Repeal the Faircloth Amendment Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-659
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2021-02-01
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Building construction

Government trust funds

Housing and community development funding

Low- and moderate-income housing

Public housing
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Repeal the Faircloth Amendment Act of 2021</b></p> <p>This bill repeals the limitation on the construction of new public housing units, commonly known as the Faircloth limit or the Faircloth amendment. Under current law, a public housing agency (PHA) is generally prohibited from using Department of Housing and Urban Development capital or operating funds to construct public housing units if doing so would result in a net increase to the number of public housing units owned, assisted, or operated by the PHA.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 659 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 1, 2021 Ms. Ocasio-Cortez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To repeal the limitation on the construction of new public housing, known as the Faircloth Amendment, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Repeal the Faircloth Amendment Act of 2021 . 2. Repeal of Faircloth amendment Section 9(g) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437g(g) ) is amended by striking paragraph (3) (relating to limitation on new construction).