Housing

2009

• An Overview of Federal Support for Housing
  November 3, 2009  html  pdf  data  blog
  Economic and Budget Issue Brief
• Addressing the Ongoing Crisis in the Housing and Financial Markets
  January 28, 2009  pdf  webcast  blog
  Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate
• The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2009 to 2019
  January 8, 2009  pdf  webcast  
  Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate

2008

• Background Paper: The Outlook for Housing Starts, 2009 to 2012
  November 2008  pdf  
• CBO's Estimate of Cost of the Administration's Proposal to Authorize Federal Financial Assistance for the Government-Sponsored Enterprises for Housing
  July 22, 2008  html  pdf  blog
  Letter to the Honorable John M. Spratt Jr.
• Policy Options for the Housing and Financial Markets
  April 2008  html  pdf  blog
• Mortgage and Housing Markets
  April 2008  webcast  blog
  CBO Director Peter Orszag's presentation at the Princeton Club of New York
• Testimony on Options for Responding to Short-Term Economic Weakness
  January 22, 2008  html  pdf  webcast  blog
  Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate
• Options for Responding to Short-Term Economic Weakness
  January 2008  html  pdf  blog

2007

• Testimony on the Current Economic Situation
  December 5, 2007  html  pdf  webcast  blog
  Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives
• Testimony on Turbulence in Mortgage Markets: Implications for the Economy and Policy Options
  September 19, 2007  html  pdf  webcast  
  Testimony before the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress
• Background Paper: Housing Wealth and Consumer Spending
  January 2007  pdf  

2006

• Assessing the Government's Costs for Mortgage Insurance Provided by the Federal Housing Administration
  July 19, 2006  html  pdf  
  Letter to the Honorable Jeb Hensarling
• Testimony on the Budgetary Treatment of Subsidies in the National Flood Insurance Program
  January 25, 2006  pdf  
  Testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate

2005

• Taxing Capital Income: Effective Rates and Approaches to Reform
  October 2005  pdf  
• Testimony on Aligning the Costs and Benefits of the Housing Government-Sponsored Enterprises
  April 21, 2005  html  pdf  
  Testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate

2004

• Estimating the Value of Subsidies for Federal Loans and Loan Guarantees
  August 2004  html  pdf  
• The Potential Budgetary Impact of Recognizing Same-Sex Marriages
  June 21, 2004  html  pdf  
  Letter to the Honorable Steve Chabot

2003

• Subsidy Estimates for FHA Mortgage Guarantees
  November 2003  html  pdf  
• Testimony on Regulation of the Housing Government-Sponsored Enterprises
  October 23, 2003  html  pdf  
  Testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate

2001

• Letter to Franklin D. Raines, Chairman and CEO of Fannie Mae, regarding CBO's draft study on the housing GSEs
  June 21, 2001  html  pdf  
• Interest Rate Differentials Between Jumbo and Conforming Mortgages, 1995-2000
  May 2001  html  pdf  
• Federal Subsidies and the Housing GSEs
  May 2001  html  pdf  
• Testimony on the Federal Housing Administration's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund
  March 20, 2001  html  pdf  
  Testimony before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, Committee on Banking and Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives

2000

• Letter to the Honorable Wayne Allard regarding the 1999 actuarial review of the Federal Housing Administration's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund
  October 23, 2000  html  pdf  

1995

• Testimony on Federal Rental Assistance Programs Operated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development
  January 26, 1995  html  pdf  
  Testimony before the Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate

1994

• The Challenges Facing Federal Rental Assistance Programs
  December 1994  html  pdf  

1992

• Funding Levels for Federal Housing and Community Development Programs, 1980-1992
  June 1992  pdf  
• Implications of the Prepayment Provisions in the Cranston-Gonzalez Housing Act
  April 1992  pdf  
• Testimony on the Emergency Community Development Act of 1992
  January 29, 1992  html  pdf  
  Testimony before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development of the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives

1988

• Current Housing Problems and Possible Federal Responses
  December 1988  html  pdf  
• Changes in the Living Arrangements of the Elderly: 1960-2030
  March 1988  pdf  

1987

• Testimony on the Veterans Administration Home Loan Guaranty Program
  June 17, 1987  pdf  
  Testimony before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate
• The Potential Loss of Assisted Housing Units as Certain Mortgage-Interest Subsidy Programs Mature
  March 1987  html  pdf  

1986

• Housing Problems and Federal Housing Assistance Efforts
  May 1986  html  pdf  

1985

• Testimony on the Housing Problems of the Elderly
  March 7, 1985  pdf  
  Testimony before the Subcommittee on Housing and Consumer Interests, Select Committee on Aging, U.S. House of Representatives
• Effects of Curtailing Cost-of-Living Adjustments in Selected Federal Benefit Programs
  February 1985  html  pdf  

1984

• Veterans Administration Loan Guaranty Program
  March 15, 1984  pdf  
  Testimony before the Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives
• Veterans Administration's Loan Guaranty Program and the Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund
  February 29, 1984  pdf  
  Testimony before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate

1983

• The Housing Finance System and Federal Policy: Recent Changes and Options for the Future
  October 1983  html  pdf  
• Federal Subsidies for Public Housing: Issues and Options
  June 1983  html  pdf  

1982

• Cumulative Effects of Benefit Reductions Proposed in the Administration's 1983 Budget on Selected Elderly Households
  June 1982  html  pdf  
• Rural Housing Programs: Long-Term Costs and Their Treatment in the Federal Budget
  June 1982  html  pdf  
• Federal Housing Assistance: Alternative Approaches
  May 1982  html  pdf  
• Interactions Among Programs Providing Benefits to Individuals: Secondary Effects on the Budget
  May 1982  html  pdf  
• The Mortgage Subsidy Bond Tax Act of 1980: Experience Under the Permanent Rules
  March 1982  html  pdf  

1981

• The Tax Treatment of Homeownership: Issues and Options
  September 1981  html  pdf  
• Low-Income Energy Assistance: Issues and Options
  June 1981  html  pdf  

1979

• Testimony on Intergovernmental Fiscal Impacts of Tax-Exempt Single-Family Housing Bonds
  July 18, 1979  html  pdf  
  Testimony before the Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations, Committee on Governmental Affairs
• Testimony on Housing Assistance Programs
  April 24, 1979  html  pdf  
  Testimony before the Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs, Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, United States Senate

1978

• Background Paper: Federal Housing Policy: Current Programs and Recurring Issues
  June 1978  pdf  
• Testimony on National Housing Goals
  April 12, 1978  html  pdf  
  Testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate

1977

• Testimony on the Problem of Homeownership Affordability
  April 1, 1977  html  pdf  
  Testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate
• A Budgetary Framework for Federal Housing and Related Community Development Policy
  February 1977  pdf  
• Homeownership: The Changing Relationship of Costs and Incomes, and Possible Federal Roles
  January 1977  pdf