Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-858
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2013-02-27
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Census and government statistics

Government lending and loan guarantees

Housing finance and home ownership

Rural conditions and development
Latest action: action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-02-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2013 - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to revise the requirements for consideration as rural areas with respect to assistance for farm housing.</p> <p> States that any area classified as &quot;rural&quot; or a &quot;rural area&quot; before October 1, 1990, and determined not to be &quot;rural&quot; or a &quot;rural area&quot; as a result of data received from or after the 1990, 2000, or 2010 (currently, only the 1990 or 2000) decennial census shall continue to be so classified until the receipt of data from the decennial census in the year 2020 (currently, 2010), if, as under current law, such area has a population of between 10,000 and 25,000, is rural in character, and has a serious lack of mortgage credit for lower and moderate-income families.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 858 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 27, 2013 Mr. Fortenberry (for himself, Mr. Hinojosa , Mrs. Capito , Mr. Walz , Mr. Womack , and Mr. Courtney ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 to revise the requirements for areas to be considered as rural areas for purposes of such Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2013 . 2. Definition of Rural Area The second sentence of section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 ( 42 U.S.C. 1490 ) is amended by striking: 1990 or 2000 decennial census shall continue to be so classified until the receipt of data from the decennial census in the year 2010 and inserting 1990, 2000, or 2010 decennial census shall continue to be so classified until the receipt of data from the decennial census in the year 2020 .