Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Protecting Homeowners in Bankruptcy Act of 2021 This bill increases the homestead exemption an individual debtor can claim in a bankruptcy to $100,000. The homestead exemption allows a debtor to exempt from property of the estate the debtor's interest in property used as the debtor's residence or interest in a burial plot for the debtor.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Finance and Financial Sector
BankruptcyHousing finance and home ownershipProperty tax
Protecting Homeowners in Bankruptcy Act of 2021
USA117th CongressHR-242| House
| Updated: 3/4/2021
Protecting Homeowners in Bankruptcy Act of 2021 This bill increases the homestead exemption an individual debtor can claim in a bankruptcy to $100,000. The homestead exemption allows a debtor to exempt from property of the estate the debtor's interest in property used as the debtor's residence or interest in a burial plot for the debtor.