H.R.3221 - Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008

A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes. view all titles (84)

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  • Short: Expand and Preserve Home Ownership Through Counseling Act as passed house.
  • Short: Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2008 as passed house.
  • Short: Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2008 as passed house.
  • Short: FHA Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization Act of 2008 as passed house.
  • Short: Emergency Mortgage Loan Modification Act of 2008 as passed house.
  • Short: Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: Building American Homeownership Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: Federal Housing Finance Regulatory Reform Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: FHA Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: FHA Modernization Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: HOPE for Homeowners Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: Housing Tax Credit Coordination Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: Mortgage Disclosure Improvement Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Short: Small Public Housing Authorities Paperwork Reduction Act as enacted.
  • Official: A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes. as amended by senate.
  • Short: Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 as passed house.
  • Short: New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act and the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Mortgage Disclosure Improvement Act of 2008 as passed senate.
  • Short: Green Jobs Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Royalty Relief for American Consumers Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Smart Grid Facilitation Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: National Carbon Dioxide Storage Capacity Assessment Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Advanced Geothermal Energy Research and Development Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Biofuels Research and Development Enhancement Act as introduced.
  • Short: Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 as introduced.
  • Short: Carbon-Neutral Government Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Storage Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Energy Policy Reform and Revitalization Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Federal Consistency Appeals Decision Refinement Act as introduced.
  • Short: Global Change Research and Data Management Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act as introduced.
  • Short: International Climate Cooperation Re-engagement Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Marine Renewable Energy Research and Development Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: National Carbon Dioxide Storage Capacity Assessment Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Small Energy Efficient Businesses Act as introduced.
  • Short: Smart Grid Facilitation Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Solar Energy Research and Advancement Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Sustainable Energy Institutional Infrastructure Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Transportation Energy Security and Climate Change Mitigation Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act as introduced.
  • Short: New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act as passed house.
  • Short: Advanced Geothermal Energy Research and Development Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Biofuels Research and Development Enhancement Act as passed house.
  • Short: Carbon-Neutral Government Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Storage Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Energy Policy Reform and Revitalization Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Federal Consistency Appeals Decision Refinement Act as passed house.
  • Short: Global Change Research and Data Management Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act as passed house.
  • Short: Green Jobs Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: International Climate Cooperation Re-engagement Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Marine Renewable Energy Research and Development Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Royalty Relief for American Consumers Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Solar Energy Research and Advancement Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Sustainable Energy Institutional Infrastructure Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Telework Enhancement Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Transportation Energy Security and Climate Change Mitigation Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act as passed house.
  • Short: Building American Homeownership Act of 2008 as passed senate.
  • Short: Clean Energy Tax Stimulus Act of 2008 as passed senate.
  • Short: FHA Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization Act of 2008 as passed senate.
  • Short: FHA Modernization Act of 2008 as passed senate.
  • Short: REIT Investment Diversification and Empowerment Act of 2008 as passed senate.
  • Official: Moving the United States toward greater energy independence and security, developing innovative new technologies, reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, protecting consumers, increasing clean renewable energy production, and modernizing our energy infrastructure. as introduced.
  • Official: Moving the United States toward greater energy independence and security, developing innovative new technologies, reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, protecting consumers, increasing clean renewable energy production, and modernizing our energy infrastructure, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy conservation. as amended by house.
  • Short: Small Energy Efficient Businesses Act as passed house.
  • Short: New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act as introduced.
  • Short: Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 as passed senate.
  • Popular: American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act as introduced.
  • Popular: Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 as introduced.
  • Short: Housing Tax Credit Coordination Act of 2008 as passed house.
  • Short: American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 as passed house.
  • Short: Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 as passed house.
  • Short: FHA Housing Stabilization and Homeownership Retention Act of 2008 as passed house.
  • Short: Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 as passed senate.

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12/19/08
MSNBC's O'Donnell, Wash. Post's ElBoghdady reported only Bush ...

Unlike the Administration's recent administrative efforts to broaden FHA eligibility, HR 3221 is overly burdensome and prescriptive. ...

Source: Media Matters for America, DC
12/06/08
Your View — Support emergency grants for homeless students

Congress has recently passed HR 3221, the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. This legislation contains many measures to respond to the current ...

Source: Mankato Free Press, MN
11/19/08
Community Reinvestment Act

In 2007, HR 3221 was introduced in the Democratic-controlled Congress and did become Public Law 110-140, and this did achieve supervisory and regulatory ...

Source: The Ledger, FL
11/14/08
Take Advantage of $7500 Home Buyers Tax Credit

(HR 3221) "They are calling it a tax credit it is really essentially a $7500 tax free interest free loan. Two years after you buy the home you have to start ...

Source: KRDO, CO
11/13/08
"All Rent to Own...All the Time"

This law, HR 3221, was one of the most important and complex issues on which he worked. Frank in an August 2007 op-ed piece in Financial Times wrote "In the ...

Source: RTO Online, MO
11/06/08
Higher HECM Limits Could Help Retirees

The new law, HR 3221: Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, raises the maximum amount of a reverse mortgage to $419000, up from the old limit of ...

Source: BankInvestmentConsultant.com, NY
11/06/08
Higher HECM Limits Could Help Retirees

The new law, HR 3221: Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, raises the maximum amount of a reverse mortgage to $419000, up from the old limit of ...

Source: Financial-Planning.com, NY
11/04/08
Reply from Senator Jim Inhofe

... about the housing market in general, Congress passed housing relief legislation in the form of HR 3221, the "Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. ...

Source: Gather.com, MA
11/03/08
Reply from Senator Jim Inhofe

... about the housing market in general, Congress passed housing relief legislation in the form of HR 3221, the "Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. ...

Source: Gather.com, MA
11/03/08
Purchase Reverse Mortgages: Jan. 1 2009

The Bill that Congress passed and was signed by President Bush on July 30, 2008, HR 3221, among other things now allows this program to include purchase ...

Source: HULIQ (press release), NC
11/03/08
Financial experts discuss pros, cons of reverse home mortgages

HR 3221, which went into effect Saturday, raises the loan limit to $417000, up from the old limit of $200160 to $362790, based on qualifications. ...

Source: Southeast Missourian, MO
10/30/08
HOPE for Homeowners Act helping struggling homeowners

To read details of the act, go to www.govtrack.us, click “Bills and Resolutions,” and put “HR 3221” in the search box. David Uffington is affiliated with ...

Source: Akron Leader Publications, OH
10/28/08
Lettes to the editor

With just two years in Congress, he has learned how to take $2000 from Fannie Mae in return for his vote on HR 3221 — The American Housing Rescue and ...

Source: Utica Observer Dispatch, NY
10/27/08
Pre-election review: Connecticut's top votes in Congress 2008

A yes vote backed the plan as part of a housing-relief package (HR 3221). 7. Iraq Troop Withdrawals: Members on May 15 adopted, 227-196, an amendment to HR ...

Source: Journal Inquirer, CT
10/25/08
Hanna worthy of support

The American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act (HR 3221) passed the House on July 23 and Mike Arcuri voted in favor of the plan. ...

Source: Ithaca Journal, NY
10/21/08
Hanna worthy of support

The American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act (HR 3221) passed the House on July 23rd and Mike Arcuri voted in favor of the plan. ...

Source: Ithaca Journal, NY
10/19/08
HOEPA: New Hope for Outlawing Abusive Mortgages

The smaller $300 billion "Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008" (HR 3221) contains key provisions offering aid for troubled home loan holders in ...

Source: Consumer Affairs
10/17/08
Barney Frank passed bill this summer-$460 from your mortgage ...

Section 1338 of HR 3221, the Housing and Economic Recovery Act,requires both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to contribute 4.2 basis points for each dollar of ...

Source: ireport
10/15/08
Protect your pockets: reverse mortgage fraud on the rise

Fortunately, housing legislation (HR 3221) passed by Congress and signed into law by President Bush this summer included several provisions that take aim ...

Source: Warrick Publishing, IN
10/14/08
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE, 2008 US Rep. Michael Arcuri ...

I supported bipartisan action (HR 3221), which included include provisions to help restore confidence in financial markets and shore up Fannie Mae and ...

Source: Utica Observer Dispatch, NY
10/14/08
ART + LIFE

On the House side, it is possible to check how representatives voted on environmental issues such as energy legislation (HR 3221), global warming and ...

Source: Evanston, IL
10/08/08
$2T Lost in Retirement: Seniors Eye Reverse Mortgages

The recent legislation that passed, HR 3221, raised the national limit to $417000 for the HUD HECM loan and therefore more borrowers than ever before will ...

Source: HULIQ (press release), NC
10/06/08
Georgia Realtors Association spreading the word that this is a ...

He explained that Congress passed and President George Bush recently signed HR 3221, the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, which gives first-time ...

Source: Jones County News, GA
10/05/08
Wall Street's campaign money shadowed first bailout vote

Under HR 3221, the Foreclosure Prevention Act signed into law July 30, HUD will disperse $3.92 billion in CDBG funding nationwide with $145 million in ...

Source: The Argus, CA
10/02/08
FHA Announces $417000 Reverse Mortgage Loan Limit

A more liberal interpretation of HR 3221 considered a maximum loan limit to $625500 in high cost areas, such as Ventura county. The complexity of the bills ...

Source: Ventura County Star, CA
10/01/08
Help for Struggling Homeowners

Section 1403 of the new housing bill that was signed into law on July 30, 2008 (HR 3221) requires mortgage servicers to modify loans for homeowners and help ...

Source: WXYZ, MI
09/28/08
Be careful: Reverse mortgage fraud is on the rise

Fortunately, housing legislation (HR 3221) passed by Congress and signed into law by President Bush this summer included several provisions that take aim ...

Source: Palladium-Item, IN
09/26/08
Experts: No quick housing fix

A major housing bill passed by Congress on July 30, HR 3221, doesn't do enough to solve housing market problems, Corcoran also said, adding that she hopes ...

Source: Inman.com, CA
09/24/08
Mahoney honored for work on small business legislation

... more jobs loss • Mahoney introduced and supported several key provisions of HR 3221, The American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008, ...

Source: TCPalm, FL
09/23/08
McHenry cautious on bailout; Johnson criticizes record on deregulation

... have empowered more families to stay in their homes and prevent further disclosures (American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act, HR 3221). ...

Source: Morganton News Herald, NC

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