3.0.0 5894 2021-04-20T15:14:21Z 2021-04-20T15:14:21Z House H HR 2008-04-24 110 hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-04-24T14:04:00Z 2008-04-24 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2008-04-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001160 Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] Gwen Moore D WI 4 N F000339 Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] BARNEY FRANK D MA 4 2008-04-30 False E000288 Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] Keith Ellison D MN 5 2008-04-30 False G000553 Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] Al Green D TX 9 2008-04-30 False W000784 Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4] ALBERT WYNN D MD R. 4 2008-04-30 False C000380 Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] DONNA CHRISTENSEN D VI M. 0 2008-04-30 False D000096 Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] DANNY DAVIS D IL K. 7 2008-05-06 False M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2008-05-13 False M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2008-06-04 False W000314 Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] ROBERT WEXLER D FL 19 2008-06-23 False C001067 Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-11] Yvette Clarke D NY D. 11 2008-07-22 False S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2008-07-22 False Housing and Community Development Agriculture and Food Authorization Economics and Public Finance Energy Eviction Federal aid to housing Finance and Financial Sector Food relief Foreclosure Homeless Housing finance Housing subsidies Mortgages Nonprofit organizations Public utilities Relocation Rent Rental housing Shelters for the homeless Social Welfare Surety and fidelity Water Resources Development Housing and Community Development 00 2008-04-24 Introduced in House 2008-06-10T20:12:29Z Emergency Housing Assistance Act of 2008 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2008 for grants under the Emergency Food and Shelter Program under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. Allows only up to 3.5% of such funds to be used for administrative costs.

Limits the use of grants to the Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board under this Act, and any monies received by any private nonprofit organization or local government from the National Board from such amounts, solely for housing-related assistance needed to prevent homelessness in connection with the foreclosure on a dwelling occupied by an eligible family. Specifies among the uses of such assistance relocation expenses, security and utility deposits, mortgage payments, rent payments, utility payments, and other foreclosure or eviction prevention expenses.

Allows an eligible family to receive such assistance for up to three months. Requires such assistance to be provided directly to mortgage servicers, property managers, utility companies, or other entities necessary to prevent the homelessness of such family. (No funds shall be provided directly to the family).

Requires the National Board, and any private nonprofit organization or local government receiving monies from it, to maintain such monies in an account separate from other funds provided under the Program.

]]> Emergency Housing Assistance Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Emergency Housing Assistance Act of 2008 Display Title Emergency Housing Assistance Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To provide funding for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for housing-related assistance needed to prevent homelessness of families in connection with foreclosures on their residences. Introduced in House 2008-04-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr5894ih/xml/BILLS-110hr5894ih.xml 2008-04-24 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.