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BASIC LAWS ON HOUSING
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1998
(COMMITTEE PRINT 106-1)

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This committee print replaces the edition of the Basic Laws on Housing and Community Development dated December 31, 1994. It contains the texts of the primary housing and community development laws within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Banking and Financial Services of the House of Representatives, as well as additional laws and materials of particular interest to members of the committee in considering legislation relating to housing and community development. The compilation has been updated through December 31, 1998. It incorporates the laws passed by the 104th and 105th Congresses...(taken from the Preface -- for complete explanation, see that section of the print)

Letter of Transmittal and Preface

Table of Contents

National housing goals

Part I--Community Development

Part II--Public Housing and Section 8 Rental Assistance

Part III--Supportive housing

Part IV--Other Federal Housing Assistance

Part V--Homeownership Assistance

Part VI--Housing for the Homeless

Part VII--Housing for Native Americans and Native Hawaiians

Part VIII--Mortgage Insurance, Relief, and Foreclosure and Credit Enhancement for Housing

Part IX--Secondary Market for Mortgage Loans