Rural Housing Hurricane Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3895
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2005-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Alabama
Disaster relief
Disasters
Displaced persons
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal aid to housing
Federally-guaranteed loans
Floods
Home repair and improvement
Housing finance
Housing subsidies
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Louisiana
Low-income housing
Mississippi
Public housing
Rental housing
Reprogramming of appropriated funds
Residential rehabilitation
Rural housing
Single family housing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: 
Rural Housing Hurricane Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Housing Act of 1949, in the event of a presidential-declared disaster, to authorize the Secretary, with respect to counties designated as disaster areas and the counties contiguous to such counties and for any residents of such counties, to: (1) convert rental assistance into housing voucher assistance or rural housing vouchers; (2) reprogram funds; and (3) waive rural area requirements.
 
States that such authority shall last for six months after declaration of a disaster. 
 
Eliminates the rural housing voucher program fiscal year unit limit.
 
Amends the Doug Bereuter section 502 single family housing loan guarantee program to permit loan and refinancing guarantees for home repair or rehabilitation. 

action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Rural Housing Hurricane Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Housing Act of 1949, in the event of a presidential-declared disaster, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to counties designated as disaster areas in connection with Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, and the counties contiguous to such counties and for any residents of such counties, to: (1) convert rental assistance into housing voucher assistance or rural housing vouchers; and (2) waive rural area requirements.
 
States that such authority shall last for six months after enactment of this Act.
 
Authorizes additional appropriations for such assistance.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, during the six-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, to assist low-income families and persons under the rural housing voucher program if: (1) such family or person resided, on August 25, 2005, in any area designated as a disaster or emergency area in connection with Hurricane Katrina, or resided, on September 24, 2005, in any area designated as a disaster or emergency area in connection with Hurricane Rita; and (2) the residence of such family or person became uninhabitable or inaccessible as result of such a disaster or emergency.
 
Eliminates the rural housing voucher program fiscal year unit limit.
 
Amends the Doug Bereuter section 502 single family housing loan guarantee program to permit loan and refinancing guarantees for home repair or rehabilitation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-10-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 335 - 81 (Roll no. 513). (text: CR H8668-8669)
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 335 - 81 (Roll no. 513).(text: CR H8668-8669)
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8706-8707)
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3895.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8668-8670)
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Mr. Baker moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Introduced in House