HRES 186
111th Congress
House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the States should enact a temporary moratorium on residential mortgage foreclosures.
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance and home ownershipPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsState and local government operationsWar and emergency powers
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2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Feb 24, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Feb 24, 2009
Introduced in House
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the President should declare a national residential mortgage foreclosure emergency and, through such declaration, encourage the states, by use of their police power, to enact a moratorium on residential mortgage foreclosures; and (2) the states should exercise such power and enact such a moratorium.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 186: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the States should enact a temporary moratorium on residential mortgage foreclosures.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-186/
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