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Latest Action: 04/12/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4439-4440) Bill TextA bill to reward the hard work and risk of individuals who choose to live in and help preserve America's small, rural towns, and for other purposes. 4/12/2007--Introduced. New Homestead Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Education to repay a specified percentage (up to $2,000 per year) of certain education loans to an individual who completes a degree and both resides and is employed for at least five years in an area outside a metropolitan statistical area which for 20 years has a net out-migration of inhabitants of at least 10% of the county population (qualifying county). Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a: (1) tax credit for the lesser of $5,000 or 10% of the purchase price of a principal residence in a qualifying county; and (2) capital loss deduction with respect to a sale or exchange of a principal residence in a qualifying county. Provides for the creation of tax-exempt individual homestead accounts, funded by individual cash contributions and matching [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/10/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4310) Bill TextA bill to provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans. 4/10/2007--Introduced. Homes for Heroes Act of 2007 - 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. 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 (that is, 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 homeless veterans; and (2) include veterans in public housing planning. Excludes veterans' benefits [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/10/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextTo provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans. 7/9/2008--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Homes for Heroes Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) 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. (Sec. 3) Directs the HUD Secretary to provide assistance in the form of planning grants, capital advances, and project rental assistance to private nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives to expand the supply of supportive housing for very low-income veteran families (that is, families with incomes not exceeding 50% of the area median income). Prescribes a formula for such families' rent [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/10/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextTo provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans. 7/9/2008--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Homes for Heroes Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) 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. (Sec. 3) Directs the HUD Secretary to provide assistance in the form of planning grants, capital advances, and project rental assistance to private nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives to expand the supply of supportive housing for very low-income veteran families (that is, families with incomes not exceeding 50% of the area median income). Prescribes a formula for such families' rent [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agricultural cooperatives, Agricultural credit, Agriculture, Bank accounts, Banks and banking, Budgets, Business, Capital gains tax, Capital investments, Catastrophic health insurance, College costs, Construction costs, Cost of living adjustments, County politics and government, Depreciation and amortization, Earned income tax credit, Economic policy, Education, Electrification, Energy, Entrepreneurs, Excise tax, Federal aid to education, Federally-guaranteed loans, Finance, Government information, Government paperwork, Health policy, Higher education, Home ownership, Housing, Housing finance, Income tax, Indexing (Economic policy), Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), Internal migration, Investment tax credit, Job creation, Job training, Labor, Law, Medical care, Medical economics, Minimum tax, Nonprofit organizations, Politics and government, Residence requirements, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Rural education, Rural housing, Saving and investment, Savings and loan associations, Scholarships, Securities, Small business, Small towns, Social services, State and local government, Student loan funds, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Tax exclusion, Tax exemption, Tax penalties, Tax returns, Tax-exempt organizations, Trusts and trustees, Urban affairs, Venture capital, Vocational education, Welfare
Latest Action: 04/12/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4439-4440) Bill TextA bill to reward the hard work and risk of individuals who choose to live in and help preserve America's small, rural towns, and for other purposes. 4/12/2007--Introduced. New Homestead Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Education to repay a specified percentage (up to $2,000 per year) of certain education loans to an individual who completes a degree and both resides and is employed for at least five years in an area outside a metropolitan statistical area which for 20 years has a net out-migration of inhabitants of at least 10% of the county population (qualifying county). Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a: (1) tax credit for the lesser of $5,000 or 10% of the purchase price of a principal residence in a qualifying county; and (2) capital loss deduction with respect to a sale or exchange of a principal residence in a qualifying county. Provides for the creation of tax-exempt individual homestead accounts, funded by individual cash contributions and matching [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Affordable housing, Brain, Budgets, Building construction, Business, Congregate housing, Congressional reporting requirements, Construction industries, Construction workers, Consumers, Department of Veterans Affairs, Disabled, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy conservation in buildings, Energy efficiency, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Families, Federal aid to housing, Federal officials, Government employees, Head injuries, Homeless, Housing, Housing authorities, Housing finance, Housing statistics, Housing subsidies, Income tax, Indian housing, Indians, Labor, Low-income housing, Metropolitan areas, Minimum wages, Minorities, Nonprofit organizations, Pensions, Planning, Public housing, Rent, Rental housing, Residential rehabilitation, Social services, Surveys, Survivors' benefits, Tax credits, Taxation, Urban affairs, Urban housing, Veterans, Veterans' benefits, Veterans' disability compensation, Veterans' pensions, Wages, Welfare, Welfare eligibility
Latest Action: 04/10/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4310) Bill TextA bill to provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans. 4/10/2007--Introduced. Homes for Heroes Act of 2007 - 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. 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 (that is, 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 homeless veterans; and (2) include veterans in public housing planning. Excludes veterans' benefits [...] show full description
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