Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · S 1091
Rural Housing Accessibility Act
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Introduced 2025-03-24Topic: housingSummary
Summary by the Congressional Research ServiceRural Housing Accessibility Act 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. 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.
Sponsors
- Joni Ernst Republican sponsor
- 1 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-24 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. | refer |
| 2025-03-24 | Introduced in Senate | introduce |