by Moe Bedard
Forbes:
Committee Chairman Barney Frank of Massachusetts has said the bill, the Housing Stabilization and Homeownership Retention Act, could be up for a vote by the House as early as next week.
Under the bill approved today, a voluntary program would be created that would allow the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to insure up to 300 bln [...]
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by Moe Bedard
Washington, DC – {The House Financial Services Committee today approved H.R. 5830, the FHA Housing and Homeowner Retention Act, by a bipartisan vote of 46 to 21. The legislation, authored by Committee Chairman Barney Frank, will expand the FHA program to help refinance at-risk borrowers into viable mortgages. The bill also requires the Federal Reserve [...]
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