Housing our Veterans Act
Bill: H.R.6810 | Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente (D-TX)
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Housing our Veterans Act
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress on the availability of affordable housing for veterans who have or are participating in any program administered by the Homeless Programs Office of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to report on the 
    availability of affordable housing for veterans who have or are 
  participating in any program administered by the Homeless Programs 
             Office of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Housing our Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ON 
              AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR VETERANS.

    (a) Report Required.--Not later than three years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and 
the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives a 
report on the availability of affordable housing for veterans who have 
or are participating in any program administered by the Homeless 
Programs Office of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
    (b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include, 
with respect to the one-year period preceding the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the following:
            (1) The number of veterans using housing vouchers under the 
        program carried out under section 8(o)(19) of the United States 
        Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19)) (commonly referred 
        to as ``HUD-VASH'').
            (2) The number of veterans who were allocated a housing 
        voucher described in paragraph (1) but who have been unable to 
        attain permanent housing.
            (3) The number of available housing vouchers described in 
        paragraph (1) that are unused for any reason.
            (4) Available data regarding the number of veterans who 
        were discharged from transitional housing provided using 
        amounts provided under sections 2061 and 2012 of title 38, 
        United States Code, and did not transition to permanent housing 
        due to a shortage of--
                    (A) case managers under the program described in 
                paragraph (1);
                    (B) housing vouchers described in such paragraph; 
                or
                    (C) housing that meets the requirements and 
                limitations with respect to such vouchers.
    (c) Disaggregation.--The contents of the report described in 
paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of subsection (b) shall be disaggregated 
by veterans with a household income that does not exceed--
            (1) the area median income;
            (2) 80 percent of the area median income;
            (3) 50 percent of the area median income; and
            (4) 30 percent of the area median income.
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