To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out a housing choice voucher mobility demonstration to encourage families receiving such voucher assistance to move to lower-poverty areas and expand access to opportunity areas.
Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2019
This bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to implement a mobility demonstration program to enable public housing agencies (PHAs) to administer housing-choice rental-assistance vouchers in a manner designed to (1) encourage low-income families receiving such assistance to move to lower-poverty areas, and (2) expand access to opportunity areas.
HUD shall require PHAs applying to participate in the program to submit a specified Regional Housing Mobility Plan.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Became Public Law No: 116-6.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 16.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Ms. Waters moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2618-2620)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1122.
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2626-2627)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 387 - 22 (Roll no. 119).(text: CR H2618-2619)
Roll Call #119 (House)On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 387 - 22 (Roll no. 119). (text: CR H2618-2619)
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Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.