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In September 1994, President Bill Clinton signed into law the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, written by US Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy (D-Mass). The law requires certain disclosures and clamps restrictions on lenders of high-cost loans. [1] [2]
Homeowners who faced foreclosure prior to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Tyler v. Hennepin may recoup excess equity, justices find. Supreme Court upholds homeowners’ protection against ...
In 1999 the Homeowners Protection Act of 1998 came into effect as a federal law of the United States, which requires automatic termination of mortgage insurance in certain cases for homeowners when the loan-to-value on the home reaches 78%; prior to the law, homeowners had limited recourse to cancel [9] and by one estimate, 250,000 homeowners ...
If you have a mortgage, your lender will likely require you to carry homeowners insurance. When you purchase a homeowners insurance policy, you pay either a monthly, quarterly or annual premium.
In general, a standard homeowners insurance policy starts with six coverage options: dwelling amount, other structures, personal property, liability protection, medical payments and additional ...
It was included as part of the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009. The HEARTH Act allows for the prevention of homelessness, rapid re-housing, consolidation of housing programs, and new homeless categories. In the eighteen months after the bill's signing, HUD must make regulations implementing this new McKinney program. [1] [2]
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The Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2013 is a bill that would reduce some of the reforms made to the federal flood insurance program that were passed two years prior. [1] The bill would reduce federal flood insurance premium rates for some properties that are sold, were uninsured as of July 2012, or where coverage lapsed as a ...