Housing And Community Development
New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Requires that certain tenants residing in rental housing be issued monthly rent receipts that itemize heat and electricity costs when those costs are included in monthly rent. [AB-5177]
Requires that certain tenants residing in rental housing be issued monthly rent receipts that itemize heat and electricity costs when those costs are included in monthly rent.
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SAFE Transitional License Act [S.1753]
SAFE Transitional License Act This bill amends the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to temporarily allow loan originators that meet specified requirements to continue to originate loans after moving: (1) from one state to another, or (2) from a depository institution to a non-depository institution.
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Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2017 [S.1751]
Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2017 This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) to specify that a retailer of manufactured housing is generally not a "mortgage originator" subject to requirements under that Act. Similarly, the bill amends the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to specify that such a retailer is generally not a "loan originator" subject to requirements under that Act. In addition, the bill increases the annual percentage rates and transaction values at which mortgages for certain
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Credit Score Competition Act of 2017 [S.1685]
Credit Score Competition Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to allow the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), when determining whether to purchase a residential mortgage, to consider a borrower's credit score only if certain procedural requirements are met with respect to the validation and approval of credit-scoring models. The Federal Housing Finance Agency may, by regulation,
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Provides forbearance of residential mortgage foreclosures under certain circumstances; places additional requirements on attorneys, residential mortgage lenders, and courts, as part of foreclosure process. [AB-5138]
Provides forbearance of residential mortgage foreclosures under certain circumstances; places additional requirements on attorneys, residential mortgage lenders, and courts, as part of foreclosure process.
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Taxpayer Protections and Market Access for Mortgage Finance Act of 2017 [HB-3556]
Taxpayer Protections and Market Access for Mortgage Finance Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 to direct the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to establish guidelines requiring the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) to engage in significant, increasing, and varied credit-risk transfer transactions. A "risk transfer transaction" provides for: (1) the sale, disposition, retention, or transfer within
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Housing Accountability Act of 2017 [HB-3575]
Housing Accountability Act of 2017 This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide statutory authority for the requirement for an entity receiving low-income housing assistance payments for existing public housing units to maintain decent, safe, and sanitary conditions for any structure covered under a payment contract. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) shall develop a process by which a Performance-Based Contract Administrator shall, on a semiannual basis, conduct a survey of the tenants of each such structure
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Expressing the sense of the Congress that homelessness in America should be eliminated. [HCR-75]
Expressing the sense of the Congress that homelessness in America should be eliminated.
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Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act of 2017 [S.1638]
Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act of 2017
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Housing Homeless Veterans Act of 2017 [HB-3389]
Housing Homeless Veterans Act of 2017 7 This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in making Veterans Affairs-Supported Housing (VASH) program funds available among public-housing agencies (PHAs) for rental voucher assistance for homeless veterans who have chronic mental illnesses or chronic substance-use disorders, to give priority to PHAs that: (1) serve areas having the highest numbers of homeless veterans, and (2) have fully utilized their available HUD-VASH funds
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Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act [S.1601]
Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act This bill amends the Fair Housing Act to specify that the following unwelcome conduct in or around a dwelling shall be considered sufficiently severe or pervasive as to constitute a discriminatory housing practice: (1) unwelcome touching of a sexual nature or groping; or (2) any other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that is intended to be coercive, threatening, or intimidating.
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Prioritize Housing for Homeless Veterans Act of 2017 [HB-3313]
Prioritize Housing for Homeless Veterans Act of 2017 7 This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development, in making certain Veterans Affairs-Supported Housing program funds available among public-housing agencies (PHAs) for rental voucher assistance for homeless veterans who have chronic mental illnesses or chronic substance-use disorders, to: (1) consider, together with current factors, the extent of availability in the areas served by PHAs of housing that is affordable to low-income families; and (2) give priority to metropolitan
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Prohibits discrimination against prospective tenant based on information in credit reports. [AB-5099]
Prohibits discrimination against prospective tenant based on information in credit reports.
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Establishes the "New Jersey Electronic Plan Review System." [AB-5085]
Establishes the "New Jersey Electronic Plan Review System."
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Public Housing Capital Repair Fund Act [HB-3215]
Public Housing Capital Repair Fund Act
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Transforming Student Debt to Home Equity Act of 2017 [HB-3134]
Transforming Student Debt to Home Equity Act of 2017
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Public Housing Tenant Protection and Reinvestment Act of 2017 [HB-3160]
Public Housing Tenant Protection and Reinvestment Act of 2017 Public Housing One-for-One Replacement and Tenant Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 regarding: (1) demolition, disposition, or both pursuant to conversion of any public housing unit; and (2) the taking of public housing units through the use of eminent domain. The bill exempts from specified requirements for demolition and disposition of public housing, public housing projects removed from a public housing agency (PHA) inventory under the program
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Requires emergency contact information and 2-1-1 telephone system access instructions to be provided to tenants of multiple dwellings. [AB-5062]
Requires emergency contact information and 2-1-1 telephone system access instructions to be provided to tenants of multiple dwellings.
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Foreclosure Fairness Act of 2017 [HB-3016]
Foreclosure Fairness Act of 2017
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Keeping Families Home Act of 2017 [HB-3014]
Keeping Families Home Act of 2017