118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1713Rural Housing Accessibility Act

A bill to require certain public housing agencies to absorb port-in housing choice vouchers, and for other purposes.

Housing and community development
Introduced May 18, 2023
Last action May 18, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
May 18, 2023
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Referred
May 18, 2023
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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Committee
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Senate
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House floor
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

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.  

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
Timeline · 2 actions
May 18, 2023
Introduced in Senate
May 18, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.