Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1152
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2015-04-30
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership

Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Latest action: action_date: 2015-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-04-30
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2015</b></p> <p> Amends the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 to make permanent the extended one-year period after a servicemember's military service during which: (1) a court may stay proceedings to enforce an obligation on real or personal property owned by the servicemember prior to such military service; and (2) the sale, foreclosure, or seizure of such property is invalid without a court order or agreement. (Currently, the extended one-year period is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2014, and return to a nine-month period under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.)</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1152 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 30, 2015 Mr. Whitehouse introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To make permanent the extended period of protections for members of uniformed services relating to mortgages, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2015 . 2. Making permanent extended period of protections for members of uniformed services relating to mortgages, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction Section 710(d) of the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 ( Public Law 112–154 ) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (3).