3.0.0 2399 2023-01-11T20:08:07Z 2023-01-11T20:08:07Z Senate S S 2007-11-16 110 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-11-16T19:10:38Z 2007-11-16 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2007-11-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2008-04-15 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2008-04-15 False Housing and Community Development Commerce Consumer credit Consumer education Counseling Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to housing Finance and Financial Sector Home ownership Housing finance Mortgages Personal budgets Saving and investment Social Welfare Housing and Community Development 00 2007-11-16 Introduced in Senate 2008-02-29T22:04:10Z Financial Education and Counseling Assistance Act of 2007 - Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a grant program to assist eligible organizations to provide financial education and counseling services to homeowners and prospective homebuyers.

Requires the Secretary to give preference to established community-based financial education and counseling organizations capable of providing in-person services.

Prohibits an organization from receiving such financial assistance unless its financial counselors are HUD-certified.

]]> Financial Education and Counseling Assistance Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to expand and improve housing counseling services by increasing financial education and counseling services available to homeowners and prospective homebuyers in financial turmoil or who seek credit or other personal financial assistance, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Financial Education and Counseling Assistance Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Financial Education and Counseling Assistance Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-11-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2399is/xml/BILLS-110s2399is.xml 2007-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 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.