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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08/27/08
Katrina Effect

Congress established the Affordable Housing Trust Fund with the passage of HR 3221, which could open up an increase in funding for rental housing, ...

Source: Jackson Free Press, MS
08/26/08
Housing legislation must be approved

President Bush signed HR 3221 Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 into law on July 30, 2008. Included in this bill was the elimination of down payment ...

Source: Bluefield Daily Telegraph, WV
08/24/08
• Clinton led way on housing reform

AP NEWS By Daniel J. Hartnett Last week, President Bush signed into law, HR 3221, the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008," (PL 110-289). ...

Source: The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com, NY
08/22/08
VA backs no-down loans up to $729K till '09

HR 3221, the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, also raised minimum down payments on FHA-backed loans to 3.5 percent, and beginning Oct. 1 will ...

Source: Inman.com (subscription), CA
08/21/08
GM, Ford Bailout Push is Coming

Washington is in a bailout mode following the Fed's bailout of Bear Stearns on March 14 and the Treasury's standby authority to bailout Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, codified in H.R.3221 enacted on July 30. Is the auto industry next? ...On July 30,

08/20/08
New housing bill is to help people keep their homes

... struggling to keep their homes, both the House and the Senate passed the Housing and Economic Recovery Act, HR 3221, by overwhelming majorities. ...

Source: Baltimore Community Times, MD
08/17/08
Branson/Tri-Lakes News: Summit seeks housing shortgage solutions

President Bush on July 30 signed into law the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 (HR 3221). According to Kathryn Watts, MHDC government affairs liaison, ...

Source: Springfield Business Journal, MO
08/15/08
SIFMA Loosens Restrictions on Jumbo Mortgage Loans

The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HR 3221) permanently increases loan limits for high-cost areas to $625550. According to Sean Davy, ...

Source: DSNews.com, TX
08/15/08
'Jumbo conforming' rates could come down

... loans up to the new $625550 limit for high-cost areas established by the sweeping housing bill signed into law at the end of July, HR 3221 (see story). ...

Source: Inman.com (subscription), CA
08/15/08
New rules take effect for lending practices

On July 30, President Bush signed into law the Housing Stimulus Bill HR 3221, now dubbed the "Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. ...

Source: Visalia Times-Delta, CA
08/15/08
McCarthy Says Economy Will Come Out of Recession

... Act. The bill (HR 3221) also provides the Department of the Treasury with emergency and temporary financing authority for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. ...

Source: Floral Park Dispatch, NY
08/13/08
Bill could stimulate ailing market

Local realtors hailed the president’s signing of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HR 3221) last week, predicting it should give the state’s ...

Source: Los Altos Town Crier, CA
08/13/08
Get the inside scoop on homeownership

The new proposed bill, HR 6694, aims to amend HR 3221 to allow seller-funded down payment assistance for buyers who meet a minimum FICO credit score. ...

Source: C&G Newspapers, MI
08/12/08
Nehemiah Corp of America Launches Web Community to Amass Surge in ...

The ban on these programs was written into law by President Bush when he signed HR 3221 Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 on July 30, 2008 . ...

Source: Earthtimes (press release), UK
08/11/08
S&P: Fannie Mae 'AAA/A-1+' Senior Debt Rating Affirmed, Others Off ...

The passage of HR 3221 introduces a new regulatory structure, including among other features the application of a prompt and corrective action framework for ...

Source: Creditman, UK
08/11/08
Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Announces Second Quarter 2008 ...

On July 30, 2008, the President of the United States signed into law the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, HR 3221 (the "Housing Act"). ...

Source: MarketWatch
08/11/08
S&P: Freddie Mac 'AAA/A-1+' Senior Unsecured Debt Rating Affirmed ...

The passage of HR 3221, "Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008," introduces a new regulatory structure including, among other features, the application ...

Source: Creditman, UK
08/10/08
Phoenix Real Estate Market at Risk of Sudden Slowdown Due to Newly ...

Nestled in HR 3221, or "The Housing & Economic Recovery Act of 2008," passed into law on July 30th, the Congress and the President set a date of October 1st ...

Source: PR Web (press release), WA
08/10/08
Phoenix Real Estate Market at Risk of Sudden Slowdown Due to Newly ...

Nestled in HR 3221, or "The Housing & Economic Recovery Act of 2008," passed into law on July 30th, the Congress and the President set a date of October 1st ...

Source: Emediawire (press release), WA
08/09/08
DPAS IN JEOPARDY: Deadline looms for down payment assistance

HR 3221, signed by President Bush July 30, allows lenders to refinance home mortgages to correspond more accurately to their appraised values and extends ...

Source: Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV
08/08/08
Has Uncle Sam Put Closure To The Foreclosure?

The American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 (HR 3221), which President Bush signed into law last week may help the real estate ...

Source: istockAnalyst.com, OR
08/08/08
From the Desk of Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy

Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy's language calling for improved credit counseling practices was included in HR 3221, the American Housing and Foreclosures ...

Source: Westbury Times, NY
08/08/08
Guest column: Down-payment assistance important in housing market

By Jacque Georgia • August 8, 2008 Last week, President Bush signed HR 3221, the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, into law. ...

Source: Green Bay Press Gazette, WI
08/07/08
Housing bill helps homebuilders, others but could hurt retailers

The Housing and Economy Recovery Act (HR 3221) aims to stabilize the mortgage market by strengthening Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, government-sponsored ...

Source: Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL
08/07/08
Foreclosures Skyrocketing in Military Towns

The recent Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HR 3221) established new protections for military homeowners. Under HR 3221, veterans will be entitled to nine ...

Source: NuWire Investor, WA
08/06/08
A Housing Bill of Horrors

In response to the housing crisis, the American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 (HR 3221) passed in the House (272-152) on July 23 and ...

Source: The New American
08/05/08
Bill helps home builders, hurts retailers

The Housing and Economy Recovery Act (HR 3221) aims to stabilize the mortgage market by strengthening Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, government-sponsored ...

Source: Philadelphia Business Journal, PA
08/05/08
CAR Applauds Passage of Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008

RISMEDIA, August 6, 2008-The California Association of Realtors® (CAR) applauds President Bush’s decision to sign HR 3221 into law. ...

Source: RisMedia.com (press release), CT
08/04/08
Congress Enacts New Laws Affecting REITs

On July 30, 2008, President Bush signed into law HR 3221, the American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 (the "Act"), ...

Source: Mondaq News Alerts (subscription), UK
08/04/08
Last ditch attempt to preserve seller-funded gifts

But beginning Oct. 1, the sweeping housing bill signed into law last week by President Bush, HR 3221, will prohibit FHA from recognizing seller-funded ...

Source: Inman.com (subscription), CA

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