Housing Access Improvement Act

Bill: 117-hr-8539
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2022-07-27
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Latest action: action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Housing Access Improvement Act</b></p> <p>This bill increases from 20% to 50% the amount of funding for the Housing Choice Voucher program that a public housing agency (PHA) may use for project-based vouchers. (This program subsidizes rent for low-income recipients.)</p> <p>Under current law, a PHA must use at least 80% of its funding for tenant-based vouchers (which subsidize recipients' rental of any private apartment that meets program guidelines) and may use up to 20% of its funding for project-based vouchers (which attach to a specific rental unit that the landlord commits to make available for voucher recipients for a contracted term).</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8539 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 27, 2022 Mr. Panetta (for himself, Mr. Carbajal , Ms. Chu , Ms. Eshoo , Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Lieu , Ms. Lofgren , and Mr. Swalwell ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To increase the percentage of authorized units that a public housing agency may use for project-based assistance, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Housing Access Improvement Act . 2. Project-based assistance Section 8(o)(13)(B)(i) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13) ) is amended by striking not more than 20 percent and inserting not more than 50 percent .