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GSE Reform: A New Affordable Housing Fund

Description: In this report, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are referred to by name, as GSEs, and as the right to borrow $2.25 billion each from the U.S. Treasury, exemption from state and local taxes, and exemption from the requirement to register securities offerings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
Date: November 28, 2005
Creator: Weiss, Eric
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Housing Trust Fund: Background and Issues

Description: This report describes the Housing Trust Fund and discusses potential funding sources.
Date: August 28, 2009
Creator: Jones, Katie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coming to Washington, DC? Sources of Information on Temporary Housing

Description: This report will introduce a newcomer to the Washington, DC, metropolitan area to sources of general interest, neighborhoods, housing, and public transportation.
Date: April 23, 2004
Creator: Anderson, J. Michael
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The LIHEAP Formula: Legislative History and Current Law

Description: This Congressional Research Service Report for Congress contains the history, enactment, and fund determination for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
Date: November 19, 2008
Creator: Peral, Libby
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Weatherization Assistance Program: A Fact Sheet

Description: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Weatherization Assistance PRogram (WAP) is one of the largest energy conservation programs in the nation. The DOE program is implemented in a 50 states, the District of Columbia and Native American Tribes. It weatherizes an average of 70,000 dwellings per year. The program strives to increase the energy efficiency of dwellings occupied by low-income persons in order to reduce their energy consumption and lower their fuel bills. It targets vulnerable groups … more
Date: December 8, 1999
Creator: Butler, Alice D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program

Description: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) is one of the largest energy conservation programs in the nation. The DOE program is implemented in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Native American Tribes. It weatherizes an average of 70,000 dwellings per year. The program strives to increase the energy efficiency of dwellings occupied by low-income persons in order to reduce their energy consumption and lower their fuel bills. It targets vulnerable group… more
Date: November 14, 2001
Creator: Butler, Alice D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program

Description: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) is one of the largest energy conservation programs in the nation. The DOE program is implemented in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Native American Tribes. It weatherizes an average of 70,000 dwellings per year. The program strives to increase the energy efficiency of dwellings occupied by low-income persons in order to reduce their energy consumption and lower their fuel bills. It targets vulnerable group… more
Date: July 17, 2002
Creator: Butler, Alice D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Military Construction, Military Quality of Life and Veterans' Affairs, FY2007 Appropriations

Description: This report is a guide to one of the regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs and Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittees. It summarizes the status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related congressional activity, and is updated as events warrant.
Date: August 4, 2006
Creator: Else, Daniel H.; Graney, Paul J. & Panangala, Sidath Viranga
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Military Construction, Military Quality of Life and Veterans' Affairs, FY2007 Appropriations

Description: This report is a guide to one of the regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs and Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittees. It summarizes the status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related congressional activity, and is updated as events warrant.
Date: September 13, 2006
Creator: Else, Daniel H.; Graney, Paul J. & Panangala, Sidath Viranga
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008

Description: This report provides background information and overview on the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008.
Date: December 5, 2008
Creator: Weiss, Eric N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Housing Issues in the 105th Congress

Description: This report provides an overview of the housing issues in the 105th congress.
Date: May 21, 1998
Creator: Bourdon, Richard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Housing Assistance and Welfare: Background and Issues

Description: This paper will introduce the reader to federal housing assistance and welfare programs, the people they serve, how the programs interact and current issues.
Date: January 19, 2005
Creator: McCarty, Maggie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008

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Date: September 30, 2008
Creator: Weiss, N. Eric; Getter, Darryl E.; Gonzales, Oscar R.; Jickling, Mark; Keightley, Mark Patrick; Murphy, Edward Vincent et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Housing Issues in the 110th Congress

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Date: February 14, 2007
Creator: McCarty, Maggie; Perl, Libby; Foote, Bruce E.; Boyd, Eugene; Jackson, Pamela J.; Murphy, Edward Vincent et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Housing Issues in the 110th Congress

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Date: July 18, 2008
Creator: Perl, Libby; McCarty, Maggie; Foote, Bruce E.; Boyd, Eugene; Getter, Darryl E.; Gonzales, Oscar R. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Housing Issues in the 110th Congress

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Date: June 5, 2008
Creator: Perl, Libby; McCarty, Maggie; Foote, Bruce E.; Boyd, Eugene; Getter, Darryl E.; Gonzales, Oscar R. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Housing Issues in the 110th Congress

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Date: March 16, 2007
Creator: McCarty, Maggie; Perl, Libby; Foote, Bruce E.; Boyd, Eugene; Murphy, Edward Vincent; Weiss, N. Eric et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Homeless: Overview of the Problem and the Federal Response

Description: This report discusses the problem of homelessness in the U.S. and the resulting policy response. Unlike the skid row "derelicts" who comprised the typical homeless population of the 1960s, today's street people represent many diverse groups including: the mentally ill, evicted families, the aged, alcoholics, drug addicts, abused spouses, abused young people, and cast-off children.
Date: September 14, 1984
Creator: Spar, Karen & Austin, Monique C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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FHA Single-Family Mortgage Insurance: Recent Policy Changes and Proposed Legislation

Description: This report describes recent policy changes made by FHA and recent legislative proposals that would make additional changes to FHA's single-family program. For the most part, this report does not go into detail about the features of FHA-insured loans, FHA's market role, or its financial status, except as necessary to describe implemented or proposed policy changes.
Date: January 29, 2015
Creator: Jones, Katie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Cash and Non-Cash Benefits for Persons with Limited Income: Eligibility Rules, Recipient and Expenditure Data, FY1981-83

Description: This report summarizes basic eligibility rules, as of May 1984, for more than 70 cash and non-cash programs that benefit primarily persons of limited income. It also gives funding formulas, benefit levels, and, for fiscal years 1981-1983, recipient numbers and expenditure data for each program.
Date: June 18, 1984
Creator: Burke, Vee
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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