2017 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 90 - Neighborhood and City Reinvestment, Self-Help and Revitalization
Subchapter I - Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
Sec. 8108 - Warnings to homeowners of foreclosure rescue scams
| 42 U.S.C. § 8108 (2017) |
| §8108. Warnings to homeowners of foreclosure rescue scams |
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(a) Assistance to NRC
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any amounts made available for any fiscal year pursuant to section 1701x(a)(4)(F) of title 12 (as added by section 1444),1 10 percent shall be used only for assistance to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for activities, in consultation with servicers of residential mortgage loans, to provide notice to borrowers under such loans who are delinquent with respect to payments due under such loans that makes such borrowers aware of the dangers of fraudulent activities associated with foreclosure. (b) NoticeThe Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, in consultation with servicers of residential mortgage loans, shall use the amounts provided pursuant to subsection (a) to carry out activities to inform borrowers under residential mortgage loans— (1) that the foreclosure process is complex and can be confusing; (2) that the borrower may be approached during the foreclosure process by persons regarding saving their home and they should use caution in any such dealings; (3) that there are Federal Government and nonprofit agencies that may provide information about the foreclosure process, including the Department of Housing and Urban Development; (4) that they should contact their lender immediately, contact the Department of Housing and Urban Development to find a housing counseling agency certified by the Department to assist in avoiding foreclosure, or visit the Department's website regarding tips for avoiding foreclosure; and (5) of the telephone number of the loan servicer or successor, the telephone number of the Department of Housing and Urban Development housing counseling line, and the Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) for the Department of Housing and Urban Development Web sites for housing counseling and for tips for avoiding foreclosure. |
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(Pub. L. 111–203, title XIV, §1452, July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2177.) |
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 1444, referred to in subsec. (a), means section 1444 of Pub. L. 111–203. CODIFICATIONSection was enacted as part of the Expand and Preserve Home Ownership Through Counseling Act and also as part of the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act and as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and not as part of the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act which comprises this subchapter. EFFECTIVE DATESection effective on the date on which final regulations implementing such section take effect, or on the date that is 18 months after the designated transfer date if such regulations have not been issued by that date, see section 1400(c) of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as an Effective Date of 2010 Amendment note under section 1601 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. |
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1 See References in Text note below. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
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| Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 90 - NEIGHBORHOOD AND CITY REINVESTMENT, SELF-HELP AND REVITALIZATION SUBCHAPTER I - NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION Sec. 8108 - Warnings to homeowners of foreclosure rescue scams |
| section 8108 |
| 2017 |
| January 12, 2018 |
| No |
| standard |
| 124 Stat. 2177 |
| Public Law 111-203 |
