DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Articles and editorials

Affordable Housing Shortage Nears Crisis Proportions, E14 [23JA]

Bills and resolutions

Child care and development facilities: insure mortgages for acquisition, construction, or substantial rehabilitation (see H.R. 5291), H5995 [26JY]

Children's Development Commission (Kiddie Mac): establish (see H.R. 5291), H5995 [26JY]

Contracts: provide for renewal of project-based assisted housing contracts at reimbursement levels that are sufficient to sustain operations (see H.R. 3737), H365 [13FE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2797), S7372 [25JY] (see H.R. 5605), H7892 [10OC]

Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see S. 2723), S6649 [11JY]

FHA: adjust the indexing of multifamily mortgage limits (see S. 2841), S7899 [1AU]

———reinstitute moratorium on foreclosure of mortgage loans to borrowers affected by terrorist attacks and expand moratorium to certain employees of air carriers and aircraft manufacturers (see H.R. 4067), H1089 [20MR]

Government National Mortgage Association: repeal increase in guarantee fee for mortgage-backed securities (see H.R. 3926), H832 [12MR]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: repeal limitations on the funding percentages of the operating budgets of organizations receiving assistance (see H.R. 3963), H907 [13MR]

———support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see S. 2584), S5041 [5JN] (see H.R. 4446), H1337 [16AP]

Homeless: direct Federal aid to projects and programs that will prevent, and end, homelessness and ensure accountability through performance evaluations (see S. 2573), S4839 [23MY]

HOPE VI Program: reauthorize for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 5499), H6783 [30SE]

Housing: amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (see H.R. 3995), H1002 [19MR]

———expand provisions of the Officer Next Door and Teacher Next Door Program to include firefighters and rescue personnel (see H.R. 5181), H5194 [23JY]

———guarantee loans to homeowners with properties contaminated by leaking underground storage tanks and assist such homeowners in moving from such properties on a temporary or permanent basis (see H.R. 5572), H7303 [8OC]

———improve voucher rental assistance housing program (see S. 2721), S6649 [11JY]

———prohibit Federal funding for housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises and remove certain advantages granted to such enterprises (see H.R. 5126), H4605 [15JY]

———promote the production of affordable low-income housing (see S. 2967), S8918 [19SE]

Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight: provide funding in the same manner as other financial institutions' regulatory agencies (see H.R. 5696), H8035 [21OC]

Public housing: permit public housing agencies to transfer unused low-income rental assistance amounts to the HOME Program or for eligible Capital Fund public housing activities (see H.R. 4205), H1282 [11AP]

Public welfare programs: improve access to adequate and affordable housing under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2116), S2578 [11AP]

Real property: transfer (see H.R. 5161), H4931 [18JY]

Taxation: expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (see S. 1957), S897 [15FE]

Letters

Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act: several organizations, H3098 [4JN]

Housing Voucher Improvement Act: George Caruso, National Affordable Housing Management Association, S6653 [11JY]

———several organizations, S6652 [11JY]

———Sunia Zaterman, Council of Large Public Housing Authorities, S6653 [11JY]

Remarks in House

Child care and development facilities: insure mortgages for acquisition, construction, or substantial rehabilitation (H.R. 5291), E1427 [29JY]

Children's Development Commission (Kiddie Mac): establish (H.R. 5291), E1427 [29JY]

Cleveland, OH: tribute to Congressional Black Caucus Housing Summit on homeownership, H3676 [19JN], E1101 [19JN]

Ecology and environment: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (H.R. 2941), H3095-H3099 [4JN], E967 [6JN]

FHA: reinstitute moratorium on foreclosure of mortgage loans to borrowers affected by terrorist attacks and expand moratorium to certain employees of air carriers and aircraft manufacturers (H.R. 4067), E422 [21MR]

Government National Mortgage Association: repeal increase in guarantee fee for mortgage-backed securities (H.R. 3926), E340 [13MR]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (H.R. 4446), E544 [16AP]

HOPE VI Program: reauthorize for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (H.R. 5499), H8926 [14NO]

Housing: affordable housing for low-income families, E13 [23JA]

———amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (H.R. 3995), E389 [19MR], E1133 [21JN]

———prohibit Federal funding for housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises and remove certain advantages granted to such enterprises (H.R. 5126), E1258 [15JY]

Land use: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (H.R. 1433), H1494 [23AP]

Minorities: impact of racial discrimination, E1060 [14JN]

———increase homeownership, H3766-H3770 [20JN]

Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight: provide funding in the same manner as other financial institutions' regulatory agencies (H.R. 5696), H8033 [21OC]

Taxation: expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (H.R. 3100), H7132, H7133 [7OC], E1789 [8OC]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Energy: expand energy efficiency in public housing, S2904 [18AP]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5605), S10546 [16OC]

———making appropriations (S. 2797), S10880 [13NO]

Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (S. 2723), S6656 [11JY]

FHA: adjust the indexing of multifamily mortgage limits (S. 2841), S7907, S7908 [1AU]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (S. 2584), S5049 [5JN]

Homeless: direct Federal aid to projects and programs that will prevent, and end, homelessness and ensure accountability through performance evaluations (S. 2573), S4865 [23MY]

Housing: improve voucher rental assistance housing program (S. 2721), S6651 [11JY]

———promote the production of affordable low-income housing (S. 2967), S8920 [19SE]

———provide affordable housing and community development assistance to certain rural areas, S1745 [12MR]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S2335 [22MR], S10845 [12NO]

Public welfare programs: improve access to adequate and affordable housing under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2116), S2587 [11AP]

Taxation: expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (H.R. 3100), S11800 [20NO]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (S. 1957), S898 [15FE]

Reports filed

Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2941) (H. Rept. 107-448), H2234 [8MY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5605) (H. Rept. 107-740), H7892 [10OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2797) (S. Rept. 107-222), S7371 [25JY]

Housing Affordability for America Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3995) (H. Rept. 107-640), H6302 [17SE]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3995) (H. Rept. 107-640), H6058 [4SE]

Nomination of Alberto F. Trevino To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Policy Development and Research: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S10115 [8OC]

Nomination of Carolyn Y. Peoples To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S10115 [8OC]

Summaries

Affordable Housing Expansion Act (S. 2967), S8921 [19SE]

Housing Voucher Improvement Act (S. 2721), S6653-S6655 [11JY]

Texts of

H.R. 2941, Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act, H3095 [4JN]

H.R. 3100, expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data, H7133 [7OC]

H.R. 5499, Dept. of HUD reauthorization of HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing, H8926 [14NO]

H.R. 5605, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations: concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits provisions, S10546 [16OC]

S. 1957, expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data, S898 [15FE]

S. 2573, Community Partnership to End Homelessness Act, S4866-S4873 [23MY]

S. 2584, American Dream Downpayment Act, S5050 [5JN]

S. 2841, FHA Multifamily Housing Loan Limit Improvement Act, S7907 [1AU]

S. 2967, Affordable Housing Expansion Act, S8922-S8926 [19SE]