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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 23, 2020
COVID-19 Emergency Housing Relief Act of 2020
This bill establishes certain flexibilities related to public housing during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus 2019) emergency. For example, the bill
suspends work requirements and time limitations on assistance associated with the Move to Work program;
suspends the requirement that families residing in public housing must pay a minimum amount in rent;
suspends the requirement that families may not be absent from a public housing unit for more than 180 consecutive calendar days;
prohibits public housing agencies (PHAs) from terminating a household's eligibility for a housing choice voucher based on the household's failure to enter into a lease for an assisted unit;
requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to suspend income reviews, except in certain instances;
allows HUD and USDA to suspend or delay certain deadlines relating to PHAs or owners of federally assisted housing; and
suspends requirements for owners of federally assisted multifamily housing to remit residual receipts to HUD.
People & committees
Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] · D–MO
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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