Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4861 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4861

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to discount FHA single-family mortgage insurance premium payments for first-time homebuyers who complete a financial literacy housing counseling program.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 23, 2026

Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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A BILL

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to discount FHA single-family mortgage insurance premium payments for first-time homebuyers who complete a financial literacy housing counseling program.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. DISCOUNT ON MORTGAGE INSURANCE PREMIUM PAYMENTS FOR FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS WHO COMPLETE FINANCIAL LITERACY HOUSING COUNSELING PROGRAMS.

The second sentence of subparagraph (A) of section 203(c)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(c)(2)(A)) is amended-- (1) by inserting before the comma the following: ``and such program is completed before the mortgagor has signed an application for a mortgage to be insured under this title or a sales agreement''; and (2) by striking ``not exceed 2.75 percent of the amount of the original insured principal obligation of the mortgage'' and inserting ``be 25 basis points lower than the premium payment amount established by the Secretary under the first sentence of this subparagraph''. <all>