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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4273 
To make single family housing owned by the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development available for purchase by teachers and public safety 
officers at a discount. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 9, 2005 
Ms. HARRIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To make single family housing owned by the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development available for pur-
chase by teachers and public safety officers at a discount. 
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 
Next Door Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. COMMUNITY PARTNERS NEXT DOOR ACT. 
(a) DISCOUNT AND DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR 
TEACHERS
AND PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS.—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.— 
‘‘(A) DISCOUNT.—A property that is an el-
igible asset and is sold, during fiscal years 2006 
through 2010, to a teacher or public safety offi-
cer for use in accordance with subparagraph 
(B) shall be sold at a price that is equal to 50 
percent of the appraised value of the eligible 
property (as determined in accordance with 
paragraph (6)(B)). In the case of a property el-
igible for both a discount under this paragraph 
and a discount under paragraph (6), the dis-
count 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 
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-
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 term ‘eligible property’ 
means an eligible asset described in para-
graph (2)(A) of this subsection. 
‘‘(ii) The term ‘public safety officer’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 
1204 of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796b). 
‘‘(iii) The term ‘teacher’ means an in-
dividual who is employed on a part- or full- 
time basis as a teacher, teacher assistant, 
or administrator in a public or private 
school that provides elementary or sec-
ondary education, as determined under 
State law, except that elementary edu-
cation shall include pre-Kindergarten edu-
cation, and except that secondary edu-
cation shall not include any education be-
yond grade 12. 
‘‘(H) 
PROGRAM
INTEGRITY.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this paragraph, 
the Secretary may suspend the applicability of 
this paragraph for such period as the Secretary 
considers appropriate if the Secretary deter-
mines such suspension is necessary because of 
fraud or other issues regarding program integ-
rity.’’. 
(b) 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)’’. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue 
regulations to implement the amendments made by this 
section. 
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