42 USC 12851 – National Homeownership Trust
(a) Establishment
There is established the National Homeownership Trust, which shall be in the Department of Housing and Urban Development and shall provide assistance to first-time homebuyers in accordance with this subchapter.
(b) Board of Directors
Terms Used In 42 USC 12851
- Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
- association: when used in reference to a corporation, shall be deemed to embrace the words "successors and assigns of such company or association" in like manner as if these last-named words, or words of similar import, were expressed. See 1 USC 5
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
The Trust shall be governed by a Board of Directors, which shall be composed of—
(1) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, who shall be the chairperson of the Board;
(2) the Secretary of the Treasury;
(3) the chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;
(4) the chairperson of the Federal Housing Finance Board;
(5) the chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal National Mortgage Association;
(6) the chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation; and
(7) 1 individual representing consumer interests, who shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(c) Powers of Trust
The Trust shall have the same powers as the powers given the Government National Mortgage Association in section 1723a(a) of title 12.
(d) Travel and per diem
Members of the Board of Directors shall receive no additional compensation by reason of service on the Board, but shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as provided for employees of the Federal Government or in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the Government service are allowed under section 5703 of title 5, as appropriate.
(e) Director and staff
(1) Director
The Board of Directors may appoint an executive director of the Trust and fix the compensation of the executive director, which shall be paid from amounts in the National Homeownership Trust Fund.
(2) Staff
Subject to such rules as the Board of Directors may prescribe, the Trust may appoint and hire such staff and provide for offices as may be necessary to carry out its duties. The Trust may fix the compensation of the staff, which shall be paid from amounts in the National Homeownership Trust Fund.