Saving the American Dream Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Saving the American Dream Act is an interagency housing policy coordination bill. Within one year, HUD, USDA, VA, Treasury, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency must establish a memorandum of understanding or similar agreement to share and coordinate housing-related research and market data for evidence-based policymaking. The same covered agency heads must jointly report to Congress on policy proposals addressing federal housing finance program coordination, ways to lower mortgage origination and servicing costs through aligned underwriting and servicing standards, housing construction costs, production barriers, development incentives, local regulatory barriers, insurance cost and availability problems, down payment assistance, and housing transaction costs. The bill does not directly change mortgage underwriting or fund housing construction; it creates a policy-development and data-sharing process across the federal agencies that shape mortgage, rural housing, veterans housing, housing finance, and tax policy.
Who Benefits and How
Homebuyers benefit if coordinated agency proposals eventually reduce mortgage origination, servicing, down payment, insurance, or transaction costs. Federal housing finance agencies benefit from shared research and market data across HUD, USDA, VA, Treasury, and FHFA. Mortgage lenders benefit from possible future alignment of federal underwriting and servicing standards. Housing builders benefit if the report produces proposals to reduce construction costs and local production barriers.
Who Bears the Burden and How
HUD policy staff must coordinate the memorandum and joint report with four other federal housing agencies. USDA rural housing officials must share housing-related research and data for the interagency process. VA housing program staff must participate in policy proposals on mortgage and transaction costs. Local governments with regulatory barriers may face federal scrutiny from the required policy report.
Key Provisions
- Requires an interagency housing-data memorandum of understanding within one year.
- Requires a joint report on federal housing finance program coordination.
- Requires policy proposals on mortgage origination, servicing, construction, insurance, down payment, and transaction costs.
- Requires review of local regulatory barriers to housing production.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires HUD, Agriculture, Veterans Affairs, Treasury, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency to create a housing-data memorandum of understanding and jointly report policy proposals on housing finance coordination, mortgage origination and servicing costs, construction costs, local production barriers, insurance costs, down payment assistance, and transaction costs.
Key Policy Areas
Housing, Mortgage Finance, Federal Coordination
Primary Purpose
Requires HUD, Agriculture, Veterans Affairs, Treasury, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency to create a housing-data memorandum of understanding and jointly report policy proposals on housing finance coordination, mortgage origination and servicing costs, construction costs, local production barriers, insurance costs, down payment assistance, and transaction costs.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Homebuyers
- Federal housing finance agencies
- Mortgage lenders
- Housing builders
Identified Costs
- HUD policy staff
- USDA rural housing officials
- VA housing program staff
- Local governments with regulatory barriers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Mr. Alford (for himself, Mr. Correa, Mr. Mann, Ms. Pettersen, …
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition …
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Local governments with regulatory barriers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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