Gulf Coast Housing Accessibility Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6149
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2006-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Affordable housing
Alabama
Disabled
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal aid to housing
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Florida
Government Operations and Politics
Home repair and improvement
Homeless
Housing for the aged
Housing for the disabled
Housing subsidies
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Income tax
Louisiana
Low-income housing
Mississippi
Rent
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Taxation
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-21
text: 
Gulf Coast Housing Accessibility Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to allocate additional assistance for project-based housing vouchers for individuals and households located within the disaster areas of Hurricane Katrina, Rita, or Wilma of 2005.
 
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to set forth conditions for providing permanent and semipermanent housing units.
 
Instructs the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to: (1) enter into a mission assignment with the Secretary for a transfer of FEMA Disaster Relief Funds into the Disaster Voucher Program at the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and (2) transfer into the Disaster Voucher Program individuals and households receiving transitional housing, rental, or other related assistance.
 
Permits such individuals and families to opt-out of such a transfer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2006-09-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2006-09-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-09-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-09-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-09-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-21
text: Introduced in House