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<dc:title>119 HR 6125 IH: Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2025</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-11-19</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 6125</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20251119">November 19, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="B001281">Mrs. Beatty</sponsor> (for herself, <cosponsor name-id="C001126">Mr. Carey</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="A000370">Ms. Adams</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="B000490">Mr. Bishop</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="C001072">Mr. Carson</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="C001055">Mr. Case</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="C001067">Ms. Clarke of New York</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="C001061">Mr. Cleaver</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="C001068">Mr. Cohen</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="C001119">Ms. Craig</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="D000230">Mr. Davis of North Carolina</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="E000296">Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="F000110">Mr. Fields</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="H001081">Mrs. Hayes</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="J000288">Mr. Johnson of Georgia</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="J000310">Ms. Johnson of Texas</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="K000385">Ms. Kelly of Illinois</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="K000391">Mr. Krishnamoorthi</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="M001231">Mr. Mannion</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="M001238">Ms. McBride</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="M001137">Mr. Meeks</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="M001160">Ms. Moore of Wisconsin</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="M001225">Mr. Mullin</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="N000147">Ms. Norton</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S001157">Mr. David Scott of Georgia</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S000510">Mr. Smith of Washington</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="T000488">Mr. Thanedar</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="T000193">Mr. Thompson of Mississippi</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="T000487">Ms. Tokuda</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HBA00">Committee on Financial Services</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To 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.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HC8EA50362B874C278F154407C91FCB87" style="OLC"><section id="H3175CFB886574F899B5694B41ABD3CFE" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2025</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="H523A25A8145B49CBB46103F6246DC6E3"><enum>2.</enum><header>Discount on mortgage insurance premium payments for first-time homebuyers who complete financial literacy housing counseling programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The second sentence of subparagraph (A) of section 203(c)(2) of the National Housing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1709">12 U.S.C. 1709(c)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HC1F9DA0B723844D1A241ABD9E0E4D46C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before the comma the following: <quote>and such program is completed before the mortgagor has signed an application for a mortgage to be insured under this title or a sales agreement</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H661BBD7803B84E9696C6C67FFFA111C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>not exceed 2.75 percent of the amount of the original insured principal obligation of the mortgage</quote> and inserting <quote>be 25 basis points lower than the premium payment amount established by the Secretary under the first sentence of this subparagraph</quote>.</text></paragraph></section></legis-body></bill>

