Housing Finance
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Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2021 to 2030
CBO periodically issues a compendium of policy options and their effects on the federal budget. This document provides estimates of the budgetary savings from 83 options that would decrease federal spending or increase federal revenues.
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 4351, Yes in My Backyard Act
As passed by the House of Representatives on March 2, 2020
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Effects of Recapitalizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Through Administrative Actions
CBO examines how recapitalizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac through administrative actions would affect such factors as CBO’s budget projections and cash flows between the two enterprises and their shareholders, including the Treasury.
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Estimates of the Cost of Federal Credit Programs in 2021
Using FCRA procedures, CBO estimates that new loans and loan guarantees issued in 2021 would result in savings of $41.8 billion. But using fair-value estimates, CBO projects that they would have a lifetime cost of $46.8 billion.
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Report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program—March 2020
Congress created the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in 2008 to stabilize financial markets. CBO estimates that the TARP’s net cost will be $31 billion—about what it reported last April and slightly less than OMB’s latest estimate.
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 123, Alternative Data for Additional Credit FHA Pilot Program Reauthorization Act
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on September 20, 2019
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 3619, Appraisal Fee Transparency Act of 2019
As passed by the House of Representatives on September 19, 2019
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 2162, Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2019
As passed by the House of Representatives on July 9, 2019
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 2852, Homebuyer Assistance Act of 2019
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 11, 2019
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 3141, FHA Loan Affordability Act of 2019
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on June 11, 2019