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S. 32IntroducedHOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2023

Congressional oversight · Disability and paralysis · Housing and community development funding
Sponsor
Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
D · DE
Key facts
Introduced: Jan 24, 2023
Chamber: Senate
Cosponsors: 7
Congress: 118th
Latest action · Mar 12, 2024
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-548.

Summary

Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2023

This bill establishes programs and grants to incentivize landlord participation in the Housing Choice Voucher program (i.e., Section 8 tenant-based housing assistance).

The bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide one-time incentive payments to landlords, security deposit payments, bonuses to public housing agencies that employ landlord liaisons, and amounts for other recruitment purposes.

The bill also reauthorizes through FY2028 the Tribal Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program.

Additionally, the bill allows dwelling units to meet Housing Choice Voucher program inspection requirements by satisfactory inspection through participation in other housing programs.

Landlords not yet participating in a low-income housing assistance program may request inspection by a public housing agency to determine whether the dwelling meets requirements prior to selection by a tenant.

Finally, HUD must expand the use of an alternative method of calculating fair market rent for purposes of the Housing Choice Voucher program.

Summary by Congressional Research Service.

Timeline

  1. Mar 12, 2024
    Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-548.
  2. Apr 26, 2023
    Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-220.
  3. Jan 24, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  4. Jan 24, 2023
    Introduced in Senate

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