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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06/16/08
Builders' confidence matches record low

As a result of a battered market, NAHB Chief Executive Jerry Howard urged Congress to pass HR 3221, a bill that includes a temporary home buyer tax credit ...

Source: CNNMoney.com
06/12/08
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: Housing Legislation

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) said this week a final deal on housing legislation (HR 3221) would likely not ...

Source: Helicopter Association International, VA
06/10/08
Housing crisis threatens retirement nest eggs

Recently the House passed HR 3221, the American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act. We believe this is an important step in the right direction. ...

Source: Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA
06/09/08
Home Buyer Tax Credit Key To Reviving Housing, Builders Tell Congress

HR 3221, the American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008, contains a provision that would provide a temporary, first-time home buyer tax ...

Source: Originator Times
06/06/08
Demand Higher Limits For FHA, Freddie Mac And Fannie Mae

"The House of Representatives passed housing bill HR 3221, which makes the $729750 limit permanent. Senate bills cap the limits at $550440. ...

Source: Evening Bulletin, PA
05/29/08
LaTourette addresses foreclosure problem

One way of helping residents become more responsible, LaTourette said, is to offer consumer education, which he said is provided for in HR 3221. ...

Source: News-Herald.com, OH
05/24/08
Legislators Try to Keep People in Their Homes

Capps also voted in favor of the Foreclosure Prevention Act, HR 3221, which includes reforms of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and mortgage barons ...

Source: The Santa Barbara Independent, CA
05/21/08
North Carolina ''Fiscal Conservatives'' Vote to Stick Taxpayers ...

Barney Frank’s housing bailout legislation, HR 3221, which allows banks to cherry-pick the worst performing loans in their portfolio and shift them 100 ...

Source: Earthtimes (press release), UK
05/20/08
House-Senate Disputes Still Hang Over Housing Package

The Bush administration threatened to veto a House-passed measure ( HR 3221 ) that included a FHA-backed housing rescue plan that relied on taxpayer ...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
05/19/08
Senate Panel Leaders Strike Deal on Housing Package

The Congressional Budget Office has estimated the cost of insuring the new loans under a similar House-passed proposal ( HR 3221 ) would reach about $1.7 ...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
05/16/08
From the Desk of Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy Carolyn McCarthy ...

Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy voted with the majority of her colleagues in favor of HR 5818, the Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008, and HR 3221, ...

Source: Three Villages Times, NY
05/15/08
Congressman Frank Notes Realtors(R)' Importance to Economic Stability

The House-passed bill, HR 3221, the American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Act, includes FHA Modernization that will simplify and make FHA-backed mortgages ...

Source: Earthtimes (press release), UK
05/15/08
Ohio’s LaTourette Safeguards State Foreclosure Laws

Concern was rising that national banks would try to use the passage of HR 3221 as ammunition to skirt state laws even though the bill does not establish a ...

Source: ePluribus Media
05/14/08
PG&E's Darbee to Congress: take action on renewable-energy tax credits

In April, the Senate passed similar legislation that was included as an amendment to a HR 3221, the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008. ...

Source: Bizjournals.com, NC
05/14/08
Foreclosure Filings Up a Record 65% in April

The American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act (HR 3221), authored by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), is aimed at expanding federal programs available ...

Source: Consumer Affairs
05/13/08
Intra-Government Tug-Of-War Over Foreclosure Help - Housing Tracker

The American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act (HR 3221), authored by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), is aimed at expanding federal programs available ...

Source: Seeking Alpha, NY
05/12/08
White House Threatens To Veto Anti-Foreclosure Bill

The American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act (HR 3221), authored by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), is aimed at expanding federal programs available ...

Source: Consumer Affairs
05/12/08
David Fr Losey: Obama and Oregon for NewswithViews.Com

The bill, HR 3221, Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008, passed originally in 2007 but was reconciled with the Senate bill this past week with a vote of ...

Source: The Conservative Voice, NC
05/11/08
Thomas Voting Reports

(HR 3221) Voting yes: Jay Inslee, D-Bainbridge Island; Brian Baird, D-Vancouver; Norm Dicks, D-Belfair; Jim McDermott, D-Seattle; Dave Reichert, R-Auburn; ...

Source: TheNewsTribune.com, WA
05/11/08
How Texas Congress members voted

Now before the Senate, the bill (HR 3221) is designed to rescue up to 500000 mortgages, totaling $300 billion, that are now headed for default. ...

Source: Houston Chronicle, United States
05/09/08
Expecting Taxpayers to Foot the Bill for Massive Housing Program ...

REUTERS/Hector Mata (UNITED STATES) The bill, HR 3221, proposed by the Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, actually pays individuals to stay ...

Source: Town Hall, DC
05/09/08
Builders Laud House Passage of Housing Bill, Urge Congress to Move ...

HR 3221 would help achieve these aims. With the economy on the edge of a deep recession, we urge House and Senate negotiators to move swiftly to reconcile ...

Source: Insurance News Net (press release), PA
05/09/08
House OKs 2 Housing Measures

However, President Bush came out in opposition to the second, larger bill, HR 3221, the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 earlier this week. ...

Source: Bond Buyer (subscription), NY
05/09/08
Centex Responds to House Action on Housing Stimulus Package

... and Foreclosure Prevention Act (HR 3221): "The proposed tax credit in this bill will have a positive impact, especially for first-time homebuyers. ...

Source: Insurance News Net (press release), PA
05/08/08
House Sends Broad Housing Package Back to Senate

Members approved the legislation as three separate amendments to a narrower Senate-passed housing measure ( HR 3221 ). Lawmakers by 266-154 adopted the ...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
05/08/08
House Passes Permanent Increase to Conforming Loan Limits

The provision — proposed just earlier this week — was included in HR 3221, the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008, which passed the House on a 266 to 154 ...

Source: Housing Wire
05/08/08
Builders Laud House Passage of Housing Bill, Urge Congress to Move ...

HR 3221 would help achieve these aims. With the economy on the edge of a deep recession, we urge House and Senate negotiators to move swiftly to reconcile ...

Source: Business Wire (press release), CA
05/08/08
Green Your Facility, Boost Your Bottom Line

Within the last year, the House of Representatives passed a new bill, known as HR 3221, that will rewrite the US energy policy. As part of this Act, ...

Source: GreenerBuildings
05/08/08
Bob Filner Demands that Republicans Stop Stalling on Housing Relief

The American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 (HR 3221) would modernize the Federal Housing Administration loan program and improve ...

Source: Imperial Valley News, CA
05/08/08
Builders Laud House Passage Of Housing Bill, Urge Congress To Move ...

May 8, 2008 - The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) today applauded House passage of HR 3221, the American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure ...

Source: National Association of Home Builders (press release), DC

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