Housing our Veterans Act

Bill: 117-hr-6810
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2022-02-22
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-02-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Housing our Veterans Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress on the availability of affordable housing for veterans who have or are participating in any program administered by the Homeless Programs Office of the Department of Veterans Affairs.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6810 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 22, 2022 Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to report on the availability of affordable housing for veterans who have or are participating in any program administered by the Homeless Programs Office of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Housing our Veterans Act . 2. Report by Comptroller General of the United States on affordable housing for veterans (a) Report required Not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the availability of affordable housing for veterans who have or are participating in any program administered by the Homeless Programs Office of the Department of Veterans Affairs. (b) Contents The report required by subsection (a) shall include, with respect to the one-year period preceding the date of the enactment of this Act, the following: (1) The number of veterans using housing vouchers under the program carried out under section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19) ) (commonly referred to as “HUD–VASH”). (2) The number of veterans who were allocated a housing voucher described in paragraph (1) but who have been unable to attain permanent housing. (3) The number of available housing vouchers described in paragraph (1) that are unused for any reason. (4) Available data regarding the number of veterans who were discharged from transitional housing provided using amounts provided under sections 2061 and 2012 of title 38, United States Code, and did not transition to permanent housing due to a shortage of— (A) case managers under the program described in paragraph (1); (B) housing vouchers described in such paragraph; or (C) housing that meets the requirements and limitations with respect to such vouchers. (c) Disaggregation The contents of the report described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of subsection (b) shall be disaggregated by veterans with a household income that does not exceed— (1) the area median income; (2) 80 percent of the area median income; (3) 50 percent of the area median income; and (4) 30 percent of the area median income.