Download data for all fires, deaths, injuries and dollar loss estimates. Read our reports on the causes of residential, nonresidential, vehicle and outside fires, and fires in other places. Fire estimate summaries of residential buildings, fire trends and causes (2005-2014) PDF 1.6 MB.
Introduction to mortgage section of Dodd-Frank Act. New financial reform legislation includes provisions to prevent lenders from offering mortgages borrowers can't afford or understand.The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act devotes more than 200 pages to a section called the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act.It addresses issues as diverse as prepayment penalties and Chinese drywall.ntroduction to mortgage section of Dodd-Frank Act. New financial reform legislation includes provisions to prevent lenders from offering mortgages borrowers can't afford or understand.
What is Dodd-Frank? The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was an important piece of legislation to emerge from the ashes of the global financial crisis of 2008. Named after its sponsors, Senator Christopher J. Dodd and U.S. Representative Barney Frank, the 2,300 page law was passed by the Obama administration in 2010 in a bid to eliminate various risks across Americaâs wider financial system.