HOME Act

Housing Opportunities Made Easier Act or HOME Act - Instructs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to: (1) provide 150,000 incremental vouchers to public housing agencies in FY2012 for tenant-based rental housing assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; and (2) renew such vouchers in each ensuing fiscal year.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3603 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3603

   To authorize 150,000 incremental vouchers for tenant-based rental 
assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to 
          help meet the housing needs of low-income families.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 7, 2011

  Mr. Rothman of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize 150,000 incremental vouchers for tenant-based rental 
assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to 
          help meet the housing needs of low-income families.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Housing Opportunities Made Easier 
Act'' or the ``HOME Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN INCREMENTAL SECTION 8 RENTAL ASSISTANCE VOUCHERS.

    (a) Provision of Incremental Vouchers.--Subject only to the 
appropriation of sufficient amounts pursuant to subsection (b), in 
fiscal year 2012 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 
provide to public housing agencies tenant-based rental housing 
assistance under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for 150,000 incremental vouchers, and shall renew 
such vouchers in each fiscal year thereafter.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated--
            (1) for fiscal year 2012, such sums as may be necessary to 
        provide the incremental vouchers described in subsection (a); 
        and
            (2) in each fiscal year thereafter, such sums as may be 
        necessary to renew the vouchers described in subsection (a) for 
        that year.
Any amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall remain 
available until expended.
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