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House vote: H.R. 2895 // October 10, 2007

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2007

Sponsor: BARNEY FRANK (D-MA)

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2007 - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to establish in the Treasury the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund (Fund). Declares that: (1) the Fund shall consist of certain amounts of the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation transferred to the Fund under specified law, including Federal Housing Administration (FHA) savings; and (2) all assistance provided from the Fund shall be considered to be federal financial assistance. Sets forth conditions on the use of FHA savings, including: (1) single family housing mortgage insurance; (2) housing counseling; (3) mortgage insurance technology, procedures, processes, program performance, and salaries; (4) exclusion of earnings from the single family mortgage insurance program; and (5) limitation on mortgage insurance premium increases.

Housing and Community Development Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

415 votes, representing 216,966,465 people95.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

2 votes, representing 1,111,473 people0.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.0% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon41595.5%
NayLost20.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.0%