Military Housing Affordability Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8281
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2022-07-01
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Military Housing Affordability Act of 2022</strong></p> <p>This bill extends certain authorities of the Department of Defense (DOD) to adjust basic housing allowances for military housing in certain areas. </p> <p>Specifically, the bill extends to December 31, 2024, DOD's authority to increase the rates of basic housing allowance in areas of a declared major disaster or areas containing one or more military installations that are experiencing a sudden increase in the number of members assigned to the installation.</p> <p>The bill also extends to September 30, 2024, DOD's authority to prescribe a temporary adjustment to basic housing allowance rates if DOD determines the costs of adequate housing for civilians in that military housing area differs from the current allowance rates by more than 20%.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8281 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 1, 2022 Ms. Williams of Georgia (for herself, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia , and Ms. Strickland ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 37, United States Code, to extend the authority to temporarily adjust the basic allowance for housing in certain areas.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Housing Affordability Act of 2022 . 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) In April 2022, the median price for existing home sales increased 14.8 percent from the previous year and 2021 saw year-over-year median price increases as high as 23.6 percent, according to data from the National Association of Realtors. (2) The Military Times, in July 2021, reported, A number of service members [are] being forced to pay hundreds of dollars more in rent per month than their housing allowance covers. . (3) In September 2021, the Department of Defense exercised its authority to temporarily adjust basic allowance for housing rates in 56 housing markets for members of the uniformed services who incurred increased housing costs above their current basic allowance for housing rate, in order to help ease the financial burden of rising housing costs facing Service members moving to new duty stations or signing new leases . (4) In November 2021, the Secretary of Defense approved a temporary basic allowance for housing increase for members in locations where rental prices rose at least 10 percent in 2021. (5) The Secretary of Defense’s authority to temporarily adjust basic allowance for housing rates in a military housing area, if the actual costs of adequate housing for civilians in that military housing area differs from the basic allowance for housing rate by more than 20 percent, is set to expire on September 30, 2022. 3. Extension of authority to temporarily adjust basic allowance for housing in certain areas Section 403(b) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking 2022 both places it appears and inserting 2024 .