I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 202 
To authorize the renewal of tenant-based rental assistance vouchers under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2007 
Mr. ROTHMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To authorize the renewal of tenant-based rental assistance 
vouchers under section 8 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937. 
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 ‘‘Housing Authority 
Funding Fairness Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. VOUCHER RENEWAL FUNDING. 
Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amended by striking subsection (dd) 
and inserting the following new subsection: 
‘‘(dd) TENANT-BASED VOUCHERS.— 
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‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated, for each of 
fiscal years 2008 through 2012, such sums as may 
be necessary for tenant-based assistance under sub-
section (o) for the following purposes: 
‘‘(A) To renew all expiring annual con-
tributions contracts for tenant-based rental as-
sistance. 
‘‘(B) To provide tenant-based rental assist-
ance for— 
‘‘(i) relocation and replacement of 
housing units that are demolished or dis-
posed of pursuant to the Omnibus Consoli-
dated Rescissions and Appropriations Act 
of 1996 (Public Law 104–134); 
‘‘(ii) conversion of section 23 projects 
to assistance under this section; 
‘‘(iii) the family unification program 
under subsection (x) of this section; 
‘‘(iv) relocation of witnesses in con-
nection with efforts to combat crime in 
public and assisted housing pursuant to a 
request from a law enforcement or pros-
ecution agency; 
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‘‘(v) enhanced vouchers authorized 
under subsection (t) of this section; 
‘‘(vi) vouchers in connection with the 
HOPE VI program under section 24; 
‘‘(vii) demolition or disposition of pub-
lic housing units pursuant to section 18 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437p); 
‘‘(viii) mandatory and voluntary con-
versions of public housing to vouchers, pur-
suant to sections 33 and 22 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, respectively 
(42 U.S.C. 1437z–5, 1437t); 
‘‘(ix) vouchers necessary to comply 
with a consent decree or court order; 
‘‘(x) vouchers transferred from an-
other public housing agency; and 
‘‘(xi) tenant protection assistance, in-
cluding replacement and relocation assist-
ance. 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION
OF
RENEWAL
FUNDING 
AMONG PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(A) From amounts appropriated for each 
year pursuant to paragraph (1)(A), the Sec-
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retary shall provide renewal funding for each 
public housing agency— 
‘‘(i) based on leasing and costs from 
the prior year, as adjusted by an annual 
adjustment factor to be established by the 
Secretary; 
‘‘(ii) by making any adjustments nec-
essary to provide for the first-time renewal 
of 
vouchers 
funded 
under 
paragraph 
(1)(B); and 
‘‘(iii) by making such other adjust-
ments as the Secretary considers appro-
priate. 
‘‘(B) LEASING AND COST DATA.—For pur-
poses of subparagraph (A)(i), leasing and cost 
data shall be calculated not less often than bi-
ennially by using the average for the calendar 
year that, at the time of such calculation, is the 
most recently completed calendar year for which 
the Secretary determines data is available, sub-
stantially verifiable, and complete. Such leasing 
data shall be adjusted to include vouchers that 
were set aside under a commitment to provide 
project-based 
assistance 
under 
subsection 
(o)(13). 
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‘‘(C) MOVING TO WORK.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), each public hous-
ing agency participating at any time in the 
moving to work demonstration under section 
204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f note) or in the Moving to 
Work program under section 36 of this Act 
shall be funded pursuant to its agreement 
under such program and shall be subject to any 
pro rata adjustment made under subparagraph 
(D). 
‘‘(D) PRO RATA ALLOCATION.— 
‘‘(i) INSUFFICIENT
FUNDS.—To the 
extent that amounts made available for a 
fiscal year are not sufficient to provide 
each public housing agency with the full al-
location for the agency determined pursu-
ant to subparagraphs (A) and (C), the 
Secretary shall reduce such allocation for 
each agency on a pro rata basis, except 
that renewal funding of enhanced vouchers 
under section 8(t) shall not be subject to 
such proration. 
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‘‘(ii) EXCESS FUNDS.—To the extent 
that amounts made available for a fiscal 
year exceed the amount necessary to pro-
vide each housing agency with the full allo-
cation for the agency determined pursuant 
to subparagraphs (A) and (C), such excess 
amounts shall be used for the purposes 
specified in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of 
paragraph (4). 
‘‘(3) ADVANCES.— 
‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—During the last 3 
months of each calendar year, the Secretary 
shall provide amounts to any public housing 
agency, at the request of the agency, in an 
amount up to two percent of the allocation for 
the agency for such calendar year. 
‘‘(B) USE.—Amounts advanced under sub-
paragraph (A) may be used to pay for addi-
tional voucher costs, including costs related to 
temporary overleasing. 
‘‘(C) 
REPAYMENT.—Amounts 
advanced 
under subparagraph (A) in a calendar year 
shall be repaid to the Secretary in the subse-
quent calendar year by reducing the amounts 
made available for such agency for such subse-
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quent calendar year pursuant to allocation 
under paragraph (2) by an amount equal to the 
amount so advanced to the agency. 
‘‘(4) RECAPTURE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
recapture, from amounts provided under the 
annual contributions contract for a public hous-
ing agency for a calendar year, all amounts al-
located under paragraph (2) that are unused by 
the agency at the end of each calendar year. 
‘‘(B) REALLOCATION.—Not later than May 
1 of each calendar year, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) calculate the aggregate unused 
amounts for the preceding year recaptured 
pursuant to subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(ii) set aside and make available 
such amounts as the Secretary considers 
appropriate to reimburse public housing 
agencies for increased costs related to port-
ability and family self-sufficiency activities 
during such year; and 
‘‘(iii) reallocate all remaining amounts 
among public housing agencies that, in the 
preceding year, used at least 99 percent of 
amounts allocated under paragraph (2) for 
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the agency and leased fewer than the num-
ber of vouchers authorized for the agency; 
except that the Secretary may establish 
priority for allocation of such amounts to 
public housing agencies that leased fewer 
vouchers in such preceding year than in 
the 12-month period ending April 1, 2004. 
‘‘(C) USE.—Amounts reallocated to a pub-
lic housing agency pursuant to subparagraph 
(B)(iii) may be used only to increase voucher 
leasing rates to the level authorized for the 
agency.’’. 
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