Title: Pathway to Stable and Affordable Housing for All Act
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
Pathway to Stable and Affordable Housing for All Act
This bill provides appropriations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for several housing programs, including (1) Tenant-Based Rental Assistance, (2) the Housing Trust Fund, (3) the Continuum of Care Program, and (4) the Emergency Solutions Grants Program.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5813 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5813

To provide direct appropriations for certain housing programs, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 7, 2020

   Ms. Meng (for herself, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
   Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Cardenas, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. 
 McGovern, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Clarke of New York, and Mr. 
  Lowenthal) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide direct appropriations for certain housing programs, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Pathway to Stable and Affordable 
Housing for All Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the 2018 point-in-time counts by the Department of 
        Housing and Urban Development estimated that there were 
        approximately 552,830 people experiencing homelessness on a 
        single night in 2018, including nearly 160,000 children and 
        youth;
            (2) the number of people experiencing homelessness 
        described in paragraph (1) represents 17 out of every 10,000 
        people in the United States;
            (3) steps taken by the current Administration stand to 
        limit access to programs that support individuals experiencing 
        hardship in the United States, which could potentially increase 
        the number of those who experience homelessness;
            (4) experts estimate that fully funding housing vouchers 
        and providing an additional $40,000,000,000 in funding to the 
        Housing Trust Fund each year could eliminate homelessness and 
        housing poverty; and
            (5) the Federal Government must reiterate its commitment to 
        ending homelessness and take actionable steps to do so.

SEC. 3. DIRECT APPROPRIATIONS FOR HOUSING PROGRAMS.

    (a) Tenant-Based Rental Assistance.--Out of funds in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development for the provision of tenant-based rental 
assistance authorized under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) for all eligible households such sums as may be 
necessary for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2030.
    (b) Housing Trust Fund.--Out of funds in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, there is appropriated to the Housing Trust Fund 
established under section 1338(a) of the Federal Housing Enterprises 
Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4568(a)) 
$40,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2030.
    (c) Continuum of Care Program.--Out of funds in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development--
            (1) $10,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021, 2022, 
        and 2023 to make planning grants under the continuum of care 
        program authorized under subtitle C of the McKinney-Vento 
        Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.); and
            (2) $10,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 
        2030 to make grants under the continuum of care program 
        authorized under subtitle C of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
        Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.).
    (d) Emergency Solutions Grant Program.--Out of funds in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development $10,000,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023 to make grants under the emergency 
solutions grant program authorized under subtitle B of title IV of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.).
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