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16. Specific lobbying issues

FY 2009 Budget Requests by the Administration; all provisions relating to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Rural Housing Service (RHS) funding and programs for housing and Treasury proposals related to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (continued)
S. 3261-Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 [and unnumbered House Committee legislation at reporting period]; Title II Department of Housing and Urban Development- all funding and administrative provisions related to affordable housing programs (with particular emphasis on full funding of 12 month terms of project-based Section 8 contracts) and fair housing activities to create translations and programs to assist persons with limited English proficiency.

S. 3289- Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 [and unnumbered House Committee legislation at reporting period]; Title III Rural Development, all funding and administrative provisions related to affordable rural housing programs.

Requested authorization language in S. 3289- Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 [and unnumbered House Committee legislation at reporting period] allowing the Department of Agriculture-Rural Housing Service access to interagency databases which would allow use of the Enterprise Income Verification income matching system for tenant income verification in RHS affordable multifamily housing programs [Not included].

S. 3260 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009; Title I Department of the Treasury, Requested authorization language allowing the Internal Revenue Service access to interagency databases which would allow use of the Enterprise Income Verification income matching system for tenant income verification in IRS' multifamily housing programs [not included].

H.R. 7323 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009; Title I Department of the Treasury, Requested authorization language allowing the Internal Revenue Service access to interagency databases which would allow use of the Enterprise Income Verification income matching system for tenant income verification in IRS' multifamily housing programs [not included].

H.R. 1424 - Emergency Economic Stabilization Act 2008: A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes. Division C--Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief - requested an extension of the placed-in-service deadline for Low Income Housing Tax Credit Allocations in each of years 2007,2008, and 2009 (not included).

H.R. 1851-Section 8 Voucher Reform Act of 2007: A bill to reform the housing choice voucher program under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; all provisions.

S. 2684 - Section 8 Voucher Reform Act of 2008: A bill to reform the housing choice voucher program under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; all provisions.

S. 2018 - A bill to Allow the Department of Housing and Urban Development to Better Serve Persons with Limited Proficiency in the English Language by Providing Technical Assistance to Recipients of Federal Funds;(owners of HUD-subsidized properties are recipents of federal funds); all provisions.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [Docket No. FR4878N02], Final Guidance to Federal Financial Assistance Recipients Regarding Title VI Prohibition Against National Origin Discrimination Affecting Limited English Proficient Persons, Jan. 22, 2007; all provisions.

H.R. 6803-Real Estate Assessment Center Inspection Improvement Act of 2008: To improve inspections of public housing and federally assisted multifamily housing conducted by the Real Estate Assessment Center of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; all provisions.

H.R. 3965 - Mark-to-Market Extension and Enhancement Act of 2007: A bill to extend the Mark-to-Market program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes; all provisions.

H.R. 6078- Green Resources for Energy Efficient Neighborhoods (GREEN) Act of 2008: To encourage energy efficiency and conservation and development of renewable energy sources for housing, commercial structures, and other buildings, and to create sustainable communities; all provisions to improve energy efficiency and enviornmental friendly standards in affodable multifamily housing.

H.R. 6899- Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act; Title VI Green Resouces for Energy Efficient Neighborhoods (which includes the The Green Resources and Energy Efficient Neighborhoods Act) all provisions which affect affordable multifamily housing.

H.R. 5772- Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2008: A bill to amend Section 811 to improve the housing for persons with disabilities program; all provisions.

S. 3593 -Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2008: To amend section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to improve the program under such section for supportive housing for persons with disabilities; all provisions.

H.R. 2930 - Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Act of 2007: A bill to amend section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 to improve the program under such section for supportive housing for the elderly, and for other purposes; all provisions.

S. 2736 - Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Act of 2008: A bill to amend section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 to improve the program under such section for supportive housing for the elderly, and for other purposes; all provisions.

S. 1078 - Housing America's Workforce Act: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for employer-provided employee housing assistance, and for other purposes; all provisions to faciliate rental assistance.

H.R. 1850- Housing America's Workforce Act: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for employer-provided employee housing assistance, and for other purposes; all provisions to facilitate rental assistance.

S. 1318-Affordable Housing Preservation Act of 2007: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an incentive to preserve affordable housing in multifamily housing units which are sold or exchanged; all provisions.

H.R. 1491- Affordable Housing Preservation Tax Relief Act of 2007: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an incentive to preserve affordable housing in multifamily housing units which are sold or exchanged; all provisions.

H.R. 1227-Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery Act of 2007: A bill to assist in the provision of affordable housing to low-income families affected by Hurricane Katrina; all provisions.

S. 1668 - Gulf Coast Housing Recovery Act of 2007: A bill to assist in providing affordable housing to those affected by the 2005 hurricanes; all provisions.

S.2975 - Gulf Coast Multifamily and Assisted Housing Recovery Act: A bill to provide additional funds for affordable housing for low-income seniors, disabled persons, and others who lost their homes as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; all provisions.

H.R.6751- Gulf Coast Multifamily and Assisted Housing Recovery Act: To provide additional funds for affordable housing for low-income seniors, disabled persons, and others who lost their homes as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; all provisions.
H.R. 173-One Strike and You're Out! Act of 2007: A bill to protect innocent elderly and disabled tenants in public housing and housing assisted under the rental assistance program under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 from eviction by reason of criminal activity; all provisions.

H.R.1966- Fairness for Disabled Students Act of 2007: A bill to fully exempt persons with disabilities from the prohibition against providing section 8 rental assistance to college students; all provisions.

H.R. 5490: Section 8 Reform, Responsibility, and Accountability Act: A bill to reform the program for rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, and for other purposes; all provisions.

H.R. 3524-HOPE VI Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2008: A bill to reauthorize the HOPE VI program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing, and for other purposes; all provisions.

S. 829-HOPE VI Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2007: A bill to reauthorize the HOPE VI program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing, and for other purposes; all provisions.

H.R. 4002- Multi-Family Housing Preservation Act: A bill to establish a program to preserve rural multifamily housing assisted under the Housing Act of 1949; all provisions.

H.R. 3873-Section 515 Rural Housing Property Transfer Improvement Act of 2007: A bill to expedite the transfer of ownership of rural multifamily housing projects with loans made or insured under section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 so that such projects are rehabilitated and preserved for use for affordable housing; all provisions.

Preliminary draft legislation, Housing Preservation and Tenant Protection Act of 2008; to prevent loss of affordable dwelling units; all provisions.

Advocated for policies to promote long-term sustainablity and financial solvency of Low Income Housing Tax Credit Properties, especially related to the need for utility and operating cost relief.

Requested that Congress include in an economic stimulus bill (not introduced at reporting period) or other appropriate legislative vehicle: an extension of the placed-in-service deadline for Low Income Housing Tax Credit Allocations in each of years 2007,2008, and 2009; allowing greater participation of individual investors in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program; long-term sustainablity and financial solvency of Low Income Housing Tax Credit Properties, especially related to the need for utility and operating cost relief; using existing enacted Federal Housing Administration lending programs to provide bridge financing to permit new development in low-income housing tax credit markets; giving State Allocating Agencies an additional year to make allocations before having to return unused credits to the national pool; and requiring all Low Income Housing Tax Credits currently being held by the Government Sponsored Enterprises as well as other institutions in federal conservatorship to be either transferred to the Treasury, or held in the respective institutions to maturity.

Department of the Treasury-Internal Revenue Service 26 CFR Part 1[TD 9420] RIN 1545BC22 Section 42 Utility Allowance
Regulations Update, Final Regulation, July 29, 2008; Section 1.42-10(a) all provisions which effectively restrict the use of submetering for low-income housing tax credit tenant utility allowances.

HUD Handbook 2000.04 REV-2 CHG-7, Consolidated Audit Guide for Audits of HUD Programs: Chapter 3 HUD Multifamily Housing Programs, all provisions.

All policies related the Department of Housing and Urban Development 2530 previous participation certification policies and submission procedures.

Advocated for timely and accurate Operating Cost Adjustment Factors from HUD (inflation factor applied to rents).

Advocated for a HUD mechanism to provide timely relief from unforeseen operating cost increases in HUD assisted properties.

Advocated for a repeal of HUD's policy prohibiting owners of HUD-assisted mixed subsidy properties from using project expenses to pay for Low Income Housing Tax Credit compliance fees mandated by state agencies.

Advocated for more timely completions and accurate rents in HUD's mark-up-to-market program.

Advocated for improvements in HUD's Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) physical inspection process.

Advocated for preservation of affordable multifamily housing participating in HUD, USDA-RHS programs or financed through Treasury-IRS Low Income Housing Tax Credit or bond programs.

All policies and funding related to HUD's Housing Assistance Payment contracts with owners of affordable housing.

Advocated for improvements and consitency in HUD's performance-based contract administration program.

All policies and funding issues related to managment of affordable multifamily housing subject to HUD, USDA-RHS and Treasury-IRS regulations.

Requested that the Department of Agriculture-Rural Housing Service and Internal Revenue Service join the necessary interagency agreements which would allow use of the Enterprise Income Verification income matching system for tenant income verification necessary for RHS and IRS' multifamily housing programs.

Requested that HUD refrain from issuing a final rule requiring affordable property owners to use the Enterprise Income Verification system until system problems are resolved and the Department of Agriculture-Rural Housing Service and Internal Revenue Service have joined the necessary agreements to use the system to ease administration on mixed-subsidy properties.

Requested HUD extend its implementation deadline for the the TRACS 202c software housing provides would have to use.

Advocated concerns to HUD over new multifamily Model Lease content & procedures for notifying the industry of the changes.

Urged HUD to provide greater transparency & opportunites for public comment in its policy development procedures and to improve communication with industry partments on policy determinations or interpretations that affect regulatory compliance.

Advocated that the Department of Agriculture-Rural Housing Service refrain from industry-wide freezes on management agent fees under its rental subsidy programs.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Treasury - Dept of, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office

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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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FOREIGN ENTITIES

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