Senate Introduces Multifamily Housing Loan Limit Improvement Act

WASHINGTON, DC-The Mortgage Bankers Association of America has expressed its support for the US Senate’s recent introduction of the Multifamily Housing Loan Limit Improvement Act, legislation that promotes the development of affordable housing through the indexing of Federal Housing Administration loan limits for multifamily property construction. The mortgage limits would be indexed annually to the Bureau of the Census of the Department of Commerce construction cost index.

“There is a very real need for Congress to address the shortage of affordable housing,” bill co-sponsor Sen. Jon Corzine said on the Senate floor last week. “A report released last year by the Center for Housing Policy, ‘Housing America’s Working Families,’ documented the severity of this need. The report found that more than fourteen million people faced severe housing needs because of the lack of affordable housing.”