OH | D | S000948 | 4 | Amends the National Housing Act to authorize expenditures by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for repair of major structural defects which create a serious danger to the life and safety of inhabitants of any one-, two-, three-, or four-family dwelling covered by any mortgage insured by the Federal Housing Administration. | 2024-08-01T19:31:08Z | |
| 94-s-3188 | 94 | s | 3188 | A bill to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to extend the authorization for contracts for annual contributions. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-22 | 1976-03-22 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Brooke, Edward W. [R-MA] | MA | R | B000871 | 9 | Extends the authorization for contracts for annual contribution under the United States Housing Act of 1937. Authorizes an additional $850,000,000 to be appropriated in public housing contract authority for fiscal year 1977 and an additional $1,350,000,000 in such authority for fiscal year 1978 and beyond. Requires that at least $250,000,000 of the new public housing contract authority will be made available to finance the construction of new public housing units. Authorizes $60,000,000 to be appropriated for modernization of existing public housing units. Authorizes $600,000,000 per year to be appropriated for operating subsidies for conventional public housing. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 94-hr-12617 | 94 | hr | 12617 | A bill to amend the Housing Act of 1959. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-18 | 1976-03-18 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. AuCoin, Les [D-OR-1] | OR | D | A000337 | 0 | Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to issue notes or other obligations, in amounts not to exceed $700,000,000, to the Secretary of the Treasury for the housing for the elderly and the handicapped program. | 2024-08-01T19:31:08Z | |
| 94-hr-12625 | 94 | hr | 12625 | Housing Amendments | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-18 | 1976-03-18 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. D'Amours, Norman E. [D-NH-1] | NH | D | D000017 | 1 | Extends from four to five years, the period during which homeowners may apply for assistance in cases of structural defects in specified mortgaged homes under the National Housing Act. | 2025-09-02T18:48:21Z | |
| 94-hr-12629 | 94 | hr | 12629 | Countercyclical Community Development Employment Assistance Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-18 | 1976-03-18 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-36] | NY | D | L000556 | 0 | Countercyclical Community Development Employment Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to any State, metropolitan city, or urban county which meets the requirements of a community development program as specified in the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. Authorizes appropriations fo $1,300,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act. Sets forth allocation requirements with respect to the grants. States that in any calendar quarter, 75 percent shall be allocated to metropolitan cities and urban counties, except that the Secretary may establish such percentage as he deems appropriate in view of unemployment and related factors. Requires that unemployment data, determined by the Secretary of Labor, shall be utilized to establish the supplementary grant amounts which will be distributed in any calendar quarter. Stipulates that any metropolitan city or urban county which has been allocated supplementary grant assistance shall submit an application which outlines the proposed job intensive use and demonstrates that the use is consistent with the recipient's community development program. | 2025-09-02T18:48:21Z | |
| 94-hr-12654 | 94 | hr | 12654 | A bill to mandate the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to implement the program established by the Emergency Homeowners' Relief Act in standard metropolitan statistical areas with high home mortgage foreclosure rates. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-18 | 1976-03-18 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Murphy, Morgan F. [D-IL-2] | IL | D | M001101 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to implement the program established by the Emergency Homeowners' Relief Act in any standard metropolitan statistical area during any period in which the number of foreclosures on mortgages on one- to four-family dwelling units is greater than 1.2 percent of the total number of mortgages on such dwelling units. | 2024-08-01T19:31:08Z | |
| 94-hr-12658 | 94 | hr | 12658 | A bill to amend the National Housing Act to authorize expenditures by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for repair of certain dwellings. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-18 | 1976-03-18 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-21] | OH | D | S000948 | 24 | Amends the National Housing Act to authorize expenditures by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for repair of major structural defects which create a serious danger to the life and safety of inhabitants of any one-, two-, three-, or four-family dwelling covered by any mortgage insured by the Federal Housing Administration. | 2024-08-01T19:31:08Z | |
| 94-hr-12659 | 94 | hr | 12659 | A bill to amend the National Housing Act to authorize expenditures by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for repair of certain dwellings. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-18 | 1976-03-18 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-21] | OH | D | S000948 | 2 | Amends the National Housing Act to authorize expenditures by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for repair of major structural defects which create a serious danger to the life and safety of inhabitants of any one-, two-, three-, or four-family dwelling covered by any mortgage insured by the Federal Housing Administration. | 2024-08-01T19:31:08Z | |
| 94-s-3170 | 94 | s | 3170 | A bill to extend and modify provisions relating to Federal expenditures to correct or compensate for structural defects present in hams purchased with federally insured mortgages. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-18 | 1976-03-18 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Stevenson, Adlai E., III [D-IL] | IL | D | S000890 | 2 | Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make expenditures: (1) to correct structural defects of any property improved by a one to four-family dwelling which was approved for mortgage insurance prior to construction; (2) to pay the claims of the owner of the property arising from such defects; or (3) acquiring title of such property. Extends by four months the deadline for application for relief under such program. Extends by four months the authorization of the Secretary to make expenditures to correct, or to reimburse the owner for the correction of structural defects which so seriously affect use and livability as to create a serious danger to the life or safety of inhabitants of any one, two, three, or four-family dwelling which is located in an older, declining urban area and is covered by any specified federally insured mortgage. Sets prerequisites for application for such assistance. Provides that expenditures for reimbursement pursuant to this program shall be the obligation of the Special Risk Insurance Fund. Sets forth a permanent program covering all Federal Housing Administration insured housing which is in existence at the effective date of this Act to give applicants one year from the date of purchase to apply for reimbursement for major structural defects. Prescribes requirements for eligibility to apply under this program. Provides that the obligation for reimbursement pursuant to this program shall be the obligation of the Special Risk Insurance Fund. Requires that the Secretary promulgate regulations which prescribe the conditions and terms of expenditures and payments to be made under this Act. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 94-s-3174 | 94 | s | 3174 | Housing for the Elderly Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-18 | 1976-03-18 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Williams, Harrison A., Jr. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | W000502 | 5 | Housing for the Elderly Act - Increases by $2,500,000,000 the amount authorized to be appropriated under the Housing Act of 1959 for the loans for housing for the elderly program. | 2025-09-02T18:52:13Z | |
| 94-s-3158 | 94 | s | 3158 | A bill to amend section 312 of the Housing Act of 1964 to extend the rehabilitation loan program for 2 years. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-17 | 1976-03-17 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 3 | Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to extend the rehabilitation loan program for two years. Limits the amount which may be loaned in fiscal year 1976 to $100,000,000. Authorizes the appropriation of $200,000,000 prior to the close of fiscal year 1978 for such programs. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 94-s-3159 | 94 | s | 3159 | A bill to amend the National Housing Act to extend the section 235 homeownership assistance program and the section 236 rental assistance program, to increase the annual contributions contract authority under the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, to extend the rehabilitation loan program, and to extend and increase the authorization for the elderly housing program. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-17 | 1976-03-17 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Sparkman, John J. [D-AL] | AL | D | S000701 | 0 | Amends the National Housing Act to extend the homeownership assistance program by one year. Authorizes $200,000,000 to be appropriated for such program. Extends the rental assistance program by one year and authorizes $200,000,000 to be appropriated for such program. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to increase by $650,000,000 the annual contributions contract authority. Requires that not less than 75 percent of the units placed under annual contributions contracts on or after July 1, 1976, shall be constructed or substantially rehabilitated for ownership by public housing. Extends the rehabilitation loan program until 1977. Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to extend the elderly housing program until 1977 and to increase by $800,000,000 the amount to be appropriated for such program. Authorizes $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 for the comprehensive planning and management assistance program under the Housing Act of 1954. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to provide for the appointment of the Federal Insurance Administrator. Extends assistance under the Emergency Homeowners' Relief Act and the Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Act through fiscal year 1977. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to increase construction and rehabilitation of units in connection with the Housing Assistance Payments Program by setting a fair market rent taking into account: (1) construction and interest costs prevalent in the area; (2) trends for increases or decreases during the effective period of such rental; and (3) any statutory or regulatory requirements that affect the cost of the units. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 94-hr-12538 | 94 | hr | 12538 | A bill to amend the Community Development Act of 1974. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-16 | 1976-03-16 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9] | TX | D | B000880 | 0 | Amends the Community Development Act of 1974 to allow the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to extend discretionary grant funds to specified new community projects. | 2024-08-01T19:31:08Z | |
| 94-hr-12564 | 94 | hr | 12564 | A bill to increase the aggregate authority for long-term direct loans to non-profit sponsors for the construction of housing for the elderly and handicapped. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-16 | 1976-03-16 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. St Germain, Fernand J. [D-RI-1] | RI | D | S000762 | 0 | Increases by $2,500,000,000, the amount authorized to be appropriated for long-term direct loans to nonprofit sponsors for construction of housing for the elderly and the handicapped. | 2024-08-01T19:31:08Z | |
| 94-s-3143 | 94 | s | 3143 | A bill to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to make single individuals eligible for assistance under such Act. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-16 | 1976-03-16 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD] | MD | R | M000241 | 0 | Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to make single individuals and families whose sole members are at least 62 years of age eligible for low rent housing. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 94-hr-12524 | 94 | hr | 12524 | A bill to amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 for the purposes of mandating that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development consider only the availability of credit to lower- and moderate-income income families in determining whether an area with between 10,000 and 20,000 people is a rural area as defined in such section. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-15 | 1976-03-15 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Sisk, B. F. [D-CA-15] | CA | D | S000454 | 17 | Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to expand the definitions of "rural" and "rural areas" to include places not part of or associated with an urban area which have a population of between 10,000 and 20,000 people and which have a serious lack of mortgage credit for lower- and moderate-income families. | 2024-08-01T19:31:01Z | |
| 94-hr-12358 | 94 | hr | 12358 | A bill to amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 for the purpose of mandating that the Secretary of Agriculture consider only the availability of credit to lower- and moderate-income families in determining whether an area with between 10,000 and 20,000 people is a rural area as defined in such section. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-09 | 1976-03-09 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Daniel, W. C. (Dan) [D-VA-5] | VA | D | D000038 | 0 | Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to expand the definition of "rural" and "rural areas" to include places not part of or associated with an urban area which have a population of between 10,000 and 20,000 people and which have a serious lack of mortgage credit for low- and moderate-income families. | 2024-08-01T19:30:55Z | |
| 94-hr-12392 | 94 | hr | 12392 | Emergency Homeowners Relief Act Amendments | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-09 | 1976-03-09 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Rostenkowski, Dan [D-IL-8] | IL | D | R000458 | 0 | Emergency Homeowners Relief Act Amendments - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to implement immediately the program authorizing emergency mortgage relief payments under the Emergency Homeowners Relief Act. | 2025-09-02T18:48:13Z | |
| 94-hr-12205 | 94 | hr | 12205 | A bill to amend the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 for the purpose of providing more incentive for the construction and rehabilitation of units to be leased in connection with the program established by such act. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-02 | 1976-03-02 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. AuCoin, Les [D-OR-1] | OR | D | A000337 | 0 | Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to increase construction and rehabilitation of units in connection with the Housing Assistance Payments Program by setting a fair market rent taking into account: (1) construction and interest costs prevalent in the area; (2) trends for increases or decreases during the effective period of such rental; and (3) any statutory or regulatory requirements that affect the cost of the units. Extends the period of assistance payments for low-income housing where the dwelling unit is unoccupied, so long as a good faith effort is made to fill the unit and the unit is in compliance with applicable building and housing codes. States that after a 60 day period of inoccupancy the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will make payments in amounts equal to the debt service attributable to such unit for the duration of that annual contribution contract with the public housing agency. Defines debt service as the required payments for the principal and interest made with respect to a mortgage secured by housing assisted by this Act. | 2024-08-01T19:30:47Z | |
| 94-hr-12248 | 94 | hr | 12248 | Elderly Housing Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-02 | 1976-03-02 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. McDade, Joseph M. [R-PA-10] | PA | R | M000399 | 0 | Elderly Housing Act - Increases by $650,000,000 the amount authorized to be appropriated under the Housing Act of 1959 for the loans for housing for the elderly program. | 2025-09-02T18:48:08Z | |
| 94-s-3067 | 94 | s | 3067 | A bill to authorize funds for comprehensive planning and management assistance under section 701 of the Housing Act of 1954. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-02 | 1976-03-02 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Stevenson, Adlai E., III [D-IL] | IL | D | S000890 | 0 | Authorizes $125,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 for the comprehensive planning and management assistance program under the Housing Act of 1954. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 94-hr-12188 | 94 | hr | 12188 | Community Services Act Technical Amendments of 1976 | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-01 | 1976-07-06 | Public law 94-341. | House | Rep. Hawkins, Augustus F. [D-CA-29] | CA | D | H000367 | 2 | Community Services Act Technical Amendments - Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Community Services Act of 1974. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 94-hr-12194 | 94 | hr | 12194 | A bill to establish a task force for the purpose of establishing similar procedures to be used by the Federal Housing Administration and the Farmers Home Administration in appraising and inspecting homes. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-03-01 | 1976-03-01 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. McFall, John J. [D-CA-14] | CA | D | M000436 | 0 | Establishes a task force for the purpose of initiating procedures to be used by the Federal Housing Administration and the Farmers Home Administration in appraising and inspecting homes. Directs the task force to submit a report to Congress within 240 days with respect to the feasibility of having both administrations utilize the same procedures. | 2024-08-01T19:30:46Z | |
| 94-hr-12172 | 94 | hr | 12172 | A bill to amend the National Housing Act to authorize expenditures by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for repair of certain dwellings. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-02-26 | 1976-02-26 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-21] | OH | D | S000948 | 0 | Amends the National Housing Act to authorize expenditures by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for repair of major structural defects which create a serious danger to the life and safety of inhabitants of any one-, two-, three-, or four-family dwelling covered by any mortgage insured by the Federal Housing Administration. | 2024-08-01T19:30:47Z | |
| 94-hr-12066 | 94 | hr | 12066 | A bill to amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 for the purpose of mandating that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development consider only the availability of credit to lower- and moderate-income families in determining whether an area with between 10,000 and 20,000 people is a rural area as defined in such section. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-02-24 | 1976-02-24 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Sisk, B. F. [D-CA-15] | CA | D | S000454 | 0 | Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to expand the definitions of "rural" and "rural areas" to include places not part of or associated with an urban area which have a population of between 10,000 and 20,000 people and which have a serious lack of mortgage credit for lower- and moderate-income families. | 2024-08-01T19:30:37Z | |
| 94-hr-11972 | 94 | hr | 11972 | Supplemental Community Development Employment Assistance Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-02-19 | 1976-02-19 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Brown, Garry E. [R-MI-3] | MI | R | B000917 | 9 | Supplemental Community Development Employment Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to any State, metropolitan city, or urban county which meets the requirements of a community development program as specified in the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. Authorizes appropriations of $780,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act. Sets forth allocation requirements with respect to the grants. States that in any calendar quarter, 75 percent shall be allocated to metropolitan cities and urban counties, except that the Secretary may establish such percentage as he deems appropriate in view of unemployment and related factors. Requires that unemployment data, determined by the Secretary of Labor, shall be utilized to establish the supplementary grant amounts which will be distributed in any calendar quarter. Stipulates that any metropolitan city or urban county which has been allocated supplementary grant assistance shall submit an application which outlines the proposed job intensive use and demonstrates that the use is consistent with the recipient's community development program. | 2025-09-02T18:48:02Z | |
| 94-s-2986 | 94 | s | 2986 | Supplemental Community Development Employment Assistance Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-02-17 | 1976-02-17 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Griffin, Robert P. [R-MI] | MI | R | G000465 | 5 | Supplemental Community Development Employment Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to any State, metropolitan city, or urban county which meets the requirements of a community development program as specified in the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. Authorizes appropriations of $780,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act. Sets forth allocation requirements with respect to the grants. States that in any calendar quarter, 75 percent shall be allocated to metropolitan cities and urban counties, except that the Secretary may establish such percentage as he deems appropriate in view of unemployment and related factors. Requires that unemployment data, determined by the Secretary of Labor, shall be utilized to establish the supplementary grant amounts which will be distributed in any calendar quarter. Stipulates that any metropolitan city or urban county which has been allocated supplementary grant assistance shall submit an application which outlines the proposed job intensive use and demonstrates that the use is consistent with the recipient's community development program. | 2025-09-02T18:52:07Z | |
| 94-hr-11860 | 94 | hr | 11860 | Supplemental Community Development Employment Assistance Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-02-11 | 1976-02-11 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Brown, Garry E. [R-MI-3] | MI | R | B000917 | 1 | Supplemental Community Development Employment Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to any State, metropolitan city, or urban county which meets the requirements of a community development program as specified in the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. Authorizes appropriations of $780,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act. Sets forth allocation requirements with respect to the grants. States that in any calendar quarter, 75 percent shall be allocated to metropolitan cities and urban counties, except that the Secretary may establish such percentage as he deems appropriate in view of unemployment and related factors. Requires that unemployment data, determined by the Secretary of Labor, shall be utilized to establish the supplementary grant amounts which will be distributed in any calendar quarter. Stipulates that any metropolitan city or urban county which has been allocated supplementary grant assistance shall submit an application which outlines the proposed job intensive use and demonstrates that the use is consistent with the recipient's community development program. | 2025-09-02T18:47:56Z | |
| 94-hr-11769 | 94 | hr | 11769 | Housing Authorization Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-02-09 | 1976-02-09 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Barrett, William A. [D-PA-1] | PA | D | B000178 | 1 | Housing Authorization Act - Increases the authorization of funds for the following programs administered by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): (1) housing assistance; (2) comprehensive planning; (3) research; and (4) flood insurance. Authorizes an increase in appropriations for HUD's administrative expenses for fiscal year 1977. Increases mortgage limitations under the National Housing Act homeownership assistance programs. Extends assistance under the Emergency Homeowners' Relief Act and the Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Act through fiscal year 1977. Reallocates community development block grant funds under the Housing and Community Development Act. Amends the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to exempt from the Act any loan to finance a residence acquired prior to March 1, 1976, or one year following identification of the area which such building is located as a flood hazard area, whichever is later. Sets limitations on the funds available for the Rehabilitation Loan Program of the Housing Act of 1964 for fiscal year 1977. Authorizes appropriations of $500,000,000 to cover losses sustained by the General Insurance Fund under the National Housing Act. Limits Federal coverage of insured loans under coinsurance contracts to only those made by lenders other than State public housing agencies. Provides that interest rates on loans for farm housing will be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury upon request of the Secretary of HUD. | 2025-09-02T18:47:56Z | |
| 94-hr-11788 | 94 | hr | 11788 | A bill to increase mortgage and income limits under homeownership assistance programs administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-02-09 | 1976-02-09 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. AuCoin, Les [D-OR-1] | OR | D | A000337 | 0 | Increases mortgage and income limits under the National Housing Act for homeownership assistance programs administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. | 2024-08-01T19:30:28Z | |
| 94-hr-11649 | 94 | hr | 11649 | A bill to amend the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 for the purpose of increasing the amount of payments made in lieu of taxes by public housing agencies. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-02-03 | 1976-02-03 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12] | PA | D | M001120 | 0 | Increases the amount of payments made in lieu of taxes by public housing agencies from 10 to 15 percent, under the United States Housing Act of 1937. | 2024-08-01T19:30:21Z | |
| 94-hr-11556 | 94 | hr | 11556 | A bill to amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to provide that a combination of cities having an aggregate population of 50,000 or more shall be eligible to be an applicant. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-01-28 | 1976-01-28 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Danielson, George E. [D-CA-30] | CA | D | D000043 | 0 | Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to provide that a combination of cities having an aggregate population of 50,000 or more shall be eligible to be an applicant for grants to finance community development programs under such Act. | 2024-08-01T19:30:21Z | |
| 94-hr-11431 | 94 | hr | 11431 | A bill to provide for the establishment in selected cities and localities of pilot homestead programs under which publicly owned structures will be made available to tenant cooperatives for use in providing low- and moderate-income housing. | Housing and Community Development | 1976-01-21 | 1976-01-21 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Badillo, Herman [D-NY-21] | NY | D | B000025 | 1 | States that it is the purpose of this Act to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of homestead programs under which structures owned by cities and localities are turned over to tenant cooperatives for use in providing housing for individuals and families and thereby encouraging cities and localities to establish such a program. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide for the establishment of no fewer than ten pilot homestead programs. States that half of such programs shall be established in predominantly urban areas, and that half shall be established outside of standard metropolitan statistical areas. Provides for the reimbursement by means of Federal grants-in-aid to cities or localities for tax revenues lost by reason of transfer of housing structures owned by such units to qualified tenant cooperatives for use in homestead programs. Sets forth the requirements for qualification of tax abatement losses with respect to any homestead programs, including the establishment by the Secretary of an overall homestead neighborhood or community revitalization plan and the establishment of a local homestead board. Enumerates minimum standards which must be met to obtain the approval of the Secretary for an overall homestead and neighborhood or community revitalization plan. Establishes procedures for the selection of the local homestead boards. Sets forth the duties and responsibilities of such boards. States that ten percent of the funds available for loans by the Secretary to local communities for the redevelopment, rehabilitation, and conservation of blighted areas shall be available for use exclusively for loans to families participating in the homestead program. | 2024-08-01T19:30:12Z | |
| 94-hr-11371 | 94 | hr | 11371 | Emergency Tenants' Loan Act | Housing and Community Development | 1976-01-19 | 1976-01-19 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Ottinger, Richard L. [D-NY-24] | NY | D | O000134 | 1 | Emergency Tenants' Loan Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make repayable emergency rent payments on behalf of tenants who are, or will be, subject to eviction proceedings as a result of being unable to make their rental payments by reason of their unemployment or underemployment. States that such payments may not be approved unless: (1) the tenant will be unable to make his rental payments; (2) the tenant has incurred a substantial reduction in income due to adverse economic conditions; (3) there is a reasonable prospect that the tenant will be able to repay the loan made by the Secretary; and (4) the rental property is the tenant's principal place of residence. Allows rental assistance for part or all of the tenant's rent up to $250 per month for a maximum of two years. Provides for interest to be charged according to the tenant's ability to pay but not more than eight percent per year. Requires that the payments be deferred until the tenant is able to pay the loan. Permits the Secretary to require security for the repayment of the loan, but provides that the Secretary may not refuse a loan for lack of security. Authorizes to be appropriated not more than $500,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides that no payments may be authorized after September 30, 1977. Provides penalties for any person obtaining any benefits under this Act through the giving of false information. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress every 60 days concerning delinquent repayments and actions taken to carry out the purposes of this Act. | 2025-09-02T18:47:46Z |
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