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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 Penn-
sylvania, 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. HAS-
TINGS (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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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 ‘‘Fostering Stable Hous-
ing Opportunities Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF FAMILY. 
Subparagraph (A) of section 3(b)(3) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)(A)) is 
amended— 
(1) in the first sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(v)’’ and inserting ‘‘(vi)’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘tenant family,’’ the 
following: ‘‘(v) a child who is in foster care and 
has attained an age such that the provision of 
foster care for such child will end by reason of 
the age of the child within 6 months,’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘or (vi)’’ 
after ‘‘clause (v)’’. 
SEC. 3. PRIORITY FOR PUBLIC HOUSING OCCUPANCY AND 
SECTION 8 ASSISTANCE. 
(a) PUBLIC HOUSING.—Subparagraph (A) of section 
6(c)(4) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437d(c)(4)(A)) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘may establish a system for mak-
ing dwelling units available that provides preference’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘shall establish a system 
for making dwelling units available that— 
‘‘(i) shall provide preferences’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘each system of preferences estab-
lished pursuant to this subparagraph shall be based’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(ii) except as provided in clause (iii), 
shall be based’’; 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(iii) except for projects or portions of 
projects designated for occupancy pursuant 
to section 7(a), shall provide that the high-
est preference for occupancy shall be given 
to otherwise eligible children who are in fos-
ter care, have attained an age such that the 
provision of foster care for such child will 
end by reason of the age of the child within 
6 months, meet the requirements under 
clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1) of the 
definition of ‘at risk of homelessness’ in sec-
tion 91.5 of the Secretary’s regulations (24 
C.F.R. 91.5), as in effect on September 1, 
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