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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3117 

To provide enhanced voucher rental assistance for residents of certain 

federally assisted low-income housing, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 7, 2009 

Mr. LYNCH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To provide enhanced voucher rental assistance for residents 

of certain federally assisted low-income housing, and for 

other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Georgetowne Houses 

5 Preservation Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ENHANCED VOUCHER ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN 

7 ASSISTED HOUSING RESIDENTS. 

8 (a) ENHANCED VOUCHER ASSISTANCE.—Notwith9 standing any other provision of law, contract, or covenant, 


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1 and subject only to the availability of amounts provided 

2 in advance in appropriation Acts— 

3 (1) upon the expiration, pursuant to paragraph 

4 (2), of the use restrictions applicable to the covered 

5 properties pursuant to the Emergency Low Income 

6 Housing Preservation Act of 1987 (12 U.S.C. 1715l 

7 note), each family who is an eligible low-income or 

8 moderate income family, as such terms are used for 

9 purposes of section 223(f)(2)(A) of the Low-Income 

10 Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership 

11 Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 4113(f)(2)(A)), and, as of 

12 such expiration, is residing in a dwelling unit in the 

13 covered properties not covered by project-based rent14 al assistance, shall be offered enhanced voucher as15 sistance under section 8(t) of the United States 

16 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)), and each 

17 such family who chooses to remain in the covered 

18 properties shall have three years from the date of 

19 the issuance of such enhanced voucher to commence 

20 use of the voucher; 

21 (2) such use restrictions applicable to the cov22 ered properties shall be deemed to expire on March 

23 1, 2010, but only if the owner of the covered prop24 erties enters into agreements with the Secretary to 

25 maintain the project-based rental assistance for the 


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1 properties for a period beginning upon such expira2 tion of not fewer than 20 years; and 

3 (3) the contract rents for dwelling units in the 

4 covered properties covered by project-based rental 

5 assistance shall be determined during the period 

6 ending upon the expiration of such use restrictions 

7 pursuant to paragraph (2) based upon the rents for 

8 comparable unassisted and unrestricted units in the 

9 area in which the covered properties are located; ex10 cept that before May 1, 2012, the rental assistance 

11 payments for such project-based units in the covered 

12 property known as Georgetowne Houses II shall be 

13 restricted to the rent levels provided under the 

14 Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act 

15 of 1987. 

16 (b) COVERED PROPERTIES.—For purposes of this 

17 section, the term ‘‘covered properties’’ means the housing 

18 developments known as Georgetowne Houses I and II (for19 merly identified by FHA project nos. 023–55058 and 

20 023–55179), located in Boston, Massachusetts. 

21 (c) FUNDING.—Amounts for the enhanced vouchers 

22 pursuant to this section shall be provided under amounts 

23 appropriated for tenant-based rental assistance otherwise 

24 authorized under section 8(t) of the United States Hous25 ing Act of 1937. 


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1 (d) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall take effect 

2 upon enactment and nothing in this section may be con3 strued to require any administrative guidance. 

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