Housing
- Report
The Federal Role in the Financing of Multifamily Rental Properties
CBO reviews the federal government’s current role in the multifamily mortgage market and four broad approaches to modifying that role.
- Presentation
The Status of Federal Housing Assistance for Low-Income Households
Presentation by CBO analyst Elizabeth Cove Delisle, with Natalie Tawil, to the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities, describing federal housing assistance to low-income households and the characteristics of households receiving it.
- Working Paper
Do Large-Scale Refinancing Programs Reduce Mortgage Defaults? Evidence From a Regression Discontinuity Design: Working Paper 2015-06
In 2012, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) reduced fees to refinance FHA-insured mortgages obtained before a retroactive deadline. We estimate that the policy will prevent more than 35,000 defaults of FHA-insured mortgages.
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 3192, Homebuyers Assistance Act
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 29, 2015
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 719, TSA Office of Inspection Accountability Act of 2015 with a further amendment (SA 2689, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016)
H.R. 719, as passed by the House on September 24, 2015 with a further amendment (SA 2689, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016)
- Report
Federal Housing Assistance for Low-Income Households
CBO describes federal housing assistance to low-income households and how it has changed since 2000, provides information about the households that receive assistance, and assesses options for altering that assistance.
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 2243, Equity in Government Compensation Act of 2015
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 28, 2015
- Cost Estimate
S. 710, Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2015
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on April 22, 2015
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 1759, ALERT Act of 2015
As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 15, 2015
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 1529, Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2015
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on March 26, 2015