FAIR Assistance Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5374
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2014-07-31
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Employment and training programs

Low- and moderate-income housing

Public housing
Latest action: action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-07-31
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Fairness and Accountability In Rental Assistance Act of 2014 or the FAIR Assistance Act of 2014 - Amends the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 with respect to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Moving to Work demonstration program.</p> <p>Limits the payment standard used in connection with a voucher for tenant-based rental assistance under the program, for FY2015 and thereafter, to 120% of the fair market value rental established under the United States Housing Act of 1937 for the applicable market area and size of dwelling unit.</p> <p>Exempts from this limitation any family that:</p> <ul> <li>is elderly or disabled; or</li> <li> resides, at the time of a declared major disaster, and before the first adjustment to the fair market rental after the disaster declaration, in a principal residence located within the disaster area that meets other conditions and requirements as the HUD Secretary may provide. </li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5374 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 31, 2014 Mr. Schock introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To establish a maximum limitation on the amount of the payment standard that may be used with respect to housing choice vouchers provided under the Moving to Work program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fairness and Accountability In Rental Assistance Act of 2014 or the FAIR Assistance Act of 2014 . 2. Limitation on Moving to Work program payment standards Section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f note; Public Law 104–134 ; 110 Stat. 1321–281) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (k) Limitation on rental assistance payment standards (1) Limitation In no case may the payment standard used in connection with a voucher for tenant-based rental assistance provided under the demonstration under this section on behalf of any family that is not a family described in paragraph (2) exceed 120 percent of the fair market rental established pursuant to section 8(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f(c) ) for the applicable market area and size of dwelling unit. (2) Excluded families A family described in this paragraph is— (A) an elderly family (as such term is defined in section 3(b)(3) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3) ); (B) a disabled family (as such term is defined in such section 3(b)(3)); or (C) a family that resides, at the time of a major disaster declared pursuant to section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5170 ), in a principal residence that is located within an area for which such major disaster was declared, and meets such other conditions and requirements as the Secretary may provide, except that this subparagraph shall not apply with respect to any area after the first adjustment to the fair market rental for such area occurring after the declaration of such major disaster. . 3. Applicability The amendment made by section 2 shall apply with respect to rental assistance provided under the Moving to Work program pursuant to section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f note; Public Law 104–134 ; 110 Stat. 1321–281) during fiscal year 2015 and thereafter.