Housing Assistance Efficiency Act

Bill: 113-hr-2790
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2013-07-23
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Homelessness and emergency shelter

Housing and community development funding

Public housing
Latest action: action_date: 2014-12-03
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-07-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Housing Assistance Efficiency Act - Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to allow (in addition to a state, local government, or public housing agency) a private nonprofit organization to administer permanent housing rental assistance provided through the Continuum of Care Program under the Act.</p> <p>Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), at least once (currently, twice) during each fiscal year, to reallocate any housing assistance provided from the Emergency Solutions Grants Program that is unused or returned or that becomes available after the minimum allocation requirements under the Act.</p>

action_date: 2014-12-02
action_desc: Passed House without amendment
text: <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Housing Assistance Efficiency Act - Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to allow (in addition to a state, local government, or public housing agency) a private nonprofit organization to administer permanent housing rental assistance provided through the Continuum of Care Program under the Act.</p> <p>Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), at least once (currently, twice) during each fiscal year, to reallocate any housing assistance provided from the Emergency Solutions Grants Program that is unused or returned or that becomes available after the minimum allocation requirements under the Act.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2790 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 23, 2013 Mr. Peters of California (for himself and Mr. McNerney ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To authorize private nonprofit organizations to administer permanent housing rental assistance provided through the Continuum of Care Program under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Housing Assistance Efficiency Act . 2. Authority to administer rental assistance Subsection (g) of section 423 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11383(g) ) is amended by inserting private nonprofit organization, after unit of general local government, . 3. Reallocation of funds Paragraph (1) of section 414(d) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11373(d)(1) ) is amended by striking twice and inserting once .

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2790 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To authorize private nonprofit organizations to administer permanent housing rental assistance provided through the Continuum of Care Program under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Housing Assistance Efficiency Act . 2. Authority to administer rental assistance Subsection (g) of section 423 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11383(g) ) is amended by inserting private nonprofit organization, after unit of general local government, . 3. Reallocation of funds Paragraph (1) of section 414(d) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11373(d)(1) ) is amended by striking twice and inserting once .

Passed the House of Representatives December 2, 2014. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IIB 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2790 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 3, 2014 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs AN ACT To authorize private nonprofit organizations to administer permanent housing rental assistance provided through the Continuum of Care Program under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Housing Assistance Efficiency Act . 2. Authority to administer rental assistance Subsection (g) of section 423 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11383(g) ) is amended by inserting private nonprofit organization, after unit of general local government, . 3. Reallocation of funds Paragraph (1) of section 414(d) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11373(d)(1)) is amended by striking twice and inserting once .

Passed the House of Representatives December 2, 2014. Karen L. Haas, Clerk