usc:us:12:1701p-2

text: U.S.C. Title 12 - BANKS AND BANKING 12 U.S.C. United States Code, 2024 Edition Title 12 - BANKS AND BANKING CHAPTER 13 - NATIONAL HOUSING Sec. 1701p-2 - Default and foreclosure database From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov §1701p–2. Default and foreclosure database (a) Establishment The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Director of the Bureau, in consultation with the Federal agencies responsible for regulation of banking and financial institutions involved in residential mortgage lending and servicing, shall establish and maintain a database of information on foreclosures and defaults on mortgage loans for one- to four-unit residential properties and shall make such information publicly available, subject to subsection (e). (b) Census tract data Information in the database may be collected, aggregated, and made available on a census tract basis. (c) Requirements Information collected and made available through the database shall include— (1) the number and percentage of such mortgage loans that are delinquent by more than 30 days; (2) the number and percentage of such mortgage loans that are delinquent by more than 90 days; (3) the number and percentage of such properties that are real estate-owned; (4) number and percentage of such mortgage loans that are in the foreclosure process; (5) the number and percentage of such mortgage loans that have an outstanding principal obligation amount that is greater than the value of the property for which the loan was made; and (6) such other information as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Director of the Bureau consider appropriate. (d) Rule of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to encourage discriminatory or unsound allocation of credit or lending policies or practices. (e) Privacy and confidentiality In establishing and maintaining the database described in subsection (a), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Director of the Bureau shall— (1) be subject to the standards applicable to Federal agencies for the protection of the confidentiality of personally identifiable information and for data security and integrity; (2) implement the necessary measures to conform to the standards for data integrity and security described in paragraph (1); and (3) collect and make available information under this section, in accordance with paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 5512(c) of this title and the rules prescribed under such paragraphs, in order to protect privacy and confidentiality. (Pub. L. 111–203, title XIV, §1447, July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2172.) Editorial Notes Codification Section was enacted as part of the Expand and Preserve Home Ownership Through Counseling Act and also as part of the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act and as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and not as part of the National Housing Act which comprises this chapter. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Effective Date Section effective on the date on which final regulations implementing such section take effect, or on the date that is 18 months after the designated transfer date if such regulations have not been issued by that date, see section 1400(c) of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as an Effective Date of 2010 Amendment note under section 1601 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. Definition of "Bureau" "Bureau" as meaning the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection established under title X of Pub. L. 111–203, see section 5301 of this title.