Homeownership for DREAMers Act

Support the S. 505 / HR 1288, the Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act which would amend the Non-Detention Act of 1971 to prohibit detentions based solely on race ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation Support H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act of 2019, which would put immigrant youth known as Dreamers and long-time beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) on a roadmap to citizenship Support the NO Ban Act, S. 1123, by Senator Coons (DE) and 2214 by Congresswoman Chu (CA) which prohibits the Muslim ban, the asylum ban, and extreme vetting Oppose the Social Security Administration sending no match letters (letters sent to employers when the name and SSN on an employers records do not match those at SSA). Support Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and others; support HR 5 Support DREAMERs; support HR 5 / S 874 Support Alejandra, a 44-year-old transgender woman from El Salvador who requested asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border in November 2017 but has been held in immigration detention by ICE ever since. Oppose Julie Kirchner for the position of Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Oppose H.R. 2820, the Dream Act of 2019, unless the discretionary bars based on juvenile adjudications or alleged or actual gang affiliation are removed. Oppose nomination of Ken Cuccinelli to be Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Support HR 3154 / S1929, the Homeownership for Dreamers Act, which would ensure that DACA recipients are eligible for loans backed by FHA. Support ending immigration detention without bail; support an end to the automatic deportation of individuals who have had contact with the criminallegal system; support ending the entanglement of local policing and immigration enforcement; and support decriminalizing migration by repealing laws that make migration a crime Support Due Process Rights of Migrants in ICE custody Oppose the Hold their Feet to the Fire event held by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and call on Members of Congress not to validate the event by participating and support Members of Congress releasing a public statement denouncing anti-immigrant bigotry. Support Garcia (TX) amendment A051 to HR 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A051 would prevent DOD facilities from being used to house or detain unaccompanied minor children. Support Ocasio-Cortez Amendment A052 to HR 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A052 would prohibit the President from deploying troops to the southern border to bolster immigration efforts. Support Ocasio-Cortez amendment A053 to H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A053 would prevent DOD facilities from being used to house or detain undocumented immigrants Support the amendment A054 by Congressman Thompson (MS) to H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendment A054 would prohibit DOD from using any DoD facilities from housing any foreign nationals or individuals detained by ICE Support HR 3239, which established humanitarian standards for individuals held in detention by ICE Support HR 549, which extended Temporary Protected Status to Venezuelan nationals Support HR 3525, which directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to (1) research and report to Congress new approaches to improve procedures for providing medical screening of individuals interdicted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection between ports of entry and recommend any necessary corrective actions, and (2) establish an electronic health record system containing the records of individuals in DHS custody that can be accessed by all relevant DHS departments.

Client expense: $72,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Economic Development Administration, Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Policy Development, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office

H.R.916 To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to prohibit the use of guarantee fees as offsets. H.R.1031 To eliminate the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection by repealing title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly known as the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010. H.R. 1153 Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 H.R.1321 To amend the National Housing Act to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to issue guidance to reduce up-front premiums for FHA-insured mortgages if the capital ratio of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund exceeds the statutory limit, and for other purposes. H.R.815 To amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust certain limits on the guaranteed amount of a home loan under the home loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. H.R.851 Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2017 H.R.948 Common Sense Housing Investment Act of 2017 H.R. 5993 Fixing Housing Access Act of 2018 H.R. 2570 Mortgage Fairness Act of 2017 H.R. 5953 Building Up Independent Lives & Dreams Act H.R. 435 The Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2017 H.R. 6072 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 1988 Protect Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act of 2018 H.R. 3141 FHA Loan Affordability Act H.R. housing Financial Literacy Act of 2019 H.R. 3167 National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019 H.R. 2852 Homebuyer Assistance Act of 2019 H.R. 2445 H.R. 3154 Homeownership for Dreamers Act S.122 Mortgage Debt Tax Relief Act S. 1655 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 S. 2361 Housing Opportunity Mortgage Expansion (HOME) Act S. 540 Self-Employed Mortgage Access Act of 2019 S. 3443 GUIDE Compliance Act S. 1749 Protect Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act of 2018 S. 1929 Homeownership for Dreamers Act

Client expense: $915,902 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

Support S. 331 / HR 963, Introduced by Senator Cortez Masto and Congresswoman Velazquez which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assets Support the establishment of a National Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20. Support the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act, which would: ramp up investments at the federal level to build an estimated 3 million new housing units aimed at lower-income and middle-class families in urban, suburban, and rural areas; establish down-payment assistance programs in communities that were shut out of homeownership by redlining and segregation practices; create hard-to-refuse incentives for local governments to eliminate land use rules that currently drive up costs and reduce the construction of new affordable housing; provide support to underwater borrowers, primarily in suburban and rural communities; modernize the Community Reinvestment Act so it covers more financial institutions and promotes more sustainable investments in LMI communities; update the Fair Housing Act of 1968 to prevent discrimination against people because of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, source of income, or veterans status; return the estate tax thresholds to their levels at the end of the Bush Administration - affecting about 10,000 of the wealthiest families in the country - in order to fund the provisions in the bill Support the Disability Integration Act, S.117 / H.R. 555, to ensure that people with disabilities can live in the community rather than be forced into nursing facilities and other institutions. Support increasing resources to fight housing discrimination; support HR 149 Support multi-year funding to repair the Federal Housing Administrations broken IT systems Support FHFAs activities to make their mortgage loan products more accessible to Americans with Limited English Proficiency. Support that the CFPB re-issue the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) regarding the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The CFPB should re-issue the NPRM and ANPR after it has released the Snapshot National Loan Level Dataset for the 2018 HMDA data and the CFPBs analysis and report of the data Support $5 billion for the National Low Income Trust ad $15 billion to rehabilitate the public housing stock and that housing be included in any omnibus infrastructure plan Support s. 2076 / hr 3685 which is a comprehensive reform of eviction and screening policies for federal housing assistance. Support publicly available, broad-based data collection, tracking and disclosure of investment in areas that have been historically under-capitalized through the Opportunity Zone program. This data is essential to helping ensure any community development policy including the Opportunity Zone program can achieve its goals Oppose the CFPB proposal to raise the threshold for financial institutions to submit Home Mortgage Disclosure (HMDA) data. Support a letter by Chair Waters and Chair Velasquez in opposition to these changes. Support a letter by Ranking Member Brown in opposition to these changes Support HR 3154 / S1929, the Homeownership for Dreamers Act, which would ensure that DACA recipients are eligible for loans backed by FHA. Support the US Department of Housing and Urban Affairs carefully assessing the potential risks and benefits of the Opportunity Zone investments and act accordingly to further HUDs mission to ensure there are quality and affordable homes for all people and create sustainable and inclusive communities that are free from discrimination. Oppose any diminishment of the new and enhanced Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) variables added by the 2015 final rule issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau earlier this year Oppose the FHA proposed streamlining of the certification language and new details of the Defect Taxonomy on the origination side getting the loan-level certification requirements. Getting the process right is of enormous consequence to consumers, lenders, and the well-being of the FHA program. It will enable more borrowers to have access to safe and affordable mortgage credit, assist FHA to operate a safe and sustainable mortgage insurance program with effective quality control, and provide lenders with the clarity they need about enforcement standards to expand access to FHA-insured mortgage credit.

Client expense: $72,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Economic Development Administration, Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Policy Development, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office