Rural Housing Accessibility Act

Bill: 118-s-1713
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-05-18
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Low- and moderate-income housing

Public housing

Rural conditions and development
Latest action: action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Rural Housing Accessibility Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires a public housing agency (PHA) that uses less than 95% of its budget authority in a given year to accept a housing choice voucher from a family that received the voucher from an agency in a different jurisdiction.&nbsp;The PHA that accepts the voucher (1) must make assistance payments to the family under an annual contributions contract, and (2) may not bill the initial PHA for the assistance payments for more than 12 months.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1713 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 18, 2023 Mr. Grassley (for Ms. Ernst (for herself and Mr. Grassley )) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To require certain public housing agencies to absorb port-in housing choice vouchers, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Housing Accessibility Act . 2. Requiring certain public housing agencies to absorb port-in vouchers and limiting billing initial public housing agencies beyond 12 months (a) In general Section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f(o) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (22) Portability of vouchers (A) Definitions In this paragraph— (i) the term covered public housing agency means a public housing agency that, in a given fiscal year, utilizes less than 95 percent of the budget authority available to the public housing agency; (ii) the term initial public housing agency has the meaning given the term initial PHA in section 982.4 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation; and (iii) the term portable family means a family holding a voucher under this subsection that seeks to rent a dwelling unit outside of the jurisdiction of the initial public housing agency. (B) Requirement A covered public housing agency that has jurisdiction over the area in which a portable family is seeking to use the voucher received from an initial public housing agency— (i) shall notify the initial public housing agency whether the covered public housing agency will— (I) absorb the voucher by using funds of the covered public housing agency; or (II) bill the initial public housing agency for a period of not more than 12 months; (ii) shall make assistance payments to the portable family under an annual contributions contract entered into between the covered public housing agency and the Secretary; and (iii) may not bill the initial public housing agency for the assistance payments described in clause (ii) for a period of more than 12 months beginning on the effective date of the initial billing. . (b) Technical amendment Effective on December 29, 2024, paragraph (22) of section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f(o) ), as added by section 601(a)(2)(B) of division AA of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 ( Public Law 117–328 ), is redesignated as paragraph (23).