H.R. 6326 — COVID-19 Emergency Housing Relief Act of 2020

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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.

Related Legislation

H.R. 6806COVID-19 Emergency Housing Relief Act of 2020

2020-05-12Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

H.R. 6321Financial Protections and Assistance for America’s Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act

2020-03-23Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Small Business, the Judiciary, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R. 6379Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act

2020-03-23Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

COVID-19 Emergency Housing Relief Act of 2020

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