Accomplishments: Protecting Honest Homeowners
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Accomplishments: Protecting Honest Homeowners
Florida is an incredible place to live, but many people are facing rising property insurance, property taxes and the breakdown of the national housing market. Hard-working families are feeling a financial squeeze and want action that will be helpful and fair. Mario is a leading advocate for a federal catastrophe fund and has aggressively pushed to get people help. Less talk, more action.
Introduced the Keep Our Homes Act to provide strapped homeowners more tax relief.
Ensured Florida was included in all Federal support following Hurricanes Katrina, Wilma and Rita including agricultural assistance, housing support and emergency tax relief.
Cosponsored Homeownership Protection and Housing Market Stabilization Act
Cosponsored Affordable Homeowners Insurance Act
Cosponsored Homeowners Insurance Protection Act
Sponsor Safe Building Code Incentive Act
Voted for Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008 to provide $15 billion to revitalize areas most affected by the housing crisis.
Voted for HOPE VI Improvement and Reauthorization Act to extend HOPE VI through September 30, 2015 at $800 million per year which provides grants to Public Housing Authorities to demolish and replace dilapidated public housing units and replace them with mixed-income communities
Voted for Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act to address the problems in the subprime and securitization market that recently surfaced in the current dual housing and credit crisis.
Voted for Homeowners' Defense Act
Voted for National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act
Voted for Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act
Voted for Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007 to extend the FHA mortgage term from 35 to 40 years, provide certain borrowers with financial counseling and to establish a new affordable housing fund.
Voted for Section 8 Voucher Reform Act of 2007 to provide housing assistance to approximately 2 million low-income families per year.
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