LEGISLATION

摘要

The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed by a vote of 402-7 the fha Emergency Fiscal Solvency Act of 2012 (HR 4264), a measure which would help shore up the fiscal solvency of the Federal Housing Administration's (FHA) mortgage insurance programs. The bill, introduced by Judy Big-gert (R-IL), Chair of the House Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee, places a minimum on annual fha mortgage insurance premiums and enhances fha risk and enforcement measures to protect against fraud and abuse, among other provisions.