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CUNA wrote to the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday on several legislative proposals for its hearing on the long-term impact of high housing costs.
“High prices and a low number of homes on the market has been challenge for many Americans hoping to buy a house in the current market,” the letter reads. “Economic conditions may impact this situation in the future but the lasting impacts of the ‘hot housing market’ on future homeownership rates among the very populations credit unions serve remains to be determined.”
“Credit unions’ interest in their members’ financial well-being and advancing the communities they serve takes on paramount importance,” it adds.
The letter notes CUNA’s support of the Downpayment Toward Equity Act of 2021 (H.R. 4495), which passed the House Financial Services Committee June 24. The bill would establish a down-payment assistance program to help assist first-generation homebuyers and low-income borrowers become homeowners.
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