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- Transportation, the Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, the Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies: FY2006 Appropriations
- No Description Available.
- The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): FY2006 Budget
- On July 21, 2005, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $34.8 billion FY2006 budget for HUD. Like the House version, the Senate bill rejects the President’s Strengthening America’s Communities Initiative (SACI). It increases funding above both the President’s request and the House version for HOPE VI, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)-related programs (including Section 108 loan guarantees), Native American Housing Block Grants, and Rural Housing and Economic Development.
- Transportation, the Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, the Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies: FY2006 Appropriations
- No Description Available.
- The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): FY2006 Budget
- On July 21, 2005, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $34.8 billion FY2006 budget for HUD. Like the House version, the Senate bill rejects the President’s Strengthening America’s Communities Initiative (SACI). It increases funding above both the President’s request and the House version for HOPE VI, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)-related programs (including Section 108 loan guarantees), Native American Housing Block Grants, and Rural Housing and Economic Development.
- Housing Issues in the 109th Congress
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- Fundamental Tax Reform: Options for the Mortgage Interest Deduction
- No Description Available.
- Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program: Funding and Related Issues
- No Description Available.
- The Americans with Disabilities Act: The Opinions of Justice O’Connor
- This report is on The Americans with Disabilities Act: The Opinions of Justice O’Connor.
- The Role of HUD Housing Programs in Response to Disasters
- No Description Available.
- The Emergency Food and Shelter Program
- The Emergency Food and Shelter (EFS) Program allocates funds to local communities to fund homeless programs including soup kitchens, food banks, shelters, and homeless prevention services. The EFS program is part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and after Hurricane Katrina struck, some questions have arisen about the use of EFS program funds for Presidentially-declared disasters. This report describes how the EFS program operates through a National Board, local boards, and local recipient organizations. It further discusses the use of EFS program funds during disasters, and recent attempts to move the program from FEMA to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
- Housing Issues in the 109th Congress
- This report discusses the budget request for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which would be a decrease of $2.8 billion, or almost 9%, from FY2005.
- Rural Housing: USDA Disaster Relief Provisions
- No Description Available.
- Transportation, the Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, the Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies: FY2006 Appropriations
- At the beginning of the 109th Congress, both the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations reorganized their subcommittee structure, affecting the coverage of the FY2006 appropriations bills. As a result of this change, the appropriations bill that formerly provided funding for the Departments of Transportation and the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies now includes funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, and (in the case of the House, but not the Senate) the District of Columbia.
- The Homeless Management Information System
- No Description Available.
- GSE Reform: A New Affordable Housing Fund
- 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
- Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP): Formula and Estimated Allocations
- This report reviews how allotments of regular LIHEAP funding are determined and how these calculations change at different funding levels. Included is a description of the components of the new LIHEAP formula rates.
- HUD's Response to Hurricane Katrina
- This report discusses the response of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to Hurricane Katrina.
- The Role of HUD Housing Programs in Response to Past Disasters
- No Description Available.
- Housing Issues in the 109th Congress
- No Description Available.
- Transportation, the Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, the Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies: FY2006 Appropriations
- At the beginning of the 109th Congress, both the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations reorganized their subcommittee structure, affecting the coverage of the FY2006 appropriations bills. As a result, the appropriations subcommittees that previously oversaw the Departments of Transportation and the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies now also oversee the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, and (in the case of the House, but not the Senate) the District of Columbia.
- Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Allocation Rates: Legislative History and Current Law
- This Congressional Research Service Report for Congress contains information about the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). LIHEAP provides funds to states, the District of Colombia, U.S territories and commonwealths, and Indian tribal organizations (collectively referred to as grantees) primary to help low-income households pay home energy expenses.
- Changes to Section 8 Housing Voucher Renewal Funding, FY2003-FY2006
- This report describes changes in the formula that were included in appropriations bills for FY2003 through FY2006; it will not be updated.
- The Section 8 Housing Voucher Program: Reform Proposals
- No Description Available.
- The Section 8 Housing Voucher Program: Reform Proposals
- No Description Available.
- An Introduction to the Design of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
- This report discusses the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), which is a federal provision that reduces the income tax liability of taxpayers claiming the credit. These taxpayers are typically investors in real estate development projects that have traded cash for the tax credits to support the production of affordable housing. The credit is intended to lower the financing costs of housing developments so that the rental prices of units can be lower than market rates, and thus, presumably, affordable.
- The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): FY2006 Budget
- No Description Available.
- The Americans with Disabilities Act: Supreme Court Decisions
- This report discusses the American disabilities act (ADA) and also deals with The Americans with Disabilities Act: Supreme Court Decisions.
- The Runaway and Homeless Youth Program: Administration, Funding, and Legislative Actions
- No Description Available.
- The Runaway and Homeless Youth Program: Administration, Funding, and Legislative Actions
- No Description Available.
- Housing Issues in the 109th Congress
- No Description Available.
- USDA Rural Housing Programs: An Overview
- 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 make the dwellings sanitary or to remove health hazards to the occupants or the community.
- Military Construction, Military Quality of Life and Veterans' Affairs, FY2007 Appropriations
- 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.
- The Section 8 Housing Voucher Program: Reform Proposals
- No Description Available.
- Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Allocation Rates: Legislative History and Current Law
- This Congressional Research Service Report for Congress contains information about the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). LIHEAP provides funds to states, the District of Colombia, U.S territories and commonwealths, and Indian tribal organizations (collectively referred to as grantees) primary to help low-income households pay home energy expenses.
- Military Construction, Military Quality of Life and Veterans' Affairs, FY2007 Appropriations
- 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.
- U.S. Housing Prices: Is There a Bubble?
- No Description Available.
- Military Construction, Military Quality of Life and Veterans' Affairs, FY2007 Appropriations
- 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.
- Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP): Estimated Allocations
- This report contains two tables that show estimated Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) allocations to the states. Table 1 shows amounts proposed by the President, House of Representatives, and Senate for FY2007, while Table 2 shows estimated state allocations at other hypothetical increments.
- Rebuilding Housing After Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned and Unresolved Issues
- No Description Available.
- The HUD Homeless Assistance Grants: Distribution of Funds
- 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.
- Alternative Mortgages: Risks to Consumers and Lenders in the Current Housing Cycle
- This report consists of alternative mortgages: risks to consumers and lenders in the current housing cycle.
- Public Housing: Fact Sheet on the New Operating Fund Formula
- The local public housing authorities (PHAs) that administer the federal public housing program will begin receiving their annual federal operating subsidies under a new formula in January 2007. As a result, some will experience an increase in their eligibility for funding and others will experience a decrease, although both increases and decreases will be phased in (over two and five years, respectively). However, the amount that a PHA qualifies for under the new formula (whether it is an increase or a decrease) will be reduced if Congress appropriates less money than is necessary to fund all agencies at 100% of their eligibility. This report provides a brief overview of the changes to the public housing operating fund formula that will take place in FY2007.
- Disaster Housing Assistance: A Legal Analysis of ACORN v. FEMA
- No Description Available.
- Housing Issues in the 109th Congress
- No Description Available.
- The Department of Housing and Urban Development: FY2007 Budget
- This report provides information about the The Department of Housing and Urban Development for FY2007 Budget.
- USDA Rural Housing Programs: An Overview
- 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 make the dwellings sanitary or to remove health hazards to the occupants or the community.
- Housing Issues in the 110th Congress
- No Description Available.
- The Department of Housing and Urban Development: FY2007 Budget
- This report provides information about the The Department of Housing and Urban Development for FY2007 Budget.
- The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit: A Framework for Evaluation
- No Description Available.
- The HUD Homeless Assistance Grants: Distribution of Funds
- This report describes how HUD distributes the four homeless assistance grants.