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HR 5108 114th Congress House

Zombie Property Relief Act of 2016

Official title: To authorize the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to penalize persons who fail to maintain nuisance properties.

Introduced: April 28, 2016 See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector Civil actions and liabilityGovernment information and archivesHousing finance and home ownershipResidential rehabilitation and home repair
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Apr 28, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Apr 28, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 28, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Zombie Property Relief Act of 2016

This bill authorizes the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to assess a specified fine against a mortgagee that has failed to maintain residential real property that is subject to a federally-related mortgage in foreclosure (nuisance property) until ownership has been transferred to a new owner and the deed for such property transfer has been recorded.

The CFPB shall establish a system for reporting the existence of nuisance properties.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5108: Zombie Property Relief Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5108/
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"H.R. 5108: Zombie Property Relief Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5108/.
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H.R. 5108, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5108/.
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