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Residential Financing and Construction Cycles

Description: This report discusses the residential house financing cycle and its relation to the house construction cycle.
Date: December 7, 1971
Creator: Schechter, Henry B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Rural Housing: Needs, Credit Availability, and Federal Programs

Description: This report summarizes needs and conditions of rural housing in America, as well as the availability of housing credit availability in rural areas and federal programs for rural housing. Some figures and statistics on housing credit availability and federal rural housing programs are provided. The report also analyzes the performance of federal programs for rural housing during the 1974 fiscal year.
Date: December 1974
Creator: Schussheim, Morton J.; Kay, Joshua M. & Wellons, Richard L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effects of Social Security Increases on Benefits From Other Programs

Description: This report summarizes how certain cash and service benefit programs would be affected if Social Security cash benefits increased. Some of the programs mentioned include retirement programs, veteran benefits, food stamps, and housing programs.
Date: January 4, 1974
Creator: House, Sharon
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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FHFA's Administrative Reform of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Housing Finance System

Description: This report discusses housing finance reform and structural changes enacted by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), particularly in relation to government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). It includes sections on GSEs and conservatorship; FHFA reforms broken down into information about risk-sharing transactions, a common securitization platform, and single security; and Congressional action on GSE reform.
Date: May 23, 2016
Creator: Hoskins, Sean M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Public Transportation Program: In Brief

Description: This report is categorized into five categories: (I) Introduction, (II) What is Public Transportation, (III) Funding the Federal Transportation Program, (IV) How are Federal Dollars Spent?, and (V) Program Structure.
Date: October 1, 2014
Creator: Mallett, William J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Fair Housing Act: Legal Overview

Description: This report is categorized into five categories: (I) Introduction, (II) Housing Practices in Which Discrimination is Prohibited, (III) Familial Discrimination and Housing for Older Persons, (IV) Discrimination Based on Handicap, (V) Enforcement of the Fair Housing Act.
Date: June 11, 2008
Creator: Carpenter, David H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit

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Date: September 23, 2008
Creator: Pettit, Carol A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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USDA Rural Housing Programs: An Overview

Description: This report discusses the the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) ability to make loans to farmers to enable them to construct, improve, repair, or replace dwellings and other farm buildings to provide decent, safe, and sanitary living conditions for themselves or their tenants, lessees, sharecroppers, and laborers. USDA was also authorized to make grants or combinations of loans and grants to those farmers who could not qualify to repay the full amount of a loan, but who needed the funds to ma… more
Date: January 26, 2007
Creator: Foote, Bruce E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD): FY2008 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 Subcommittees on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. It summarizes the current legislative status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related legislative activity.
Date: June 19, 2007
Creator: Peterman, David R. & Frittelli, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of the Proposed Tax Exclusion for Canceled Mortgage Debt Income

Description: Mortgage debt cancellation can occur when lenders restructure loans, reducing principal balances, or sell properties, either in advance, or as a result, of foreclosure proceedings. If a lender forgiver or cancels such debt, current tax law treats it as cancellation of debt (COD) income subject to tax. There are exceptions for taxpayers may exclude canceled mortgage debt income under existing law.
Date: November 5, 2007
Creator: Jackson, Pamela J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Housing Issues in the 106th Congress

Description: This report summarizes current housing issues, cites legislative proposals, and in some cases, presents brief pro/con discussions.
Date: January 22, 2001
Creator: Bourdon, E. Richard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Department of Housing and Urban Development: FY2008 Appropriations

Description: This report tracks the FY2008 congressional appropriations process and provides a detailed discussion of the funding and issues related to the majority of accounts in HUD’s budget.
Date: January 16, 2008
Creator: McCarty, Maggie; Perl, Libby; Foote, Bruce E.; Boyd, Eugene & Peterson, Meredith
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The HUD Homeless Assistance Grants: Distribution of Funds

Description: Four programs, administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), were created to provide temporary and permanent housing to the homeless, along with supportive services.This report describes how HUD distributes the four homeless assistance grants.
Date: December 21, 2006
Creator: Perl, Libby
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Introduction to Public Housing

Description: This report serves as an introduction to the federal public housing program. It provides information on the history of the program, how it is administered and funded, and the characteristics of public housing properties and the households they serve. While it introduces current policy issues, a full analysis of those issues and discussion of current legislation is not included in this report.
Date: January 3, 2014
Creator: McCarty, Maggie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

Description: This report provides background on the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program (LIHEAP), originally established in 1981 by Title XXVI of P.L. 97-35 and reauthorized several times. It is a block grant program under which the federal government gives states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories and commonwealths, and Indian tribal organizations (referred to as grantees) annual grants to operate multi-component home energy assistance programs for needy households.
Date: January 27, 2003
Creator: Stoltzfus, Emilie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Introduction to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit

Description: This report discusses the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) program, which is one of the federal government’s primary policy tools for encouraging the development and rehabilitation of affordable rental housing. These non-refundable federal housing tax credits are awarded to developers of qualified rental projects via a competitive application process administered by state housing finance authorities.
Date: November 7, 2014
Creator: Keightley, Mark P. & Stupak, Jeffrey M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Housing for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS

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.
Date: January 21, 2010
Creator: Perl, Libby
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Housing Issues in the 110th Congress

Description: This report examines housing-related issues that have become prominent in the 110th Congress. Possibly the most visible issue is the prevalence of subprime loans and growing mortgage default and foreclosure rates. Congress has responded with numerous hearings and legislative proposals both to change the way in which the lending and home-buying industry is regulated and to assist borrowers who are facing default and foreclosure.
Date: November 1, 2007
Creator: Perl, Libby; McCarty, Maggie; Foote, Bruce E.; Boyd, Eugene; Getter, Darryl E.; Jackson, Pamela J. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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State and Local Restrictions on Employing, Renting Property to, or Providing Services for Unauthorized Aliens: Legal Issues and Recent Judicial Developments

Description: This report discusses the constitutional issues raised in relation to state and local laws intended to deter the presence of unauthorized aliens, along with the implications that federal civil rights statutes might have on the implementation and enforcement of measures restricting such persons' ability to obtain employment, housing, or other state and local benefits or services.
Date: January 28, 2008
Creator: Garcia, Michael John; Feder, Jody & Smith, Alison M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD): FY2008 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 Subcommittees on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. It summarizes the current legislative status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related legislative activity.
Date: November 16, 2007
Creator: Peterman, David R. & Frittelli, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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