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H.R. 7262 115th Congress House

American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2018

Official title: To make housing more affordable, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 11, 2018 See on congress.gov
Housing and Community Development Agricultural prices, subsidies, creditAppropriationsBanking and financial institutions regulationBuilding construction
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Consumer creditEducational facilities and institutionsElementary and secondary educationEnergy efficiency and conservationFinancial crises and stabilizationGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHigher educationHousing and community development fundingHousing discriminationHousing finance and home ownershipHousing supply and affordabilityIndian social and development programsLabor standardsLand use and conservationLow- and moderate-income housingPublic contracts and procurementPublic housingRegional and metropolitan planningResidential rehabilitation and home repairRural conditions and developmentSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationSmall businessTransfer and inheritance taxesWages and earnings
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Dec 13, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Dec 13, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Dec 11, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 11, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 13, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2018

This bill addresses housing affordability and access by

  • establishing a Local Housing Innovation grant program to support efforts to remove barriers to affordable housing;
  • reauthorizing and increasing funding for various specified housing programs;
  • establishing a Middle Class Housing Emergency Fund to support the construction of affordable rental-housing units;
  • establishing a down-payment assistance program;
  • establishing a formula grant program to assist borrowers who have negative equity in their homes;
  • expanding the applicability, and increasing the penalties for violations, of certain requirements for financial institutions to help meet the credit needs of lower-income communities;
  • expanding certain protections under the Fair Housing Act; and
  • otherwise revising provisions related to housing assistance.

The bill also lowers estate-tax thresholds, establishes new tax rates above those thresholds, and otherwise modifies provisions related to transfer taxes.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3503 Identical bill American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Dec 11, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7262: American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7262/
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"H.R. 7262: American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7262/.
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