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Union Calendar No. 800 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2069 

[Report No. 115–1023] 

To provide priority under certain federally assisted housing programs to 

assist youths who are aging out of foster care, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 6, 2017 

Mr. TURNER (for himself, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. MARINO, Mr. 

HILL, Ms. MOORE, and Ms. BASS) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

NOVEMBER 14, 2018 

Additional sponsors: Mr. STIVERS, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. COLE, Mr. KNIGHT, 

Mr. EVANS, Mrs. COMSTOCK, Mr. FASO, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. MACARTHUR, 

Mr. BACON, Mr. PETERS, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. UPTON, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. 

CARSON of Indiana, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS

of Illinois, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. SMUCKER, 

and Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California 

Deleted sponsors: Mr. KILDEE (added April 6, 2017; deleted July 23, 2018), 

Mr. LANGEVIN (added April 6, 2017; deleted July 25, 2018), Mr. HASTINGS (added June 13, 2017; deleted July 24, 2018), Mr. DANNY K. 

DAVIS of Illinois (added July 11, 2017; deleted July 23, 2018), Mr. 

RASKIN (added July 26, 2017; deleted June 26, 2018), Mr. KHANNA

(added October 12, 2017; deleted June 27, 2018), Mrs. DINGELL (added 

February 8, 2018; deleted July 23, 2018), Mr. LOWENTHAL (added April 

11, 2018; deleted July 23, 2018), Ms. JAYAPAL (added April 16, 2018; 

deleted June 26, 2018), and Ms. NORTON (added May 9, 2018; deleted 

July 23, 2018) 

NOVEMBER 14, 2018 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 6, 2017] 


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A BILL 

To provide priority under certain federally assisted housing 

programs to assist youths who are aging out of foster 

care, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fostering Stable Hous5 ing Opportunities Act of 2018’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF FAMILY. 

7 Subparagraph (A) of section 3(b)(3) of the United 

8 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)(A)) is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) in the first sentence— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘(v)’’ and inserting ‘‘(vi)’’; 

12 and 

13 (B) by inserting after ‘‘tenant family,’’ the 

14 following: ‘‘(v) a child who is in foster care and 

15 has attained an age such that the provision of 

16 foster care for such child will end by reason of 

17 the age of the child within 6 months,’’; and 

18 (2) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘or (vi)’’ 

19 after ‘‘clause (v)’’. 

20 SEC. 3. PRIORITY FOR PUBLIC HOUSING OCCUPANCY AND 

21 SECTION 8 ASSISTANCE. 

22 (a) PUBLIC HOUSING.—Subparagraph (A) of section 

23 6(c)(4) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

24 1437d(c)(4)(A)) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘may establish a system for mak2 ing dwelling units available that provides preference’’ 

3 and inserting the following: ‘‘shall establish a system 

4 for making dwelling units available that— 

5 ‘‘(i) shall provide preferences’’; 

6 (2) by striking ‘‘each system of preferences estab7 lished pursuant to this subparagraph shall be based’’ 

8 and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(ii) except as provided in clause (iii), 

10 shall be based’’; 

11 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

12 clause: 

13 ‘‘(iii) except for projects or portions of 

14 projects designated for occupancy pursuant 

15 to section 7(a), shall provide that the high16 est preference for occupancy shall be given 

17 to otherwise eligible children who are in fos18 ter care, have attained an age such that the 

19 provision of foster care for such child will 

20 end by reason of the age of the child within 

21 6 months, meet the requirements under 

22 clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1) of the 

23 definition of ‘at risk of homelessness’ in sec24 tion 91.5 of the Secretary’s regulations (24 

25 C.F.R. 91.5), as in effect on September 1, 


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1 2016, and have agreed to comply with the 

2 requirements under section 39(c); and 

3 ‘‘(iv) may provide highest preference 

4 for occupancy to, in addition to eligible 

5 children described in clause (iii), not more 

6 than two other types of families.’’. 

7 (b) VOUCHER ASSISTANCE.—Subparagraph (A) of sec8 tion 8(o)(6) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

9 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(6)(A)) is amended— 

10 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘may’’ the first 

11 place such term appears and inserting ‘‘shall’’; 

12 (2) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); 

13 (3) by inserting before clause (iii), as so redesig14 nated by paragraph (1) of this subsection, the fol15 lowing new clause: 

16 ‘‘(ii) HIGHEST PREFERENCE.—Each 

17 system of preferences established pursuant 

18 to this subparagraph— 

19 ‘‘(I) shall provide that the highest 

20 preference for assistance shall be given 

21 to otherwise eligible children who are 

22 in foster care, have attained an age 

23 such that the provision of foster care 

24 for such child will end by reason of the 

25 age of the child within 6 months, meet 


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1 the requirements under clauses (i) and 

2 (ii) of paragraph (1) of the definition 

3 of ‘at risk of homelessness’ in section 

4 91.5 of the Secretary’s regulations (24 

5 C.F.R. 91.5), as in effect on September 

6 1, 2016, and have agreed to comply 

7 with the requirements under section 

8 39(c); and 

9 ‘‘(II) may provide highest pref10 erence for assistance to, in addition to 

11 eligible children described in subclause 

12 (I), not more than two other types of 

13 eligible families.’’; and 

14 (4) in clause (iii), as so redesignated by para15 graph (2) of this subsection, by striking ‘‘Each sys16 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in clause 

17 (ii)(I), each system’’. 

18 (c) PHA PROJECT-BASED VOUCHER ASSISTANCE.— 

19 Subparagraph (J) of section 8(o)(13) of the United States 

20 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)(J)) is amend21 ed— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘(J) TENANT SELECTION.—A 

23 public’’ and inserting the following: 

24 ‘‘(J) TENANT SELECTION.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) SELECTION AND ELIGIBILITY.—A 

2 public’’; 

3 (2) by striking ‘‘The agency or owner may estab4 lish preferences or criteria for selection for a unit as5 sisted under this paragraph that’’ and inserting the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(ii) PREFERENCES FOR OCCU8 PANCY.—The agency or owner shall estab9 lish a system of preferences or criteria for 

10 selection for a unit assisted under this sec11 tion that— 

12 ‘‘(I) shall provide that the highest 

13 preference shall be given to otherwise 

14 eligible children who are in foster care, 

15 have attained an age such that the pro16 vision of foster care for such child will 

17 end by reason of the age of the child 

18 within 6 months, meet the require19 ments under clauses (i) and (ii) of 

20 paragraph (1) of the definition of ‘at 

21 risk of homelessness’ in section 91.5 of 

22 the Secretary’s regulations (24 C.F.R. 

23 91.5), as in effect on September 1, 

24 2016, and have agreed to comply with 


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1 the requirements under section 39(c); 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(II) may provide highest pref4 erence to, in addition to eligible chil5 dren described in subclause (I), not 

6 more than two other types of eligible 

7 families; and 

8 ‘‘(III) except as provided under 

9 subclause (I),’’; and 

10 (3) by striking ‘‘Any family that’’ and inserting 

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘(iii) WAITING LISTS.—Any family 

13 that’’. 

14 (d) PROJECT-BASED SECTION 8 RENTAL ASSIST15 ANCE.—Subparagraph (A) of section 8(d)(1) of the United 

16 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(d)(1)(A)) is 

17 amended— 

18 (1) by realigning such subparagraph so as to be 

19 indented 2 ems from the left margin; 

20 (2) by striking ‘‘except that with respect’’ and 

21 inserting the following: ‘‘except that— 

22 ‘‘(i) with respect to assisted dwelling units 

23 in a project assisted with project-based assistance 

24 under this section, the tenant selection criteria 

25 used by the owner— 


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1 ‘‘(I) shall provide that the highest pref2 erence shall be given to otherwise eligible 

3 children who are in foster care, have at4 tained an age such that the provision of fos5 ter care for such child will end by reason of 

6 the age of the child within 6 months, meet 

7 the requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) 

8 of paragraph (1) of the definition of ‘at risk 

9 of homelessness’ in section 91.5 of the Sec10 retary’s regulations (24 C.F.R. 91.5), as in 

11 effect on September 1, 2016, and have 

12 agreed to comply with the requirements 

13 under section 39(c); and 

14 ‘‘(II) may provide highest preference 

15 to, in addition to eligible children described 

16 in subclause (I), not more than two other 

17 types of eligible families; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) with respect’’; and 

19 (3) by inserting ‘‘who are not eligible for highest 

20 preference pursuant to clause (i)(I)’’ after ‘‘to be as21 sisted’’. 

22 (e) TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON PRIORITY.—Title I of 

23 the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 

24 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 

25 section: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 39. TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON PREFERENCE FOR 

2 ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDREN AGING OUT OF 

3 FOSTER CARE. 

4 ‘‘(a) PREFERENCE.—For purposes of this section, the 

5 term ‘preference for housing assistance’ means preference, 

6 for an otherwise eligible child in foster care, for— 

7 ‘‘(1) occupancy in a public housing dwelling 

8 unit, pursuant to section 6(c)(4)(A)(iii); 

9 ‘‘(2) tenant-based assistance under section 8(o), 

10 pursuant to paragraph (6)(A)(ii)(I) of such section; 

11 ‘‘(3) project-based assistance under section 

12 8(o)(13), pursuant to subparagraph (J)(ii)(I) of such 

13 section; and 

14 ‘‘(4) occupancy in a dwelling unit in a project 

15 assisted with project-based assistance under section 8, 

16 pursuant to subsection (d)(1)(A)(i)(I) of such section. 

17 ‘‘(b) EARLY APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE.—Notwith18 standing the period during which a preference for housing 

19 assistance is provided for a person, an otherwise eligible 

20 person may apply for such occupancy or assistance at any 

21 time after such person attains 16 years of age. 

22 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENT FOR EDUCATION OR TRAINING.— 

23 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided in 

24 paragraph (2), each person occupying a dwelling unit 

25 pursuant to a preference for housing assistance shall, 

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1 pancy, comply with the requirements under one of the 

2 following subparagraphs, as selected by the public 

3 housing agency for or project owner of the assisted 

4 housing dwelling unit involved, in consultation with 

5 relevant public child welfare agencies: 

6 ‘‘(A) OPTION 1.—The requirements under 

7 this subparagraph are— 

8 ‘‘(i) obtaining a recognized postsec9 ondary credential or a secondary school di10 ploma or its recognized equivalent; 

11 ‘‘(ii) enrollment in an institution of 

12 higher education, as such term is defined in 

13 section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act 

14 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)) and including 

15 the institutions described in subparagraphs 

16 (A) and (B) of section 102(a)(1) of such Act 

17 (20 U.S.C. 1002(a)(1)); or 

18 ‘‘(iii) participation in a career path19 way, as such term is defined in section 3 of 

20 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

21 Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 

22 Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

23 paragraph, a public housing agency or project 

24 owner may consider employment as satisfying 

25 the requirements under this subparagraph. 


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1 ‘‘(B) OPTION 2.—The requirements under 

2 this subparagraph are compliance with the terms 

3 and conditions applicable under section 23 of the 

4 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

5 1437u) and the regulations implementing such 

6 section to a person participating in a family 

7 self-sufficiency program under such section, ex8 cept that— 

9 ‘‘(i) a public housing agency may se10 lect the option under this subparagraph 

11 only if the agency is participating in such 

12 self-sufficiency program or has made such 

13 commitments to commence participation as 

14 the Secretary considers sufficient; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) a project owner of assisted hous16 ing may select the option under this sub17 paragraph only if the public housing agency 

18 in whose jurisdiction the project is located 

19 is participating in such self-sufficiency pro20 gram or has made such commitments to 

21 commence participation as the Secretary 

22 considers sufficient. 

23 ‘‘(C) OPTION 3.—The requirements under 

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1 ments under subparagraphs (A) and (B), as may 

2 be established by the public housing agency, ex3 cept that a project owner of assisted housing 

4 may select the option under this subparagraph 

5 only if the public housing agency in whose juris6 diction the project is located has selected the op7 tion under this subparagraph and has estab8 lished such terms, conditions, and requirements. 

9 In designing such terms, conditions, and require10 ments, the public housing agency may consult 

11 with local workforce development agencies and 

12 other organizations and entities with expertise 

13 and experience in this field. 

14 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The requirement under 

15 paragraph (1) shall not apply to— 

16 ‘‘(A) a parent or other household member 

17 responsible for the care of a dependent child 

18 under the age of 6 or for the care of an incapaci19 tated person; 

20 ‘‘(B) a person who is regularly and actively 

21 participating in a drug addiction or alcohol 

22 treatment and rehabilitation program; and 

23 ‘‘(C) a person who is incapable of com24 plying with the requirement under paragraph 

25 (1) due to a documented medical condition. 


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1 ‘‘(3) VERIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE.—The Sec2 retary shall require the public housing agency or 

3 project owner, as applicable, to verify compliance 

4 with the requirement under paragraph (1) by each 

5 person occupying a dwelling unit assisted or adminis6 tered by such agency or owner, as applicable, pursu7 ant to a preference for housing assistance annually in 

8 conjunction with reviews of income for purposes of de9 termining eligibility for assistance described in sub10 section (a). 

11 ‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON BEDROOMS.—A dwelling unit 

12 that is occupied by a person, or assisted with assistance 

13 made available on behalf of a person, pursuant to a pref14 erence for housing assistance may contain more than one 

15 bedroom only if such additional bedrooms are occupied only 

16 by other persons who occupy such dwelling unit, or receive 

17 assistance made available, pursuant to a preference for 

18 housing assistance. 

19 ‘‘(e) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.— 

20 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—Each person occupying a 

21 dwelling unit pursuant to a preference for housing as22 sistance shall be eligible for any supportive services 

23 (as such term is defined in section 103 of the Work24 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

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1 ing assistance program of the agency, by or through 

2 the public housing agency providing such preference 

3 or, in the case of a preference for housing assistance 

4 for housing not assisted by such agency, by or through 

5 the public housing agency in whose jurisdiction the 

6 housing is located, including any services provided 

7 under a family self-sufficiency program under section 

8 23 of this Act. 

9 ‘‘(2) INFORMATION.—Upon the initial provision 

10 of housing assistance for any person pursuant to a 

11 preference for such assistance, the public housing 

12 agency or owner, as applicable, shall inform such per13 son of the existence of any programs or services re14 ferred to in paragraph (1) and of their eligibility for 

15 such programs and services. 

16 ‘‘(f) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE.—The public hous17 ing agency or project owner, as applicable, shall terminate 

18 any occupancy of, or assistance on behalf of, a person pur19 suant to any preference for housing assistance upon the per20 son attaining 25 years of age or upon substantial non21 compliance with the requirement under subsection (c), ex22 cept that nothing in this subsection may be construed to 

23 prohibit the occupancy of housing assisted under this title 

24 by, or the provision of rental assistance under section 8 for, 

25 any person, or to affect the eligibility of any person for such 


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1 occupancy or assistance, other than pursuant to a pref2 erence for housing assistance. 

3 ‘‘(g) APPLICABILITY TO MOVING TO WORK AGEN4 CIES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

5 preferences for housing assistance identified in subsection 

6 (a) of this section shall apply to assistance made available 

7 by each public housing agency participating in the Moving 

8 to Work Program under section 204 of the Departments of 

9 Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 

10 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (42 U.S.C. 

11 1437f note), except that in lieu of compliance with one of 

12 the options under subsection (c)(1) of this section, such an 

13 agency may comply with the requirement under such sub14 section by complying with such terms, conditions, and re15 quirements as may be established by the agency for persons 

16 occupying dwelling units pursuant to a preference for hous17 ing assistance. 

18 ‘‘(h) REPORTS.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban 

19 Development shall require each public housing agency that 

20 provides any preference for housing assistance pursuant to 

21 this section in any fiscal year to submit a report to the 

22 Secretary for such fiscal year that— 

23 ‘‘(1) specifies the number of applications for such 

24 preferences received during such fiscal year 

25 disaggregated by— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the number received by persons who 

2 have attained 16 years of age but have not at3 tained an age such that the provision of foster 

4 care for such child will end by reason of the age 

5 of the child within 6 months; and 

6 ‘‘(B) the number received by persons who 

7 have attained an age such that the provision of 

8 foster care for such child will end by reason of 

9 the age of the child within 6 months; 

10 ‘‘(2) specifies the number of persons provided a 

11 preference for housing assistance during such fiscal 

12 year; and 

13 ‘‘(3) describes how the public housing agency 

14 communicated or collaborated with public child wel15 fare agencies to collect such data.’’. 

16 SEC. 4. PRIORITY FOR RURAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 

17 Paragraph (2) of section 521(a) of the Housing Act 

18 of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(2)) is amended by adding at 

19 the end the following new subparagraph: 

20 ‘‘(F)(i) In making occupancy in a project assisted 

21 under this paragraph, and rental assistance under this 

22 paragraph, available on behalf of eligible families, the 

23 project owner— 

24 ‘‘(I) shall provide that the highest preference 

25 shall be given to otherwise eligible children who— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) are in foster care; 

2 ‘‘(bb) have attained an age such that the 

3 provision of foster care for such child will end by 

4 reason of the age of the child within 6 months; 

5 ‘‘(cc) meet the requirements under clauses 

6 (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1) of the definition of 

7 ‘at risk of homelessness’ in section 91.5 of the 

8 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development’s 

9 regulations (24 C.F.R. 91.5), as in effect on Sep10 tember 1, 2016; and 

11 ‘‘(dd) have agreed to comply with the re12 quirements under clause (iii); and 

13 ‘‘(II) may provide highest preference to, in addi14 tion to eligible children described in subclause (I), not 

15 more than two other types of eligible families. 

16 ‘‘(ii) Notwithstanding the period during which a pref17 erence pursuant to clause (i)(I) for occupancy in project 

18 assisted under this paragraph or for rental assistance under 

19 this paragraph is provided for a person, an otherwise eligi20 ble person may apply for such occupancy or assistance at 

21 any time after the person attains 16 years of age. 

22 ‘‘(iii)(I) Except as provided in subclause (II), each 

23 person occupying a dwelling unit pursuant to a preference 

24 under clause (i)(I) shall, not later than 30 months after 

25 such initial occupancy, be— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) obtaining a recognized postsecondary cre2 dential or a secondary school diploma or its recog3 nized equivalent; 

4 ‘‘(bb) enrolled in an institution of higher edu5 cation, as such term is defined in section 101(a) of 

6 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

7 1001(a)) and including the institutions described in 

8 subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 102(a)(1) of 

9 such Act (20 U.S.C. 1002(a)(1)); or 

10 ‘‘(cc) participating in a career pathway, as such 

11 term is defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innova12 tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 

13 Notwithstanding any other provision of this subclause, a 

14 project owner may consider employment as satisfying the 

15 requirements under this subclause. 

16 ‘‘(II) The requirement under subclause (I) shall not 

17 apply to— 

18 ‘‘(aa) a parent or other household member re19 sponsible for the care of a dependent child under the 

20 age of 6 or for the care of an incapacitated person; 

21 ‘‘(bb) a person who is regularly and actively 

22 participating in a drug addiction or alcohol treat23 ment and rehabilitation program; and 


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1 ‘‘(cc) a person who is incapable of complying 

2 with the requirement under subclause (I) due to a 

3 documented medical condition. 

4 ‘‘(III) The Secretary shall require a project owner to 

5 verify compliance with the requirement under this clause 

6 by each person occupying a dwelling unit pursuant to a 

7 preference under clause (i)(I) annually in conjunction with 

8 reviews of income for purposes of determining eligibility for 

9 assistance described in clause (i). 

10 ‘‘(iv) A dwelling unit that is occupied by a person pur11 suant to a preference under clause (i)(I) may contain more 

12 than one bedroom only if such additional bedrooms are oc13 cupied only by other persons who occupy such dwelling unit 

14 pursuant to a preference under clause (i)(I). 

15 ‘‘(v) The project owner shall terminate any occupancy 

16 of a person pursuant to the preference under clause (i)(I) 

17 upon the person attaining 25 years of age or upon substan18 tial noncompliance with the requirement under clause (iii), 

19 except that nothing in this clause may be construed to pro20 hibit the occupancy in a project assisted under this para21 graph by, or the provision of rental assistance under this 

22 paragraph for, any person, or to affect the eligibility of any 

23 person for such occupancy or assistance, other than pursu24 ant to a preference under clause (i)(I).’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. EXCEPTIONS TO LIMITATIONS FOR PROJECT-BASED 

2 VOUCHER ASSISTANCE. 

3 (a) PERCENTAGE LIMITATION.—The first sentence of 

4 clause (ii) of section 8(o)(13)(B) of the United States Hous5 ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)(B)(ii)) is amended 

6 by inserting before ‘‘or that’’ the following: ‘‘that house eligi7 ble children described in section 6(c)(4)(A)(iii) who comply 

8 with the requirements under section 39(c),’’. 

9 (b) INCOME-MIXING REQUIREMENT.—Subclause (I) of 

10 section 8(o)(13)(D)(ii) of the United States Housing Act of 

11 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)(D)(ii)(I)) is amended by in12 serting after ‘‘elderly families’’ the following: ‘‘, to eligible 

13 children described in section 6(c)(4)(A)(iii),’’. 

14 SEC. 6. GUIDANCE REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 

16 Urban Development jointly with the Secretary of Agri17 culture, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 

18 Human Services, shall develop guidance for public housing 

19 agencies and owners of assisted housing regarding how to 

20 correctly and efficiently implement and comply with the re21 quirements of this Act and the amendments made by this 

22 Act and shall make such guidance available to such agencies 

23 and owners. 

24 (b) CONSULTATION WITH HHS.—The Secretary of 

25 Housing and Urban Development jointly with the Secretary 

26 of Agriculture shall consult with the Secretary of Health 


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1 and Human Services to provide such information and guid2 ance to the Secretary of Health and Human Services as 

3 may be necessary to facilitate such Secretary in informing 

4 States and public child welfare agencies on how to correctly 

5 and efficiently implement and comply with the require6 ments of this Act and the amendments made by this Act. 


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Union Calendar No. 800 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2069 

[Report No. 115–1023] 

A BILL 

To provide priority under certain federally assisted 

out of foster care, and for other purposes. housing programs to assist youths who are aging 

NOVEMBER 14, 2018 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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