COVID-19 Homeowner Assistance Fund Act of 2020
Latest action · May 5, 2020 Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 5, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
COVID-19 Homeowner Assistance Fund Act of 2020
This bill establishes the Homeowner Assistance Fund at the Department of the Treasury to support state housing finance agencies. The funds may be used to prevent mortgage defaults, housing foreclosures, and the displacement of families and individuals experiencing financial hardship after January 21, 2020. Funds may specifically be used for assistance with mortgage payments, taxes, specified insurance, homeowner association fees, utility payments, and for the reimbursement of state or local funds previously used to provide such assistance as a response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. The bill otherwise provides for income requirements and allocation of funds to eligible states, territories, and tribes.
Cosponsors 35
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 5, 2020 to Jul 23, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Tj Cox | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | May 13, 2020 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | May 13, 2020 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | May 13, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | May 13, 2020 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | May 13, 2020 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | May 15, 2020 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | May 15, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | May 15, 2020 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | May 15, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | May 19, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | May 22, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Jun 22, 2020 | |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Jun 22, 2020 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Jun 24, 2020 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jun 24, 2020 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 25, 2020 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 25, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Jul 23, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred May 5, 2020 |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred May 5, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 5, 2020Introduced in House
- May 5, 2020Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 84, May 5, 2020, page H1979.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6800 | The Heroes Act | Related bill | Jul 23, 2020 |
| HR 7301 | Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020 | Related bill | Jun 30, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a Homeowner Assistance Fund to provide funds to State housing finance agencies for the purpose of preventing homeowner mortgage defaults, foreclosures, and displacements of individuals and families experiencing financial hardship, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- COVID-19 Homeowner Assistance Fund Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
- American Samoa
- Appropriations
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Caribbean area
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Energy assistance for the poor and aged
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Government information and archives
- Guam
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing finance and home ownership
- Indian social and development programs
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Landlord and tenant
- Lighting, heating, cooling
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Public utilities and utility rates
- Puerto Rico
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- Virgin Islands
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 5, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
