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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2064 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish |
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| 6 | 6 | | a program to provide homeownership assistance grants, and for other |
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| 7 | 7 | | purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH11, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. L |
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| 11 | 11 | | EGERFERNANDEZ(for herself, Mr. COSTA, Mr. GARCI´Aof Illinois, Mr. |
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| 13 | 13 | | ARCIAof California, Ms. LOISFRANKELof Florida, Mr. JOHNSONof |
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| 14 | 14 | | Georgia, Ms. M |
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| 15 | 15 | | CCOLLUM, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. SCANLON, |
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| 16 | 16 | | and Ms. S |
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| 17 | 17 | | TANSBURY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to |
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| 18 | 18 | | the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee |
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| 19 | 19 | | on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the |
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| 20 | 20 | | Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within |
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| 21 | 21 | | the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 22 | 22 | | A BILL |
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| 23 | 23 | | To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development |
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| 24 | 24 | | to establish a program to provide homeownership assist- |
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| 25 | 25 | | ance grants, and for other purposes. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Home of Your Own 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF HOMEOWNERSHIP ASSIST-1 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ANCE GRANT PROGRAM. 2 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (a) I |
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| 37 | 37 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 3 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Urban Development shall, not later than 1 year after the 4 |
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| 39 | 39 | | date of the enactment of this Act, establish a homeowner-5 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ship assistance grant program through which amounts are 6 |
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| 41 | 41 | | provided to States and Indian tribes to assist the purchase 7 |
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| 42 | 42 | | of eligible homes by eligible persons. 8 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (b) A |
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| 44 | 44 | | LLOCATION OFAMOUNTS.— 9 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (1) I |
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| 46 | 46 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall reserve 10 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 3 percent of any amounts appropriated under this 11 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Act, for a fiscal year, for grants to Indian tribes in 12 |
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| 49 | 49 | | accordance with the formula established by the Sec-13 |
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| 50 | 50 | | retary pursuant to section 302 of the Native Amer-14 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 15 |
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| 52 | 52 | | of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4152). 16 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (2) R |
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| 54 | 54 | | EMAINING AMOUNTS .—After reserving 17 |
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| 55 | 55 | | such amounts for Indian tribes under paragraph (1), 18 |
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| 56 | 56 | | the Secretary shall equitably allocate remaining 19 |
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| 57 | 57 | | amounts to participating States in accordance with 20 |
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| 58 | 58 | | a formula established by the Secretary by rule. 21 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (c) U |
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| 60 | 60 | | SE OFAMOUNTS.— 22 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (1) I |
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| 62 | 62 | | N GENERAL.—States and Indian tribes 23 |
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| 63 | 63 | | that receive amounts under this Act shall use such 24 |
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| 64 | 64 | | amounts to provide assistance on behalf of eligible 25 |
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| 65 | 65 | | persons for— 26 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (A) costs incurred acquiring an ownership 1 |
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| 70 | 70 | | interest in an eligible home by means of an eli-2 |
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| 71 | 71 | | gible mortgage loan, including downpayment 3 |
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| 72 | 72 | | costs, closing costs, and costs to reduce interest 4 |
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| 73 | 73 | | rates on such loan; or 5 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (B) pre-occupancy repairs or modifications 6 |
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| 75 | 75 | | required for a member of the household of the 7 |
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| 76 | 76 | | homebuyer to occupy the home following such 8 |
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| 77 | 77 | | acquisition, including repairs to bring the home 9 |
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| 78 | 78 | | up to inspection standards and costs associated 10 |
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| 79 | 79 | | with reasonable accommodations or reasonable 11 |
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| 80 | 80 | | modifications for a household member with a 12 |
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| 81 | 81 | | disability, when applicable. 13 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (2) A |
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| 83 | 83 | | MOUNT OF ASSISTANCE .—States and In-14 |
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| 84 | 84 | | dian tribes that receive amounts under this Act may 15 |
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| 85 | 85 | | provide assistance only once on behalf of an eligible 16 |
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| 86 | 86 | | person and the amount of such assistance provided 17 |
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| 87 | 87 | | on behalf of such eligible person shall be $30,000. 18 |
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| 88 | 88 | | (d) L |
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| 89 | 89 | | AYERING OFASSISTANCE.—States and Indian 19 |
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| 90 | 90 | | tribes that receive amounts under this Act may provide 20 |
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| 91 | 91 | | assistance on behalf of an eligible person who is receiving 21 |
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| 92 | 92 | | assistance from other sources, including other State, Fed-22 |
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| 93 | 93 | | eral, Indian tribe, tribal organization, private and public 23 |
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| 94 | 94 | | tax-exempt nonprofit organizations, for acquisition of an 24 |
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| 95 | 95 | | ownership interest in an eligible home. 25 |
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| 99 | 99 | | (e) REPAYMENT OFASSISTANCE IFOCCUPANCYNOT 1 |
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| 100 | 100 | | C |
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| 101 | 101 | | ONTINUED.— 2 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (1) I |
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| 103 | 103 | | N GENERAL.—If an eligible person does 3 |
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| 104 | 104 | | not continue to occupy, as a primary residence, the 4 |
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| 105 | 105 | | eligible home for which the covered person receives 5 |
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| 106 | 106 | | assistance under this Act for the 60-month period 6 |
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| 107 | 107 | | beginning when the covered person is able to law-7 |
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| 108 | 108 | | fully occupy the eligible home, the Secretary shall re-8 |
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| 109 | 109 | | quire the eligible person to repay the assistance re-9 |
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| 110 | 110 | | ceived in an amount that is proportional to the num-10 |
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| 111 | 111 | | ber of months the eligible person did not occupy the 11 |
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| 112 | 112 | | eligible home as a primary residence. 12 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (2) E |
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| 114 | 114 | | XCEPTIONS.—The Secretary may not re-13 |
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| 115 | 115 | | quire an eligible person to repay assistance under 14 |
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| 116 | 116 | | paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that— 15 |
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| 117 | 117 | | (A) a hardship as described by the Sec-16 |
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| 118 | 118 | | retary prevents the eligible person from occu-17 |
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| 119 | 119 | | pying the eligible home as the primary resi-18 |
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| 120 | 120 | | dence; or 19 |
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| 121 | 121 | | (B) any amount received by the eligible 20 |
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| 122 | 122 | | person from an arm’s length transaction selling 21 |
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| 123 | 123 | | the entirety of the ownership interest in the eli-22 |
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| 124 | 124 | | gible home of the homebuyer to a bona fide 23 |
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| 125 | 125 | | purchaser is less than the original cost of acqui-24 |
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| 126 | 126 | | sition of the home, including closing costs. 25 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (3) USE OF LIEN.—The State or Indian tribe 1 |
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| 131 | 131 | | that provided the assistance to the eligible person 2 |
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| 132 | 132 | | may place a lien on the eligible home for the purpose 3 |
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| 133 | 133 | | of recapturing such assistance. 4 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (4) U |
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| 135 | 135 | | SE OF RECAPTURED AMOUNTS .—Any as-5 |
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| 136 | 136 | | sistance repaid pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be 6 |
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| 137 | 137 | | used to provide assistance to other covered persons. 7 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (f) A |
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| 139 | 139 | | SSISTANCEAMOUNTSEXCLUDEDFROMFED-8 |
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| 140 | 140 | | ERALTAXATION.—For purposes of the Internal Revenue 9 |
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| 141 | 141 | | Code of 1986, gross income shall not include any assist-10 |
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| 142 | 142 | | ance provided under this Act. 11 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (g) R |
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| 144 | 144 | | ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Assistance provided 12 |
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| 145 | 145 | | to an eligible person by a State or Indian tribe under this 13 |
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| 146 | 146 | | section may not be considered funds from a prohibited 14 |
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| 147 | 147 | | source for the purposes of section 203(b)(9)(C) of the Na-15 |
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| 148 | 148 | | tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(9)(C)). 16 |
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| 149 | 149 | | SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION OF GRANTS BY STATES AND IN-17 |
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| 150 | 150 | | DIAN TRIBES. 18 |
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| 151 | 151 | | (a) A |
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| 152 | 152 | | DMINISTRATION BYSTATES.— 19 |
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| 153 | 153 | | (1) I |
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| 154 | 154 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall require 20 |
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| 155 | 155 | | that each State receiving grant amounts under this 21 |
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| 156 | 156 | | Act— 22 |
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| 157 | 157 | | (A) submit an annual plan to the Secretary 23 |
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| 158 | 158 | | with respect to implementing and complying 24 |
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| 159 | 159 | | with the requirements of this Act; and 25 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (B) distribute not less than 25 percent of 1 |
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| 164 | 164 | | the amounts allocated to the State through 2 |
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| 165 | 165 | | community development financial institutions. 3 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (2) A |
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| 167 | 167 | | NNUAL PLAN.—The annual plan required 4 |
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| 168 | 168 | | under paragraph (1) may be included in the Annual 5 |
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| 169 | 169 | | Action Plan submitted to the Secretary by such 6 |
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| 170 | 170 | | State. 7 |
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| 171 | 171 | | (3) O |
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| 172 | 172 | | UTSOURCING PERMITTED .—The Secretary 8 |
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| 173 | 173 | | may permit a State to contract with one or more of 9 |
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| 174 | 174 | | the following to provide amounts to eligible persons 10 |
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| 175 | 175 | | on behalf of the State: 11 |
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| 176 | 176 | | (A) A tax-exempt private or public non-12 |
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| 177 | 177 | | profit organization approved by the Secretary. 13 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (B) A community development financial in-14 |
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| 179 | 179 | | stitution. 15 |
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| 180 | 180 | | (b) A |
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| 181 | 181 | | DMINISTRATION BYINDIANTRIBES.— 16 |
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| 182 | 182 | | (1) I |
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| 183 | 183 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall require 17 |
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| 184 | 184 | | that each Indian tribe receiving grant amounts 18 |
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| 185 | 185 | | under this Act— 19 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (A) submit an annual plan to the Secretary 20 |
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| 187 | 187 | | with respect to implementing and complying 21 |
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| 188 | 188 | | with the requirements of this Act; and 22 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (B) consider distributing some or all 23 |
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| 190 | 190 | | amounts allocated to the Indian tribe through 24 |
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| 191 | 191 | | community development financial institutions. 25 |
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| 195 | 195 | | (2) ANNUAL PLAN.—The annual plan required 1 |
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| 196 | 196 | | under paragraph (1) may be included in the Indian 2 |
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| 197 | 197 | | Housing Plan submitted to the Secretary by such 3 |
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| 198 | 198 | | Indian tribe. 4 |
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| 199 | 199 | | (3) O |
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| 200 | 200 | | UTSOURCING PERMITTED .—The Secretary 5 |
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| 201 | 201 | | may permit a Tribe to contract with one or more of 6 |
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| 202 | 202 | | the following to provide amounts to eligible persons 7 |
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| 203 | 203 | | on behalf of the Tribe: 8 |
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| 204 | 204 | | (A) A tax-exempt private or public non-9 |
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| 205 | 205 | | profit organization approved by the Secretary. 10 |
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| 206 | 206 | | (B) A Tribally designated housing entity. 11 |
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| 207 | 207 | | (C) An intertribal consortium. 12 |
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| 208 | 208 | | (D) A community development financial in-13 |
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| 209 | 209 | | stitution. 14 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (4) P |
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| 211 | 211 | | REFERENCE PERMITTED .—An Indian 15 |
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| 212 | 212 | | tribe that receives amounts under this Act may pro-16 |
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| 213 | 213 | | vide preference to eligible persons who are members 17 |
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| 214 | 214 | | of such Indian tribe as well as to members of other 18 |
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| 215 | 215 | | Indian tribes. 19 |
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| 216 | 216 | | SEC. 4. FINANCIAL COUNSELING REQUIREMENT. 20 |
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| 217 | 217 | | (a) I |
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| 218 | 218 | | NGENERAL.—A State or Indian tribe may only 21 |
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| 219 | 219 | | provide assistance under this Act to an eligible person if 22 |
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| 220 | 220 | | such eligible person, before receiving such assistance, com-23 |
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| 221 | 221 | | pletes a financial counseling program with respect to the 24 |
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| 225 | 225 | | responsibilities and financial management of homeowner-1 |
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| 226 | 226 | | ship. 2 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (b) A |
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| 228 | 228 | | PPROVAL ANDMANNER OFPROGRAM.—The fi-3 |
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| 229 | 229 | | nancial counseling program shall be conducted by an enti-4 |
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| 230 | 230 | | ty that provides financial counseling approved by, and in 5 |
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| 231 | 231 | | a manner acceptable to— 6 |
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| 232 | 232 | | (1) the Secretary; or 7 |
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| 233 | 233 | | (2) the Indian tribe or State providing assist-8 |
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| 234 | 234 | | ance to the eligible person. 9 |
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| 235 | 235 | | SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; ADMINIS-10 |
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| 236 | 236 | | TRATIVE COSTS. 11 |
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| 237 | 237 | | (a) I |
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| 238 | 238 | | NGENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-12 |
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| 239 | 239 | | priated $6,700,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 13 |
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| 240 | 240 | | through 2030 to carry out this Act. 14 |
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| 241 | 241 | | (b) P |
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| 242 | 242 | | ROGRAMADMINISTRATION.— 15 |
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| 243 | 243 | | (1) F |
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| 244 | 244 | | OR STATES.—Not more than 7 percent of 16 |
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| 245 | 245 | | any amounts provided to a State under this Act may 17 |
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| 246 | 246 | | be used by such State to cover administrative costs. 18 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (2) F |
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| 248 | 248 | | OR INDIAN TRIBES.—Not more than 10 19 |
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| 249 | 249 | | percent of any amounts provided to an Indian Tribe 20 |
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| 250 | 250 | | under this Act may be used by such Indian Tribe to 21 |
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| 251 | 251 | | cover administrative costs. 22 |
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| 252 | 252 | | (c) T |
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| 253 | 253 | | RAINING ANDTECHNICALASSISTANCE.—Not 23 |
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| 254 | 254 | | more than 3 percent of any amounts appropriated under 24 |
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| 258 | 258 | | this Act may be used by the Secretary to provide training 1 |
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| 259 | 259 | | and technical assistance to States and Indian tribes. 2 |
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| 260 | 260 | | SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 3 |
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| 261 | 261 | | In this Act: 4 |
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| 262 | 262 | | (1) C |
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| 263 | 263 | | OMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL IN -5 |
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| 264 | 264 | | STITUTION.—The term ‘‘community development fi-6 |
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| 265 | 265 | | nancial institution’’ has the meaning given the term 7 |
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| 266 | 266 | | in section 103 of the Community Development 8 |
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| 267 | 267 | | Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994. 9 |
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| 268 | 268 | | (2) E |
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| 269 | 269 | | LIGIBLE HOME.—The term ‘‘eligible 10 |
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| 270 | 270 | | home’’ means a residential property, including a con-11 |
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| 271 | 271 | | dominium, cooperative, or manufactured housing 12 |
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| 272 | 272 | | unit, that— 13 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (A) consists of 1 to 4 dwelling units, in-14 |
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| 274 | 274 | | cluding accessory dwelling units; 15 |
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| 275 | 275 | | (B) is subject to a mortgage, and— 16 |
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| 276 | 276 | | (i) meets the underwriting require-17 |
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| 277 | 277 | | ments and dollar amount limitations for 18 |
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| 278 | 278 | | acquisition by the Federal National Mort-19 |
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| 279 | 279 | | gage Association or the Federal Home 20 |
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| 280 | 280 | | Loan Mortgage Corporation; 21 |
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| 281 | 281 | | (ii) is made, insured, or guaranteed 22 |
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| 282 | 282 | | under any program administered by the 23 |
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| 287 | 287 | | (iii) is made, insured, or guaranteed 1 |
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| 288 | 288 | | by the Rural Housing Administrator of the 2 |
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| 289 | 289 | | Department of Agriculture; 3 |
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| 290 | 290 | | (iv) is a qualified mortgage, as defined 4 |
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| 291 | 291 | | in section 129C(b)(2) of the Truth in 5 |
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| 292 | 292 | | Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1639c(b)(2)); 6 |
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| 293 | 293 | | (v) is made, insured, or guaranteed by 7 |
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| 294 | 294 | | the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursuant 8 |
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| 295 | 295 | | to chapter 37 of title 38, United States 9 |
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| 296 | 296 | | Code; or 10 |
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| 297 | 297 | | (vi) in the case of a residential prop-11 |
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| 298 | 298 | | erty located on tribal trust or reservation 12 |
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| 299 | 299 | | land, meets such requirements as the Sec-13 |
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| 300 | 300 | | retary determines appropriate for con-14 |
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| 301 | 301 | | sumer protection; and 15 |
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| 302 | 302 | | (C) shall be occupied by an eligible person 16 |
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| 303 | 303 | | as a primary residence. 17 |
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| 304 | 304 | | (3) E |
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| 305 | 305 | | LIGIBLE PERSON.— 18 |
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| 306 | 306 | | (A) I |
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| 307 | 307 | | N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible per-19 |
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| 308 | 308 | | son’’ means— 20 |
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| 309 | 309 | | (i) a person who, as self-attested by 21 |
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| 310 | 310 | | the person, is a ‘‘first-time homebuyer’’; 22 |
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| 311 | 311 | | and 23 |
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| 312 | 312 | | (ii) is a part of a household, the in-24 |
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| 313 | 313 | | come of which does not exceed— 25 |
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| 317 | 317 | | (I) in the case of a person pur-1 |
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| 318 | 318 | | chasing an eligible home that is not 2 |
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| 319 | 319 | | located on Indian tribe land, 120 per-3 |
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| 320 | 320 | | cent of the median income for the 4 |
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| 321 | 321 | | local area, as determined by the Sec-5 |
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| 322 | 322 | | retary, within which— 6 |
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| 323 | 323 | | (aa) the eligible home, for 7 |
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| 324 | 324 | | which the ownership interest is to 8 |
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| 325 | 325 | | be acquired using such assist-9 |
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| 326 | 326 | | ance, is located; or 10 |
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| 327 | 327 | | (bb) the place of residence 11 |
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| 328 | 328 | | of the homebuyer is located; and 12 |
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| 329 | 329 | | (II) in the case of a person who 13 |
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| 330 | 330 | | is purchasing an eligible home that is 14 |
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| 331 | 331 | | located on Indian tribe land, the 15 |
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| 332 | 332 | | greater of 120 percent of the median 16 |
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| 333 | 333 | | income of the United States or 120 17 |
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| 334 | 334 | | percent of the median income for the 18 |
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| 335 | 335 | | local area, as determined by the Sec-19 |
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| 336 | 336 | | retary, within which— 20 |
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| 337 | 337 | | (aa) the eligible home, for 21 |
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| 338 | 338 | | which the ownership interest is to 22 |
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| 339 | 339 | | be acquired using such assist-23 |
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| 340 | 340 | | ance, is located; or 24 |
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| 344 | 344 | | (bb) the place of residence 1 |
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| 345 | 345 | | of the homebuyer is located. 2 |
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| 346 | 346 | | (B) E |
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| 347 | 347 | | XCEPTION.—If the Secretary deter-3 |
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| 348 | 348 | | mines that the area described in subparagraph 4 |
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| 349 | 349 | | (A)(ii) is a high cost-of-living area, then the eli-5 |
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| 350 | 350 | | gible person is required to be a part of a house-6 |
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| 351 | 351 | | hold, the income of which does not exceed 150 7 |
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| 352 | 352 | | percent of the median income for the area, as 8 |
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| 353 | 353 | | determined by the Secretary. 9 |
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| 354 | 354 | | (4) F |
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| 355 | 355 | | IRST-TIME HOMEBUYER.—The term ‘‘first- 10 |
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| 356 | 356 | | time homebuyer’’ has the meaning given the term is 11 |
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| 357 | 357 | | defined in section 104 of the Cranston Gonzalez Na-12 |
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| 358 | 358 | | tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12704). 13 |
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| 359 | 359 | | (5) I |
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| 360 | 360 | | NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 14 |
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| 361 | 361 | | has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 15 |
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| 362 | 362 | | Native American Housing Assistance and Self-De-16 |
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| 363 | 363 | | termination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103). 17 |
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| 364 | 364 | | (6) O |
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| 365 | 365 | | WNERSHIP INTEREST .—The term ‘‘owner-18 |
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| 366 | 366 | | ship interest’’ means any ownership, excluding any 19 |
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| 367 | 367 | | interest in heir property, in— 20 |
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| 368 | 368 | | (A) real estate in fee simple; 21 |
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| 369 | 369 | | (B) a leasehold on real estate, under a 22 |
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| 370 | 370 | | lease that is not less than 10 years longer than 23 |
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| 371 | 371 | | the term of the mortgage; 24 |
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| 375 | 375 | | (C) a fee interest in, or long-term leasehold 1 |
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| 376 | 376 | | interest in, real estate consisting of a one-family 2 |
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| 377 | 377 | | unit in a multifamily project, including a 3 |
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| 378 | 378 | | project in which the dwelling units are attached, 4 |
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| 379 | 379 | | or are manufactured housing units, semi-de-5 |
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| 380 | 380 | | tached, or detached, and an undivided interest 6 |
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| 381 | 381 | | in the common areas and facilities which serve 7 |
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| 382 | 382 | | the project. 8 |
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| 383 | 383 | | (7) S |
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| 384 | 384 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 9 |
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| 385 | 385 | | the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 10 |
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| 386 | 386 | | (8) S |
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| 387 | 387 | | TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the 50 11 |
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| 388 | 388 | | States of the United States, the District of Colum-12 |
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| 389 | 389 | | bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the 13 |
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| 390 | 390 | | Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 14 |
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| 391 | 391 | | the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. 15 |
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