Number: RL32899
Title: Housing Issues in the 109th Congress
Authors: Bruce Foote, Libby Perl, and Maggie McCarty, Domestic Social Policy Division; and Eugene Boyd, N. Eric Weiss, and Pamela Jackson, Government and Finance Division 
Abstract: The 109th Congress considered a number of housing-related issues in its two sessions. These included appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); assistance for families and communities affected by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma; reform of the Government Sponsored Enterprises - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - and Federal Home Loan Banks (GSEs and FHLBs); revisions to the FHA loan insurance program; and changes to existing housing programs such as the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program. However, the 109th Congress adjourned without completing action in many of these areas.
Pages: 25
Date: January 8, 2007