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Housing
Includes housing, community development , mortgages and home ownership, and housing discrimination.
Oppose
National Legislation
HR 1077: Consumer Mortgage Choice Act
Sponsor: Bill Huizenga [R-MI2] on 2013-03-12
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr1077
Consumer Action believes that this legislation would steer borrowers into more expensive loans by creating new loopholes that would allow loans with higher costs and fees to improperly meet the Qualified Mortgage (QM) standard established in the Dodd-Frank Act.
Support
California Legislation
SB 603 : Protects Renters’ Security Deposits
Sponsor: Senator Mark Leno (D)- District 11 on Feb 12, 2013
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB603
SB 603, as introduced, Leno. Landlord and tenant: security deposit, would require that deposit funds be held in separate accounts, require interest payments to tenants on any funds held, and impose penalties if deposit funds are improperly withheld at the end of a tenancy.