See: Mortgage.
In general, bonds issued by local governments are known as municipal bonds. They cover a host of projects. Road building. Money for new sports stadiums. Funds to construct the Museum of Washing in the birthplace of liquid hand soap.
Mortgage Revenue Bonds, or MRBs, have a narrower focus. The funds raised by these debt instruments get used to build housing for lower-income people.
A muni bond issued to build a road might be backed by toll revenue. These are generally known as revenue bonds. The MRBs are backed by revenue generated by the housing built, and are backed by the government bodies issuing them. See: Federal Housing Administration - FHA.
MRBs are different than the mortgage-backed securities that contributed to the financial crisis in 2007-2008. Those MBSs were issued by private companies. The MRBs are issued by the public sector, usually by local governments or by the Housing Finance Agencies operating on the state level.
Also, because they are a form of muni bonds, many mortgage revenue bonds are exempt from federal taxes.
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Finance allah shmoop shmoop What is a mortgage Well people
a mortgage is just dead it's alone but one with
special tax treatment For most people simply put Any interest
you pay on a mortgage to buy a home is
tax deductible Morty morton's inputs down a hundred thousand bucks
to buy a home that costs four hundred big ones
his mortgages three hundred grand at five percent interest per
year So that's fifteen thousand dollars a year he pays
to rent the money from the bank which he uses
to buy his dream home with the loop de loop
waterslide Morty earns one hundred grand a year and pays
tax on his last fifteen thousand of earnings soas faras
The irs is concerned since morty can deduct his fifteen
thousand dollars in interest against his earnings he does not
in fact earn taxable wages of one hundred grand annually
Instead he earns taxable wages of eighty five thousand dollars
a year Essentially with government is doing is sharing in
some of the cost of renting the money Taub i'm
ortiz home well why would the u s government be
so charitable Well because home ownership has been integral part
of the american dream since the u s of a
i po'ed in seventeen seventy six easy access to mortgages
and then home buying can be a hugely beneficial asset
In the vast majority of cases homes create family stability
a store of wealth and tax dollars for local schools
in the form of real estate taxes So don't feel
bad about splurging on that water slide there Morty Just 00:01:42.93 --> [endTime] remember you're doing it for the kids Hello
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