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        <fullName>Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Foreclosure Counseling Assistance Act of 2008 - Directs the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (NRC) to make grants to qualified counseling intermediaries and qualified legal organizations to provide legal assistance to homeowners of owner-occupied homes with mortgages in default, in danger of default, or subject to or at risk of foreclosure.</p> <p>Requires the NRC to give priority to qualified counseling intermediaries and qualified legal organizations that: (1) provide legal assistance in the 100 metropolitan statistical areas with the highest home foreclosure rates; and (2) have the capacity to begin using the grant funds within 90 days after receipt of the funds.</p> <p></p> <p></p>]]></text>
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    <title>Foreclosure Counseling Assistance Act of 2008</title>
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        <title>To establish a program to provide grants to help homeowners who are facing foreclosure to receive professional counseling.</title>
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      <text>Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.</text>
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