I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3776 
To authorize a new type of housing choice voucher to help achieve the 
goals of ending homelessness among families with children, increasing 
housing opportunities, and improving life outcomes of poor children. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 31, 2023 
Mr. NEGUSE (for himself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To authorize a new type of housing choice voucher to help 
achieve the goals of ending homelessness among families 
with children, increasing housing opportunities, and im-
proving life outcomes of poor children. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Family Stability and 
Opportunity Vouchers Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. FAMILY STABILITY AND OPPORTUNITY VOUCHERS. 
Section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), as amended by section 
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601(a)(2)(B) of division AA of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328; 136 Stat. 
5543), is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(23) FAMILY
STABILITY
AND
OPPORTUNITY 
VOUCHERS.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) The term ‘area of concentrated 
poverty’ means a census tract in which the 
poverty rate is not less than 30 percent, as 
most recently determined by the Bureau of 
the Census. 
‘‘(ii) The term ‘at risk of homeless-
ness’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360). 
‘‘(iii) The term ‘eligible family’ means 
a family that— 
‘‘(I)(aa) will welcome a minor 
child through birth or adoption in the 
next 300 days; or 
‘‘(bb) has not less than 1 child 
under the age of 6; 
‘‘(II) meets all applicable eligi-
bility requirements under this sub-
section; and 
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‘‘(III) is— 
‘‘(aa) homeless; 
‘‘(bb) unstably housed; 
‘‘(cc) living in an area of 
concentrated poverty; or 
‘‘(dd) at risk of displace-
ment from— 
‘‘(AA) an opportunity 
area for children; or 
‘‘(BB) an area rapidly 
transitioning to become an 
opportunity area for chil-
dren. 
‘‘(iv) 
The 
term 
‘high-performing 
school’ shall have the meaning given the 
term by the Secretary, using the best avail-
able evidence. 
‘‘(v) The term ‘homeless’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 103 of 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11302). 
‘‘(vi) The term ‘opportunity area for 
children’ shall have the meaning given the 
term by the Secretary, using the best avail-
able evidence. 
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‘‘(vii) The term ‘unstably housed’, 
with respect to a family, means a family 
who— 
‘‘(I) is at risk of homelessness; 
‘‘(II) has moved not less than 
twice during the 12-month period end-
ing on the date on which a public 
housing agency selects the family 
from a waiting list to receive assist-
ance under this paragraph; 
‘‘(III) is living in a unit not ac-
cessible to a family member with a 
disability; 
‘‘(IV) is experiencing trauma or a 
lack of safety relating to, or fleeing or 
attempting to flee, domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, stalk-
ing, or another dangerous, traumatic, 
or life-threatening condition relating 
to violence against a member of the 
family or an individual in the housing 
situation of the family, including an 
instance in which the health and safe-
ty of a child is jeopardized; or 
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‘‘(I) consider the performance of 
public housing agencies in imple-
menting this paragraph; and 
‘‘(II) give preference to public 
housing agencies that partner with or-
ganizations that provide home visiting 
services, such as the services author-
ized under section 511 of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 711) or lo-
cally funded initiatives, if those serv-
ices are available in the service area of 
the public housing agency. 
‘‘(C) SERVICES REQUIRED TO BE OFFERED 
TO FAMILIES RECEIVING VOUCHERS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A public housing 
agency that receives assistance under this 
paragraph— 
‘‘(I) shall offer, to each eligible 
family that the agency selects to re-
ceive a voucher, mobility-related serv-
ices to help the family move to an op-
portunity area for children with access 
to— 
‘‘(aa) 
a 
high-performing 
school; or 
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‘‘(bb) high-quality childcare 
and early education; 
‘‘(II) may not require an eligible 
family to participate in the mobility- 
related services described in subclause 
(I) as a condition of receipt of a 
voucher; and 
‘‘(III) shall adopt mobility-related 
policies, to be specified by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(ii) MINIMUM ASSORTMENT OF SERV-
ICES AND POLICIES.—The Secretary shall 
establish a minimum assortment of types 
of mobility-related services that a public 
housing agency shall offer, and mobility-re-
lated policies that a public housing agency 
shall adopt, under clause (i) based on 
promising practices and evidence of the ef-
fectiveness of the services and policies. 
‘‘(iii) SPECIFIC SERVICES.—The types 
of mobility-related services required to be 
offered under clause (i)— 
‘‘(I) shall include a customized 
approach to enable a successful tran-
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sition to opportunity areas for chil-
dren; and 
‘‘(II) may include counseling and 
continued supportive services for fami-
lies. 
‘‘(iv) OPPORTUNITY AREAS FOR CHIL-
DREN; HIGH-PERFORMING SCHOOLS; HIGH- 
QUALITY
CHILD
CARE
AND
EARLY
EDU-
CATION.—The Secretary shall establish cri-
teria for areas, schools, and child care and 
early education to qualify as opportunity 
areas for children, high-performing schools, 
and high-quality child care and early edu-
cation, respectively. 
‘‘(v) MANNER
OF
PROVIDING
SERV-
ICES.—A public housing agency may pro-
vide mobility-related services as required 
under clause (i) directly or through a local 
partnership or contract. 
‘‘(D) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) TURNOVER.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Upon turn-
over of a voucher issued by a public 
housing agency using assistance re-
ceived under this paragraph, the pub-
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lic housing agency shall issue the 
voucher to another eligible family 
under this paragraph. 
‘‘(II) MOBILITY
SERVICES.—A 
public housing agency turning over a 
voucher as described in subclause (I) 
shall provide any available mobility 
services to the eligible family receiving 
the voucher. 
‘‘(ii) RECAPTURE AND REALLOCATION 
BY SECRETARY.—If a public housing agen-
cy that receives assistance to be used for 
vouchers and fees under this paragraph de-
termines that it no longer has an identified 
need for the assistance, the public housing 
agency shall notify the Secretary, who may 
recapture the assistance and reallocate the 
assistance in accordance with this para-
graph. 
‘‘(E) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of 
this paragraph, the Secretary shall publish 
a notice for public comment in the Federal 
Register that includes any definitions or 
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other specifications required or authorized 
under this paragraph. 
‘‘(ii) ALLOCATION OF FUNDING.— 
‘‘(I) INITIAL
YEAR.—For the 
first fiscal year for which amounts are 
appropriated to be provided to public 
housing 
agencies 
for 
incremental 
vouchers under this paragraph, the 
Secretary shall allocate the amounts 
to public housing agencies not later 
than 2 years after the date on which 
the amounts are appropriated. 
‘‘(II) SUBSEQUENT YEARS.—For 
any fiscal year after the fiscal year de-
scribed in subclause (I), the Secretary 
shall allocate amounts to public hous-
ing agencies for incremental vouchers 
under this paragraph not later than 
180 days after the date on which the 
amounts are appropriated. 
‘‘(F) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary for each of fiscal years 
2024 through 2029 such sums as may be nec-
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essary to provide assistance to public housing 
agencies under this paragraph to be used for— 
‘‘(i) not more than 50,000 incre-
mental vouchers each fiscal year, as de-
scribed in subparagraph (B)(i)(I); and 
‘‘(ii) fees for the cost of administering 
the incremental vouchers described in sub-
paragraph (B)(i)(I) and other mobility-re-
lated expenses.’’. 
Æ 
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