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HR 3507 108th Congress House Housing and Community Development Affordable housing Finance and Financial Sector Home ownership Housing finance Metropolitan areas Mortgages Secondary mortgage market Single family housing Urban affairs

Improving Homeownership Opportunities in High-Cost States Act

Introduced: November 18, 2003 Introduced by: Sherman, Brad Democratic · California See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 2, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
Nov 18, 2003
Introduced in House
Nov 18, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Improving Homeownership Opportunities in High-Cost States Act - Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (Freddie Mac) to include among the exceptions to the prohibition that an outstanding mortgage cannot exceed 80 percent of the securing property's value for a residential mortgage those properties located in a State containing any high-cost metropolitan statistical area (or portion thereof).

Bases such high-cost determination on specified quarterly average one-family home prices.

What's happening now January 2, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2