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Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2011-03-30 00:00:00

Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, for five years after enactment of this Act, to afford surviving spouses of servicemembers who die while in the military and whose death is service-connected the same protections against sale, foreclosure, and seizure of property currently applicable to their husbands who while in military service are unable to meet an obligation on real or personal property. Requires each lending institution subject to specified requirements for a maximum 6% rate of interest on a servicemember's debts incurred before military service to designate one of its employees as a compliance officer responsible for: (1) ensuring the institution's compliance with such requirements, and (2) distributing information to servicemembers whose obligations and liabilities are covered by such requirements. Requires such a lending institution that had annual assets for the preceding fiscal year of $10 billion or more to maintain a toll-free telephone number and make it available on its primary Internet website. Extends from 9 months to 12 months after the end of military service the period of specified protections for servicemembers against mortgage foreclosures. Sunsets such extension on December 31, 2017.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2011-04-14 00:00:00

Protecting Servicemembers from Mortgage Abuses Act of 2011 - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend from 9 months to 24 months after military service the period of protection for a servicemember against mortgage sale or foreclosure, as well as the stay of proceedings, in the case of an obligation on real property of a servicemember that originated before the period of military service. Repeals the sunset date for such periods of relief under the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. Increases criminal and civil penalties for mortgage abuses, including felonies for unlawful eviction or distress or for unlawful sale, foreclosure, or seizure.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2011-04-15 00:00:00

Veterans' Home Loan Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the eligibility of veterans for mortgage financing under the veterans' mortgage revenue bond program by redefining "qualified veteran" as any veteran who served on active duty.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2011-05-02 00:00:00

Andrew Connolly Veterans' Housing Act - Extends through 2016 the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide specially adapted housing assistance to certain disabled veterans residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2011-05-13 00:00:00

Protecting Veterans' Homes Act - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend from 9 to 12 months after military service the period of protection against mortgage sale or foreclosure, as well as the stay of proceedings, in the case of an obligation on real property of a servicemember that originated before the period of military service. Amends the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 to repeal the sunset date for such periods of relief.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2011-06-02 00:00:00

Military Families Affordable Homes Act of 2011 - Amends the Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008 to extend through 2014 the exclusion of the basic military housing allowance from the income test for residential rental projects financed by tax-exempt housing bonds. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend such exclusion to military personnel at any military installation or facility (currently, limited to certain qualified military installations).
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2011-10-27 00:00:00

Revises the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) program which guarantees veterans' loans for the purchase of residential cooperative housing to remove a provision which limits to five years after a loan is guaranteed the use of loan proceeds to purchase stock or membership in a cooperative housing corporation. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that a loan used for such purchase in a corporation that has been reviewed and approved by a lender approved by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) is not denied. Authorizes the Secretary to advertise the availability of such loan guarantees.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2011-11-01 00:00:00

Homes for Heroes Act of 2011 - Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to establish in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs to: (1) ensure veterans fair access to HUD housing and homeless assistance programs, (2) coordinate all HUD programs and activities relating to veterans, and (3) serve as a HUD liaison with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Directs the Secretaries of HUD and VA to report annually to Congress with respect to veterans homelessness and housing assistance.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2011-11-02 00:00:00

Extends through FY2017 the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) demonstration projects on the guaranteeing of veterans' adjustable rate and hybrid adjustable rate mortgage loans in a manner similar to which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) insures such mortgages under the National Housing Act.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2012-02-17 00:00:00

Safe Housing for Homeless Veterans Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) from making a grant or providing other assistance to any entity for the provision of housing or housing services to homeless veterans unless such entity submits to the Secretary a certification that the building proposed for such housing or services is in compliance with all local codes relevant to operations and level of care provided, as well as any other local requirements regarding the condition of the structure and the operation of the supportive housing or service center. Directs the Secretary, in awarding such grants, to give priority to entities seeking a grant or assistance for a project that includes making improvements to a building to ensure that the building meets such codes and other requirements. Requires entities receiving grants or assistance for the fiscal year during which this Act is enacted to submit such a certification within two years after enactment.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2012-03-29 00:00:00

Quality Housing for Veterans Act - Extends through 2014 the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide specially adapted housing assistance to certain disabled veterans residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2012-04-24 00:00:00

Makes permanent Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) demonstration projects involving adjustable rate and hybrid adjustable rate mortgages for veterans and their families.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2012-04-24 00:00:00

Military Housing Oversight and Accountability Act - Amends federal provisions concerning Department of Defense (DOD) alternative authority for the acquisition and improvement of military housing to direct each military department Secretary to prescribe regulations to oversee and manage a military housing privatization project during its sustainment phase following completion of construction or renovation of the housing units.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2012-05-30 00:00:00

Directs the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to jointly establish a two-year pilot program of grants to nonprofit organizations to provide homeless veterans with non-transitional housing. Authorizes the Secretaries to award two grants of up to $25 million each under the program. Allows recipients to use such grant to: (1) purchase real property to provide up to 200 homeless veterans with non-transitional housing, and (2) refurbish or renovate such property. Makes eligible for such housing veterans of at least 55 years of age who: (1) have been continuously homeless for a year or more or, during the last three years, had at least four separate periods of living on the streets, in an emergency shelter, or a combination thereof; and (2) have a condition that limits their ability to work or perform activities of daily living. Directs the VA Secretary to provide case management for veterans receiving such assistance.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Housing and community development
Date: 2012-09-10 00:00:00

Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act of 2012 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exclude as family income for Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) housing assistance purposes any Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) payments made to veterans in need of regular aid and attendance for expenses related to such aid and attendance. Prohibits, in determining the monthly rental assistance payment for low-income families, the amount for tenant-paid utilities from exceeding the appropriate utility allowance for that family unit size as determined by the public housing agency (agency), regardless of the size of the unit leased by the family. Requires the agency, upon request by a family that includes a person with disabilities, an elderly family, or a family that includes a person less than 18 years old, to approve a higher utility, except that, in the case of a family with a disabled person, the agency shall approve the higher amount only when needed as a reasonable accommodation to make the unit accessible to and usable by that person. Directs the HUD Secretary to regularly publish data regarding local utility consumption and costs in order to establish appropriate allowances for tenant-paid utilities for assisted families. Directs the VA Secretary to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit organizations that primarily serve veterans or low-income individuals. Requires such grants to be used to rehabilitate and modify the primary residence of disabled or low-income veterans. Limits grant amounts to $1 million per organization. Requires such Secretary to direct the oversight of grant fund use. Requires a minimum of 50% matching funds by participating organizations. Requires an annual pilot program report from such Secretary to Congress. Authorizes appropriations.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2012-09-14 00:00:00

Renovate and Enhance Veterans' Meeting Halls and Posts Act of 2012 or REVAMP Act of 2012 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible veterans service organizations for repairs and rehabilitation of their existing facilities. Defines "eligible veterans service organization" as: (1) a tax-exempt entity organized on a local or area basis; and (2) a local or area chapter, post, or other unit of a national, regional, statewide, or other larger entity of which local or area chapters, posts, or units are members (but not any such national, regional, statewide, or other larger entity itself). Prohibits an eligible veterans service organization from receiving such grant amounts, for any single fiscal year, in an amount exceeding the lesser of the cost of the proposed repair or rehabilitation or $200,000. Makes a grant recipient ineligible to receive another such grant until after five succeeding fiscal years. Prohibits the use of such grants for construction or acquisition of a new facility.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2012-12-03 00:00:00

Veterans Homebuyer Accessibility Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for first-time homebuyers, to allow veterans of the Armed Forces a tax credit for 10% of the purchase price of a principal residence purchased prior to January 1, 2017. Allows an additional credit for the cost of installing special fixtures or movable facilities in a residence to accommodate a disability of the veteran. Requires a recapture of credit amounts if the veterans sells such residence within 36 months after purchasing it.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2011-02-17 00:00:00

Helping Our Homeless Veterans Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into agreements with state or local government agencies, tribal organizations, and nonprofit organizations to collaborate in the provision of case management services to expand and improve the provision of supported housing services and related outreach to veterans, including veterans in rural areas or underserved veterans who live in metropolitan areas or on Indian lands. Outlines support services to be provided, including the maintenance of referral networks for homeless veterans. Requires each entity chosen to report annually to the Secretary on collaborative services undertaken. Includes within case management services personal health and development assistance and housing assistance for veterans.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Housing and community development
Date: 2012-06-11 00:00:00

Ending Housing Discrimination Against Servicemembers and Veterans Act of 2012 - Amends the Fair Housing Act to prohibit housing discrimination against servicemembers or veterans with respect to: (1) the sale or rental of housing, (2) residential real estate-related transactions, and (3) the provision of brokerage services. Excludes from the exemption from fair housing requirements for a religious organization or private club any religion whose membership is restricted to persons who are not servicemembers or veterans. Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1968 to impose a fine, imprisonment, or both on persons who violate housing discrimination prohibitions under such Act against servicemembers and veterans.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2012-06-20 00:00:00

Military Family Home Protection Act - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow a court, in an action to enforce an obligation on real or personal property secured by a mortgage against a servicemember on active duty, a totally disabled veteran, or the surviving spouse of a member who died during military service, to either: (1) stay the proceedings for a period of time as justice and equity require, or (2) adjust the obligation to preserve the interests of all parties. Prohibits the sale, foreclosure, or seizure of the subject property for the service period, as well as the 12-month period after: (1) the servicemember is discharged or redeployed from a contingency operation, (2) the veteran is retired, or (3) the death of the servicemember (in the case of a surviving spouse). Increases the civil penalties for violations of the sale or foreclosure prohibitions. Prohibits an individual from being denied or refused credit solely by reason of eligibility for relief under this Act. Requires each lending institution acting as a creditor to such servicemember, veteran, or surviving spouse to designate an employee responsible for ensuring the institution's compliance with the requirements of this Act. Requires any such institution that had prior annual assets of $10 billion or more to maintain on its primary website a toll-free number for information with respect to the protections afforded under this Act.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2012-06-20 00:00:00

Housing for Families of Ill and Injured Veterans Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to award a grant to Fisher House Foundation, Inc., for the construction, furnishing, and decorating of a Fisher House for the provision of temporary lodging for veterans and family members in connection with the examination, treatment, or care of a veteran at a VA medical facility.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2012-06-27 00:00:00

Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, with respect to loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for multifamily transitional housing for veterans and their families, to: (1) pay the guarantee amount, in full or in part, if the loan is not in default; and (2) forgive, waive, release, or discharge (waive) the borrower's liability with respect to the loan. Provides that the amount paid or waived: (1) shall not be included in the borrower's gross income; and (2) with respect to the low-income housing credit, shall not be treated as an amount derived from a federal grant and shall not otherwise reduce the borrower's depreciable or eligible basis for such housing project.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2012-06-27 00:00:00

Zero Tolerance for Veterans Homelessness Act of 2012 - Allows grants made by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) for homeless veterans' comprehensive services programs (outreach, rehabilitation, vocational counseling, and transitional housing assistance) to be used for the construction of new facilities. Prohibits the Secretary from denying applications for such grants solely on the basis that the grant entity proposes to use funding from other private or public sources, as long as such entity demonstrates that a private nonprofit organization will provide project oversight and site control. Requires the Secretary to: (1) study matters relating to the method used to make per diem payments to grant recipients, (2) develop more effective and efficient procedures for fiscal control and fund accounting by grant recipients, and (3) develop a more effective and efficient method for adequately reimbursing grant recipients for services furnished to homeless veterans. Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to establish in the Department of Housing and Development (HUD) a Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a comprehensive plan to end homelessness among veterans. Requires the plan to include consideration of the circumstances and requirements unique to veterans located in rural areas.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2013-01-23 00:00:00

Homes for Heroes Act of 2013 - Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to establish in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs to: (1) ensure veteran access to HUD housing and homeless assistance programs, (2) coordinate all HUD programs and activities relating to veterans, and (3) serve as a HUD liaison with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Directs the HUD Secretary to provide assistance to private nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives to expand the supply of supportive housing for very low-income veteran families (families with incomes not exceeding 50% of the area median income).

Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to: (1) make housing rental vouchers available to all homeless veterans, regardless of medical condition; and (2) include veterans in public housing planning.

Excludes veterans' benefits from income for purposes of HUD assisted housing rental determinations.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) make grants to nonprofit entities for technical assistance in sponsoring HUD housing projects for veterans, and (2) report annually to specified congressional committees and the VA Secretary on HUD activities relating to veterans.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2013-02-26 00:00:00

Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the protections against sale, foreclosure, and seizure of certain real or personal property that are applicable to servicemembers to their surviving spouses who are successors in interest to the property. Applies such protections with respect to service-connected deaths for a period of five years after enactment of this Act.

Requires each lending institution subject to specified requirements for a maximum 6% rate of interest on a servicemember's debts incurred before military service to designate one of its employees as a compliance officer responsible for: (1) ensuring the institution's compliance with such requirements, and (2) distributing information to servicemembers whose obligations and liabilities are covered by such requirements.

Requires such a lending institution that had annual assets for the preceding fiscal year of $10 billion or more to maintain a toll-free telephone number and make it available on its primary Internet website.

 Amends the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 to extend through 2017 the period of specified protections for servicemembers against mortgage foreclosures.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2013-03-20 00:00:00

Makes eligible under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) homeless veterans reintegration program those homeless veterans who are: (1) participating in the VA supported housing program for which rental assistance is provided under the United States Housing Act of 1937, and (2) veterans who are transitioning from being incarcerated.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2013-05-08 00:00:00

Veterans Home Loan Refinance Opportunity Act of 2013 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to tax-exempt veterans' mortgage bonds to permit: (1) proceeds from such bonds to refinance residences of veterans (currently, bond financing limited to new mortgages); (2) an annual inflation adjustment after 2013 to the amounts of veterans' mortgage bonds that states may issue; and (3) an increase from 1.125 % to 1.50% in the amount by which interest on veterans' mortgages may exceed the yield on a bond issue.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2013-05-23 00:00:00

Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Programs Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Extends through FY2018 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) homeless veterans reintegration programs (job training, counseling, and placement services to expedite the reintegration of homeless veterans into the labor force).
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2013-06-26 00:00:00

Fair Access to Co-ops for Veterans Act - Revises the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) program that guarantees veterans' loans for the purchase of residential cooperative housing to remove a provision that limits to five years after a loan is guaranteed the use of loan proceeds to purchase stock or membership in a cooperative housing corporation. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that a loan used for such purchase in a corporation that has been reviewed and approved by a lender approved by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) is not denied.

Authorizes the Secretary to advertise the availability of such loan guarantees.
Topic: Housing — Veterans
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2013-10-30 00:00:00

Veterans Homebuyer Accessibility Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for first-time homebuyers, to allow veterans of the Armed Forces a tax credit for 10% of the purchase price of a principal residence purchased prior to January 1, 2017. Allows an additional credit for the cost of installing special fixtures or movable facilities in a residence to accommodate a disability of the veteran. Requires a recapture of credit amounts if the veterans sells such residence within 36 months after purchasing it.