Protecting Our Elderly Residents Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6295
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2020-03-19
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Health promotion and preventive care

Housing for the elderly and disabled

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Low- and moderate-income housing

Public housing
Latest action: action_date: 2020-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-03-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Protecting Our Elderly Residents Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to issue guidance limiting nonemergency&nbsp;and nonresident&nbsp;access to public housing and supportive housing for the elderly to limit the spread of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6295 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 19, 2020 Mr. Stivers introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To require issuance of guidance by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development regarding protecting the homeless who reside in certain federally assisted properties from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Our Elderly Residents Act of 2020 . 2. Guidance on access to properties Not later than the expiration of the 30-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall issue guidance setting forth limitations on non-emergency and non-resident access to public housing (as such term is defined in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437a(b) )) and projects for supportive housing for the elderly assisted under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 ( 12 U.S.C. 1701q ) designed to limit the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).