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Residential Energy Tax Credits: Overview and Analysis
Date: September 25, 2012
Creator: Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.
Description: This report explores one policy option for promoting residential energy efficiency: tax credits. It begins by providing an overview of the current residential energy-efficiency tax credits. The report then goes on to provide an economic rationale for residential energy-efficiency tax incentives, introducing the concept of "market failures" and "market barriers" which may lead to suboptimal or "economically inefficient" investment in energy-efficiency technologies. The final sections of this report provide an economic analysis of the primary tax incentives for residential energy efficiency and briefly review various policy options.
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An Economic Analysis of Large-Scale Mortgage Refinancing Proposals: A Brief Overview of S. 3522 and S. 3085
Date: September 11, 2012
Creator: Hoskins, Sean M.
Description: This report provides a brief overview of policy proposals for the large-scale refinancing of mortgages for borrowers shut out of traditional financing methods.
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National Mortgage Servicing Standards: Legislation in the 112th Congress
Date: August 29, 2012
Creator: Hoskins, Sean M.
Description: This report analyzes the potential misaligned incentives in the servicer-mortgage holder relationship and the servicing standards that attempt to address each concern, the servicer-borrower relationship and the relevant servicing provisions, as well as the possible implications of reforming the servicing industry.
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Housing for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS
Date: July 3, 2012
Creator: Perl, Libby
Description: This report discusses the creation of the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program, which was created to alleviate the difficulties that many individuals with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) have finding affordable, stable housing. It also looks at distributions of HOPWA funds, including eligibility and eligible uses for such funding.
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Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD): FY2013 Appropriations
Date: June 25, 2012
Creator: McCarty, Maggie
Description: This report looks at Congress's FY2013 budget allocations for the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) appropriations subcommittee.
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Military Construction: A Snapshot of the President's FY2013 Appropriations Request
Date: June 22, 2012
Creator: Else, Daniel H.
Description: This report looks at President Obama's FY2013 budget request, which included an $11.2 billion for military construction appropriations.
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Reduce, Refinance, and Rent? The Economic Incentives, Risks, and Ramifications of Housing Market Policy Options
Date: June 12, 2012
Creator: Hoskins, Sean M.
Description: This report discusses the background of financial panic in September 2008, precipitated by the housing bubble of 2006. In particular, the report looks at options that the 112th Congress has regarding the housing market: (1) reducing mortgage principal for borrowers who owe more than their homes are worth, (2) refinancing mortgages for borrowers shut out of traditional financing methods, and (3) renting out foreclosed homes.
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Homelessness: Targeted Federal Programs and Recent Legislation
Date: May 17, 2012
Creator: Perl, Libby
Description: This report describes the federal programs that are targeted to assist those who are homeless; includes recent funding levels; discusses current issues, including homelessness after the economic downturn and federal efforts to end homelessness; and provides information on recent legislation. Among active legislation are bills to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, which includes transitional housing for those who are homeless as a result of domestic violence and legislation that would, among other things, reauthorize the Education for Homeless Children and Youth program.
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VA Housing: Guaranteed Loans, Direct Loans, and Specially Adapted Housing Grants
Date: April 24, 2012
Creator: Perl, Libby
Description: This report discusses three types of housing assistance-the loan guaranty program, direct loan programs, and Specially Adapted Housing program-their origins, how they operate, and how they are funded. The report also has a section that discusses the default and foreclosure of VA-guaranteed loans.
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Military Construction: A Snapshot of the President's FY2013 Appropriations Request
Date: February 28, 2012
Creator: Else, Daniel H.
Description: This report looks at President Obama's FY2013 budget request, which included an $11.2 billion for military construction appropriations.
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