Save Our Homes Act

Bill: 108-hr-3322
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2003-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Affiliated corporations
Bank loans
Bank records
Civil actions and liability
Class actions (Civil procedure)
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Commercial arbitration
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Counseling
Credit insurance
Crime and Law Enforcement
Debtor and creditor
Financial services
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Health insurance
Home ownership
Home repair and improvement
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Housing statistics
Insurance premiums
Law
Liability (Law)
Life insurance
Limitation of actions
Loan defaults
Medical economics
Mortgage banks
Mortgage interest rates
Mortgages
Negligence
Real estate appraisal
Restrictive trade practices
Secondary mortgage market
Settlement costs
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Save Our Homes Act - Amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to: (1) require itemization and disclosure of the annual percentage rate of mortgage loans and other loans secured by residential real property originated by the lending institution, including the amount of fees and points imposed in connection with loan origination, grouped according to census tract, income level, racial characteristics, age, and gender; and (2) prohibit regulatory exemptions of depository institutions from such reporting requirements. 
Amends the Truth in Lending Act to: (1) set forth annual percentage rates that define a high-cost mortgage and related points and fees in order to apply high-cost loan protections to home purchase loans; (2) treat certain mortgage broker intermediaries as creditors covered by the Act; (3) subject a creditor to liability for mortgage broker violations of the Act; and (4) prohibit specified provisions and clauses in a high-cost mortgage. 
Declares unenforceable under both Federal and State law a high-cost mortgage document in which blanks are left to be filled in after the contract is signed. 
Prescribes requirements for conforming home loans. Prohibits creditors and mortgage brokers from directly or indirectly coercing, intimidating, or withholding compensation from an appraiser in order to influence the appraiser's independent judgment with respect to the value of real estate to be covered by a conforming home loan. Establishes criminal and civil penalties for violation of such prohibition. 
Excludes from participation in mortgage-backed security pools high-cost or conforming home loans in violation of this Act. 
Prescribes a formula for determining an alternative maximum amount of civil liability for credit or mortgage broker violations involving high-cost mortgages and conforming loans.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2067)
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House