116 HR 2162 IH: Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2019 U.S. House of Representatives 2019-04-09 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I116th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 2162IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESApril 9, 2019Mrs. Beatty (for herself and Mr. Stivers) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial ServicesA BILLTo require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to discount FHA single-family mortgage insurance premium payments for first-time homebuyers who complete a financial literacy housing counseling program.

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This Act may be cited as the Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2019.

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Discount on mortgage insurance premium payments for first-time homebuyers who complete financial literacy housing counseling programs

The second sentence of subparagraph (A) of section 203(c)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(c)(2)(A)) is amended by striking not exceed 2.75 percent of the amount of the original insured principal obligation of the mortgage and inserting be 25 basis points lower than the premium payment amount established by the Secretary under the first sentence of this subparagraph.