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Bill Clinton's drive to increase homeownership went way too far ...
Feb 27, 2008. went to ridiculous lengths to increase the national homeownership rate. . his Ownership Society goals, and of course Congress was strongly .
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/hotproperty/archives/2008/02/clintons_drive.html
Minority Homeownership Initiatives - HUD
HUD is an avid supporter of increased minority homeownership. . Providing Alternatives to Mortgage Foreclosure: A Report to Congress; Successful Mortgage .
http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/lending/minorityhome
National Housing Policy in the U.S. for the 21st Century
The GOP lawmakers in Congress immediately attempted to abolish HUD as a presidential . One of these, the National Homeownership Strategy, offers important . State and local governments compensated to some extent by increasing their .
http://www.globalurban.org/housing_us.htm
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Promoting Homeownership in the United States: The Rise and Fall ...
Congress chartered Fannie Mae during the Great Depression in 1938 to help . Therefore, the increased access to home ownership helped the GSEs reach .
http://ebook.law.uiowa.edu/ebook/content/promoting-homeownership-us-rise-and-fall-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac
White House Philosophy Stoked Mortgage Bonfire - The New York ...
Dec 20, 2008 . President Bush, who vowed to spread the dream of homeownership, is leaving . spoke in Atlanta to unveil a plan to increase minority homeownership. . The president spent years pushing a recalcitrant Congress to toughen .
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/business/21admin.html?pagewanted=all
A Timeline of Republicans' Failure to Stop Reckless Mortgage Lending
Republican leaders in Congress are understandably eager to deflect attention away from . Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (HOEPA). . 2004: The Bush administration continued its efforts to increase the U.S. homeownership rate .
http://democrats.financialservices.house.gov/FinancialSvcsDemMedia/file/key_issues/Predatory_Subprime_Mortgage_Lending/GSEs_Subprime_timeline.pdf
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SEC. 8. INCREASING HOME OWNERSHIP BY ... - OpenCongress
Oct 20, 2011 . Full bill text of S.1746 Visa Improvements to Stimulate International Tourism to the United States of America Act on OpenCongress.org.
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s1746/text
The Top 10 Middle-Class Acts of Congress | Center for American ...
Jan 19, 2012 . Previous Congresses passed legislation that increased access to health care and education, expanded home ownership, protected the savings .
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/news/2012/01/19/10944/the-top-10-middle-class-acts-of-congress/
Oppose H.R. 3609, the Emergency Home Ownership & Mortgage ...
undermine the long-standing public policy to encourage liquidity in the mortgage market and increase home ownership. Specifically, when Congress rewrote the .
http://www.aba.com/Issues/Documents/7720874c36bb48b6a7bc031add288807BankruptcyMortgageChangesJointLetter012308.pdf
Member of Congress need to spend less time raising funds - The Hill ...
Jul 7, 2011 . accurately described how much members of Congress loath . All of this will increase home ownership and jobs in the housing sector, but with .
http://thehill.com/opinion/letters/170295-member-of-congress-need-to-spend-less-time-raising-funds
How Government Stoked the Mania - WSJ.com
Oct 3, 2008 . Demanding that Fannie and Freddie do more to increase home ownership among poor people allowed Congress and the White House to .
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122298982558700341.html
Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007 (2007; 110th ...
In GovTrack.us, a database of bills in the U.S. Congress. . H.R. 1852 (110th): Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007 . Permits an increase of up to 25% in the maximum mortgage amount that may be insured to account for the .
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/110/hr1852
Government policies and the subprime mortgage crisis - Wikipedia ...
. much regulation aimed at increasing home ownership rates for lower income . and financial services industries...spearheaded in Congress by Senator Phil .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_policies_and_the_subprime_mortgage_crisis
A Home of One's Own > Publications > National Affairs
But this American inclination to exaggerate the virtues of home ownership — and to . To further reinforce these long-term loans, Congress created Fannie Mae. . the home-ownership rate in the United States increased dramatically — from .
http://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/a-home-of-ones-own
2002: Bush's Speech To the White House Conference on Increasing ...
Sep 24, 2008 . in the name of increasing minority homeownership. . And so we've called upon Congress to set up what's called the American Dream Down .
http://www.vdare.com/posts/2002-bushs-speech-to-the-white-house-conference-on-increasing-minority-homeownership
Housing Bubble, Financial Crisis – What Happened, Who is ...
Throughout the Congressional debate on GSE regulations in 2003-2005, . Publicly, Democrats fiercely defended the increased home ownership rates in poor .
http://tjhancock.wordpress.com/housing-bubble-financial-crisis-detailed-comprehensive-assessment/
Origin of the Housing Bubble: “The National Homeownership Strategy”
Mar 11, 2010 . Government policies were designed to increase homeownership. . and the public sector (Congress, the White House, the bureaucracy, etc.) .
http://theaffordablemortgagedepression.com/2010/03/11/origin-of-the-housing-bubble-the-national-homeownership-strategy.aspx
Hispanic Homeownership Barriers Start to Fall - Congressional ...
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Study Reveals How a More Responsive Housing Industry Increased U.S. Hispanic Homeownership; More Gains .
http://www.chci.org/news/pub/hispanic-homeownership-barriers-start-to-fall
Minorities' Home Ownership Booms Under Clinton but Still Lags ...
May 31, 1999 . In all, the minority homeownership rate is on track to increase more in . In 1992, Congress mandated that Fannie and Freddie increase their .
http://articles.latimes.com/1999/may/31/news/mn-42807
Feds rethink policies that encourage home ownership - USA Today
Aug 10, 2010 . Get information on education programs that could help you increase your earning power. . OWNING: Homeownership rate continues to slide. Congressional Republicans doubt the administration has the nerve to make bold .
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2010-08-11-housing11_cv_N.htm
Federal tax deduction for mortgage insurance premiums expires ...
Jan 15, 2012. the payroll tax cut extension in Congress, a key mortgage financing . FHA loans — could effectively increase the costs of homeownership .
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jan/15/business/la-fi-harney-20120115
Rethinking Homeownership: A Framework for 21st Century Housing ...
and to increase the homeownership rate in America. Unfortunately, these . federal government and meet the Congressional Budget. Office standard for being .
http://reason.org/files/rethinking_fannie_mae_freddie_mac.pdf
HOW THE FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION AFFECTS ...
more generous FHA underwriting criteria increase homeownership. In the period . Congress created the Federal Housing Administration in 1934 as part of the .
http://jchs.unix.fas.harvard.edu/sites/jchs.harvard.edu/files/monroe_w02-4.pdf