3.0.0 4156 2023-01-11T13:17:16Z 2023-01-11T13:17:16Z House H HR 2009-11-19 111 hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-11-19T15:04:49Z 2009-11-19 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2009-11-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-11-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001165 Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13] Albio Sires D NJ 13 N H001039 Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19] John Hall D NY J. 19 2009-12-11 False K000365 Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8] Steve Kagen D WI 8 2009-12-15 False Armed Forces and National Security Building construction Financial crises and stabilization Government lending and loan guarantees Housing and community development funding Housing finance and home ownership Low- and moderate-income housing Military personnel and dependents Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs Wages and earnings Armed Forces and National Security 00 2009-11-19 Introduced in House 2010-03-09T19:51:43Z Increasing Housing Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide assistance to for-profit developers to expand the supply of supportive housing for veteran families, such assistance coming in the form of zero interest loans and project rental assistance. Requires: (1) not less than 75% of the units in such housing to be made available for occupancy only by veteran families; (2) rent contribution limits for low-income veterans; and (3) owners of assisted housing to ensure that veterans and their families are provided a range of supportive services tailored to their needs. Provides housing development cost limitations. Directs the HUD Secretary to provide information concerning the availability of such housing to the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs and Labor. Requires the repayment of housing assistance and the prevention of undue benefits with respect to housing that fails or ceases to be used for veterans' purposes. Provides funding for such assistance from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.

Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to include veterans service agencies as entities authorized to submit state and local housing strategies for housing assistance provided under such Act.

Requires a study by the Comptroller General on the availability of credit for veterans of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.

Directs the HUD Secretary to carry out a program to provide mortgage assistance through the provision of grants and loans for direct mortgage payments on behalf of eligible households (households containing a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty for more than 30 days). Outlines assistance requirements and limitations. Requires assistance repayment when the annual income of the household exceeds 200% of the poverty level applicable to that family size. Provides TARP funding for such assistance.

]]> Increasing Housing Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2009 Display Title Increasing Housing Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To provide for certain improvements in the laws relating to housing for veterans, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Increasing Housing Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-11-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr4156ih/xml/BILLS-111hr4156ih.xml 2009-11-19 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.