I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3649 
To expand the Officer Next Door and Teacher Next Door initiatives of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development to include fire 
fighters and rescue personnel, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2011 
Mr. BACA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To expand the Officer Next Door and Teacher Next Door 
initiatives of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development to include fire fighters and rescue per-
sonnel, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Community Partners 
Neighborhood Preservation Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. COMMUNITY PARTNERS NEXT DOOR PROGRAM. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.—The Congress finds 
that— 
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(1) teachers, law enforcement officers, fire 
fighters, and rescue personnel help form the back-
bones of communities and are integral components 
in the social capital of neighborhoods in the United 
States; and 
(2) providing a discounted purchase price on 
HUD-owned properties for teachers, law enforce-
ment officers, fire fighters, and rescue personnel rec-
ognizes the intrinsic value of the services provided by 
such employees to their communities and to family 
life and encourages and rewards those who are dedi-
cated to providing public service in our most needy 
communities. 
(b) DISCOUNT AND DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR 
TEACHERS.—Section 204(h) of the National Housing Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1710(h)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through 
(10) as paragraphs (8) through (11), respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) 50 PERCENT
DISCOUNT
FOR
TEACHERS 
AND PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS PURCHASING PROP-
ERTIES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE ASSETS.— 
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‘‘(A) DISCOUNT.—A property that is an el-
igible asset and is sold, during fiscal years 
20ll through 20ll, to a teacher or public 
safety officer for use in accordance with sub-
paragraph (B) shall be sold at a price that is 
equal to 50 percent of the appraised value of 
the eligible property (as determined in accord-
ance with paragraph (6)(B)). In the case of a 
property eligible for both a discount under this 
paragraph and a discount under paragraph (6), 
the discount under paragraph (6) shall not 
apply. 
‘‘(B) PRIMARY
RESIDENCE.—An eligible 
property sold pursuant to a discount under this 
paragraph shall be used, for not less than the 
3-year period beginning upon such sale, as the 
primary residence of a teacher or public safety 
officer. 
‘‘(C) SALE METHODS.—The Secretary may 
sell an eligible property pursuant to a discount 
under this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) to a unit of general local govern-
ment or nonprofit organization (pursuant 
to paragraph (4) or otherwise), for resale 
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or transfer to a teacher or public safety of-
ficer; or 
‘‘(ii) directly to a purchaser who is a 
teacher or public safety officer. 
‘‘(D) RESALE.—In the case of any pur-
chase by a unit of general local government or 
nonprofit organization of an eligible property 
sold at a discounted price under this paragraph, 
the sale agreement under paragraph (8) shall— 
‘‘(i) require the purchasing unit of 
general local government or nonprofit or-
ganization to provide the full benefit of the 
discount to the teacher or public safety of-
ficer obtaining the property; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a purchase involv-
ing multiple eligible assets, any of which is 
such an eligible property, designate the 
specific eligible property or properties to be 
subject to the requirements of subpara-
graph (B). 
‘‘(E) MORTGAGE
DOWNPAYMENT
ASSIST-
ANCE.—If a teacher or public safety officer pur-
chases an eligible property pursuant to a dis-
counted sale price under this paragraph and fi-
nances such purchase through a mortgage in-
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sured under this title, notwithstanding any pro-
vision of section 203 the downpayment on such 
mortgage shall be $100. 
‘‘(F) PREVENTION OF UNDUE PROFIT.— 
The Secretary shall issue regulations to prevent 
undue profit from the resale of eligible prop-
erties in violation of the requirement under sub-
paragraph (B). 
‘‘(G) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of 
this paragraph, the following definitions shall 
apply: 
‘‘(i) The terms ‘elementary school’ 
and ‘secondary school’ have the meanings 
given such terms in section 9101 of the El-
ementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801), except that, for 
purposes of this paragraph, elementary 
education (as used in such section) shall 
include pre-Kindergarten education. 
‘‘(ii) The term ‘eligible property’ 
means an eligible asset described in para-
graph (2)(A) of this subsection. 
‘‘(iii) The term ‘public safety officer’ 
means an individual who is employed on a 
full-time basis as a public safety officer, as 
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such term is defined in section 1204 of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b). 
‘‘(iv) The term ‘teacher’ means an in-
dividual who is employed on a full-time 
basis, in an elementary or secondary 
school, as— 
‘‘(I) a State-certified or State-li-
censed classroom teacher; or 
‘‘(II) an administrator. 
Such term does not include any adminis-
trator of, or any contractor for, a local 
educational agency whose place of employ-
ment is not a public elementary or sec-
ondary school.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 204(h) of 
the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1710(h)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (4)(B)(ii), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (7)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (8)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (5)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (7)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (8)’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(8)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (9)’’. 
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(d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue 
regulations to implement the amendments made by this 
section. 
(e) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING INCLUSION OF 
OTHER FEDERAL PROPERTIES IN COMMUNITY PARTNERS 
NEXT DOOR PROGRAM.—It is the sense of the Congress 
that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
should consult with the heads of other agencies of the Fed-
eral Government that own or hold properties appropriate 
for use as housing to determine the possibility and effec-
tiveness of including such properties in the program pur-
suant to section 204(h)(7) of the National Housing Act, 
and other programs that make housing available for law 
enforcement officers, teachers, or fire fighters. 
SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR PUR-
CHASE OF HUD-ACQUIRED PROPERTY. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public 
safety officer or teacher (as such terms are defined in sec-
tion 204(h)(7)(G) of the National Housing Act (as amend-
ed by section 2 of this Act)) shall be eligible to purchase 
any property owned or held by the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development pursuant to foreclosure of any 
mortgage insured by the Secretary or pursuant to assign-
ment of the mortgage, deed in lieu of foreclosure, convey-
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