3.0.0 5572 2019-11-15T20:55:39Z 2019-11-15T20:55:39Z House H HR 2008-03-10 110 hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-03-10T16:30:26Z 2008-03-10 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2008-03-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-03-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000933 Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] JAMES MORAN D VA P. 8 N Housing and Community Development Authorization Block grants Community development Counseling Department of Housing and Urban Development Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to housing Finance and Financial Sector Foreclosure Government Operations and Politics Housing finance Infrastructure Loan defaults Mortgages Nonprofit organizations Single family housing Social Welfare Urban affairs Housing and Community Development 00 2008-03-10 Introduced in House 2008-04-08T15:47:58Z Helping Communities Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants to states for providing foreclosure-mitigation counseling to homeowners of owner-occupied single family homes with mortgage loans in default or in danger of default.

Requires each state recipient to provide at least 95% of the grant amounts to nonprofit entities.

Authorizes additional FY2008 appropriations for community development block grant assistance under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974.

]]> Helping Communities Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Helping Communities Act of 2008 Display Title Helping Communities Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To stimulate the economy of the United States by providing assistance to States for foreclosure mitigation counseling activities and increased community development block grant assistance. Introduced in House 2008-03-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr5572ih/xml/BILLS-110hr5572ih.xml 2008-03-10 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.