HOMeS Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-715
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2019-01-23
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Homelessness and emergency shelter

Housing and community development funding

Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Housing Our Military Servicemembers Act of 2019 or the HOMeS Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide incentives to geographic areas under the Continuum of Care program for using funds for activities proven to be effective at reducing homelessness for former servicemembers of the Armed Forces.</p> <p>HUD shall develop a strategy to identify and eliminate homelessness among former servicemembers who are not eligible for the veterans affairs supported housing program under the United States Housing Act of 1937 and other housing programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 715 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 23, 2019 Mr. Stivers (for himself and Mrs. Beatty ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To amend section 428 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide incentives to grantees under the Continuum of Care program to re-house all former members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Housing Our Military Servicemembers Act of 2019 or the HOMeS Act of 2019 . 2. Incentive for proven strategies Subsection (d) of section 428 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11386b(d) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting and former servicemembers before the semicolon at the end; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting and former servicemembers before the first comma; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4) Former servicemember For purposes of this subsection, the term former servicemember means a person who served in the active or inactive military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom. . 3. Strategy to end homeless among former servicemembers The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall develop a strategy to identify and eliminate homelessness among former servicemembers who are not eligible for the veterans affairs supported housing program under section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19) ; known as HUD–VASH) and other housing programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Not later than the expiration of the 12-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall submit a report to the Committees on Financial Services and Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate setting forth such strategy and a schedule for implementing such strategy.