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22 118THCONGRESS
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44 STSESSION H. R. 4606
55 To increase the number of landlords participating in the Housing Choice
66 Voucher program.
77 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
88 JULY13, 2023
99 Mr. C
1010 LEAVER(for himself and Mrs. CHAVEZ-DEREMER) introduced the
1111 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
1212 A BILL
1313 To increase the number of landlords participating in the
1414 Housing Choice Voucher program.
1515 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
1616 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
1717 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
1818 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Choice in Affordable 4
1919 Housing Act of 2023’’. 5
2020 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
2121 In this Act— 7
2222 (1) the term ‘‘Housing Choice Voucher pro-8
2323 gram’’ means the tenant-based assistance program 9
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2727 under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act 1
2828 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)); and 2
2929 (2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 3
3030 of Housing and Urban Development. 4
3131 SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 5
3232 Congress finds the following: 6
3333 (1) The Housing Choice Voucher program is 7
3434 the Federal Government’s largest program helping 8
3535 low-income families, the elderly, and persons with 9
3636 disabilities to afford decent, safe, and sanitary hous-10
3737 ing in the private market. 11
3838 (2) The Housing Choice Voucher program is 12
3939 proven to have positive impacts on voucher holders, 13
4040 including increased housing stability, reduced home-14
4141 lessness, and children lifted out of poverty. 15
4242 (3) As a public-private partnership, the Hous-16
4343 ing Choice Voucher program relies on the willingness 17
4444 of private landlords to accept vouchers. 18
4545 (4) Landlord participation is declining in the 19
4646 Housing Choice Voucher program, with an average 20
4747 of 10,000 housing providers leaving the program 21
4848 each year between 2010 and 2016. 22
4949 (5) Landlord participation is especially lacking 23
5050 in ‘‘high-opportunity neighborhoods’’ that have low 24
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5454 poverty rates and good access to quality schools, 1
5555 jobs, and public transportation. 2
5656 (6) The Secretary has conducted and continues 3
5757 to conduct research on landlord participation in the 4
5858 Housing Choice Voucher program. 5
5959 (7) The Moving to Work demonstration pro-6
6060 gram of the Department of Housing and Urban De-7
6161 velopment has given participating public housing 8
6262 agencies the ability to test innovative strategies to 9
6363 incentivize landlords to accept vouchers. 10
6464 SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 11
6565 It is the sense of Congress that— 12
6666 (1) the Housing Choice Voucher program 13
6767 should be improved to increase the number of land-14
6868 lords, particularly landlords with units in high-op-15
6969 portunity neighborhoods, who accept vouchers in 16
7070 order to expand housing choice and opportunity, and 17
7171 further fair housing; and 18
7272 (2) Federal programs to help people afford safe 19
7373 and decent housing are important in all commu-20
7474 nities, including urban, rural, and tribal areas. 21
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7878 SEC. 5. INCENTIVIZING LANDLORD PARTICIPATION IN 1
7979 HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM. 2
8080 (a) O
8181 NE-TIMEINCENTIVEPAYMENTS.—Section 8(o) 3
8282 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 4
8383 1437f(o)), is amended by adding at the end the following: 5
8484 ‘‘(22) O
8585 NE-TIME INCENTIVE PAYMENTS .— 6
8686 ‘‘(A) D
8787 EFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 7
8888 term ‘eligible unit’ means a dwelling unit 8
8989 that— 9
9090 ‘‘(i) is located in a census tract with 10
9191 a poverty rate of less than 20 percent; and 11
9292 ‘‘(ii) has not previously been subject 12
9393 to a housing assistance payment contract 13
9494 under this subsection. 14
9595 ‘‘(B) I
9696 NCENTIVE PAYMENT AUTHORITY .— 15
9797 ‘‘(i) I
9898 N GENERAL.—To incentivize 16
9999 landlords who own dwelling units in low- 17
100100 poverty areas to enter into housing assist-18
101101 ance payment contracts under this sub-19
102102 section, the Secretary shall provide assist-20
103103 ance under this paragraph to public hous-21
104104 ing agencies to be used to offer a one-time 22
105105 payment directly to the owner of an eligi-23
106106 ble unit entering into a housing assistance 24
107107 payment contract with the public housing 25
108108 agency for the eligible unit. 26
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112112 ‘‘(ii) AMOUNT.—The amount of an in-1
113113 centive payment made to an eligible owner 2
114114 under clause (i) may not exceed 200 per-3
115115 cent of the monthly housing assistance 4
116116 payment made to the eligible owner for the 5
117117 eligible unit. 6
118118 ‘‘(iii) C
119119 ONDITIONS PERMITTED .—Sub-7
120120 ject to paragraph (7), a public housing 8
121121 agency may require the owner of an eligi-9
122122 ble unit, as a condition of receiving an in-10
123123 centive payment under clause (i), to com-11
124124 mit to lease the eligible unit to tenants as-12
125125 sisted under this subsection for more than 13
126126 1 year. 14
127127 ‘‘(iv) L
128128 IMIT.—The owner of an eligible 15
129129 unit may not receive more than 1 incentive 16
130130 payment under clause (i), regardless of— 17
131131 ‘‘(I) the number of eligible units 18
132132 owned by the owner; or 19
133133 ‘‘(II) the number of public hous-20
134134 ing agencies with which the owner has 21
135135 entered into housing assistance pay-22
136136 ment contracts.’’. 23
137137 (b) S
138138 ECURITYDEPOSITPAYMENTS.—Section 8(o) of 24
139139 the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 25
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143143 1437f(o)), as amended by subsection (a), is amended by 1
144144 adding at the end the following: 2
145145 ‘‘(23) S
146146 ECURITY DEPOSIT PAYMENTS .— 3
147147 ‘‘(A) S
148148 ECURITY DEPOSIT PAYMENT AU -4
149149 THORITY.—The Secretary shall provide assist-5
150150 ance to public housing agencies to be used to 6
151151 pay the owner of a dwelling unit assisted under 7
152152 this subsection for a security deposit, or a sub-8
153153 stantial portion thereof, on behalf of the tenant 9
154154 of the dwelling unit in accordance with subpara-10
155155 graph (B). 11
156156 ‘‘(B) M
157157 INIMUM PHA REQUIREMENTS .—A 12
158158 public housing agency that receives assistance 13
159159 from the Secretary under subparagraph (A) 14
160160 shall administer the assistance in accordance 15
161161 with the following conditions: 16
162162 ‘‘(i) The public housing agency shall 17
163163 pay the owners of dwelling units assisted 18
164164 under this subsection for a security de-19
165165 posit, or a substantial portion thereof, in 20
166166 an amount determined by the public hous-21
167167 ing agency, on behalf of the tenants of the 22
168168 dwelling units. 23
169169 ‘‘(ii) In making payments to owners of 24
170170 dwelling units under clause (i), the public 25
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174174 housing agency shall give priority to own-1
175175 ers of dwelling units occupied by extremely 2
176176 low-income families. 3
177177 ‘‘(iii) The owner of a dwelling unit 4
178178 may deduct amounts from a security de-5
179179 posit payment received under clause (i) to 6
180180 cover damages beyond normal wear and 7
181181 tear caused by the tenant of the dwelling 8
182182 unit, any member of the tenant’s house-9
183183 hold, or any guest or other person under 10
184184 the tenant’s control. 11
185185 ‘‘(iv) The public housing agency shall 12
186186 conduct a damage claims process where-13
187187 by— 14
188188 ‘‘(I) in order to deduct amounts 15
189189 from a security deposit payment re-16
190190 ceived under clause (i), the owner of 17
191191 a covered dwelling unit must submit a 18
192192 claim to the public housing agency 19
193193 with an itemized list of damages and 20
194194 evidence and request reimbursement; 21
195195 and 22
196196 ‘‘(II) the tenant of a covered 23
197197 dwelling unit may refute a claim sub-24
198198 mitted under subclause (I). 25
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202202 ‘‘(v) The public housing agency 1
203203 shall— 2
204204 ‘‘(I) establish an amount of re-3
205205 pair costs for which a tenant will be 4
206206 responsible; and 5
207207 ‘‘(II) notify a tenant, upon the 6
208208 tenant entering into a lease for a 7
209209 dwelling unit assisted under this sub-8
210210 section, of the amount described in 9
211211 subclause (I). 10
212212 ‘‘(vi) The public housing agency may 11
213213 determine what action to take if a tenant 12
214214 demonstrates an inability to pay the 13
215215 amount of repair costs for which the ten-14
216216 ant is responsible under clause (v). 15
217217 ‘‘(vii) At the end of a tenant’s occu-16
218218 pancy of a dwelling unit assisted under 17
219219 this subsection, the landlord shall return to 18
220220 the public housing agency any unused 19
221221 amount of a security deposit payment re-20
222222 ceived under clause (i). 21
223223 ‘‘(C) R
224224 ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing 22
225225 in subparagraph (B) shall be construed to pro-23
226226 hibit a public housing agency from establishing 24
227227 additional conditions for the administration of 25
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231231 assistance received under subparagraph (A) in 1
232232 accordance with applicable State and local 2
233233 laws.’’. 3
234234 (c) L
235235 ANDLORDLIAISONBONUSPAYMENTS.—Section 4
236236 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 5
237237 1437f(o)), as amended by subsection (b), is amended by 6
238238 adding at the end the following: 7
239239 ‘‘(24) L
240240 ANDLORD LIAISON BONUS PAYMENTS .— 8
241241 ‘‘(A) I
242242 N GENERAL.—Each year, the Sec-9
243243 retary shall award 1 bonus payment to each 10
244244 public housing agency that employs, contracts 11
245245 with a service partner that employs, or dem-12
246246 onstrates an intent to employ or contract with 13
247247 a service partner that employs, not less than 1 14
248248 dedicated landlord liaison whose duties include, 15
249249 with respect to the tenant-based assistance pro-16
250250 gram under subsection (o)— 17
251251 ‘‘(i) conducting landlord outreach, re-18
252252 cruitment, and retention; 19
253253 ‘‘(ii) educating and training landlords 20
254254 regarding the program; and 21
255255 ‘‘(iii) operating a phone hotline, online 22
256256 portal, monitored email address, or other 23
257257 mechanism designated by the Secretary for 24
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261261 landlord questions and concerns regarding 1
262262 the program. 2
263263 ‘‘(B) D
264264 EMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE .—The 3
265265 Secretary shall determine how a public housing 4
266266 agency may demonstrate that it offers or in-5
267267 tends to offer a landlord liaison service for pur-6
268268 poses of subparagraph (A). 7
269269 ‘‘(C) A
270270 MOUNT.—The Secretary shall estab-8
271271 lish an amount for the landlord liaison bonus 9
272272 payment authorized under subparagraph (A) 10
273273 that— 11
274274 ‘‘(i) may vary by region; 12
275275 ‘‘(ii) does not exceed the 150 percent 13
276276 of the average cost of employing, or con-14
277277 tracting with a service partner that em-15
278278 ploys, such a landlord liaison, based on 16
279279 local market conditions; and 17
280280 ‘‘(iii) is sufficient to incentivize public 18
281281 housing agencies to employ, or contact 19
282282 with a service partner that employs, such 20
283283 a landlord liaison.’’. 21
284284 (d) H
285285 OUSINGPARTNERSHIPFUND.—Section 8 of the 22
286286 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), 23
287287 is amended by adding at the end the following: 24
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291291 ‘‘(ee) HERSCHELLASHKOWITZHOUSINGPARTNER-1
292292 SHIPFUND.— 2
293293 ‘‘(1) E
294294 STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-3
295295 tablish a fund, to be known as the ‘Herschel 4
296296 Lashkowitz Housing Partnership Fund’, for the pur-5
297297 pose of incentivizing landlords to participate in the 6
298298 tenant-based assistance program under subsection 7
299299 (o) in accordance with paragraph (2) of this sub-8
300300 section. 9
301301 ‘‘(2) A
302302 UTHORIZED USES.—The Secretary shall 10
303303 use amounts from the Housing Partnership Fund 11
304304 for— 12
305305 ‘‘(A) incentive payments under subsection 13
306306 (o)(22); 14
307307 ‘‘(B) security deposit payments under sub-15
308308 section (o)(23); 16
309309 ‘‘(C) landlord liaison bonus payments 17
310310 under subsection (o)(24); and 18
311311 ‘‘(D) other uses, as determined by a public 19
312312 housing agency and approved by the Secretary, 20
313313 designed primarily— 21
314314 ‘‘(i) to recruit owners of dwelling 22
315315 units, particularly dwelling units in census 23
316316 tracts with a poverty rate of less than 20 24
317317 percent, to enter into housing assistance 25
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321321 payment contracts under subsection (o); 1
322322 and 2
323323 ‘‘(ii) to ensure that owners that enter 3
324324 into housing assistance payment contracts 4
325325 as described in clause (i) of this subpara-5
326326 graph continue to lease their dwelling units 6
327327 to tenants assisted under subsection (o). 7
328328 ‘‘(3) R
329329 EPORTS.—The Secretary shall require a 8
330330 public housing agency that receives assistance from 9
331331 the Herschel Lashkowitz Housing Partnership Fund 10
332332 to submit an annual report to the Secretary on the 11
333333 use of the assistance. 12
334334 ‘‘(4) A
335335 UTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL APPRO -13
336336 PRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 14
337337 for deposit in the Herschel Lashkowitz Housing 15
338338 Partnership Fund $100,000,000 for each of fiscal 16
339339 years 2024 through 2028, to remain available until 17
340340 expended.’’. 18
341341 SEC. 6. HOUSING QUALITY STANDARDS. 19
342342 (a) S
343343 ATISFACTION OFINSPECTIONREQUIREMENTS 20
344344 T
345345 HROUGHPARTICIPATION IN OTHERHOUSINGPRO-21
346346 GRAMS.—Section 8(o)(8) of the United States Housing 22
347347 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(8)), as amended by sec-23
348348 tion 101(a) of the Housing Opportunity Through Mod-24
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352352 ernization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–201; 130 Stat. 1
353353 783), is amended by adding at the end the following: 2
354354 ‘‘(I) S
355355 ATISFACTION OF INSPECTION RE -3
356356 QUIREMENTS THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN 4
357357 OTHER HOUSING PROGRAMS .— 5
358358 ‘‘(i) L
359359 OW-INCOME HOUSING TAX 6
360360 CREDIT-FINANCED BUILDINGS .—A dwell-7
361361 ing unit shall be deemed to meet the in-8
362362 spection requirements under this para-9
363363 graph if— 10
364364 ‘‘(I) the dwelling unit is in a 11
365365 building, the acquisition, rehabilita-12
366366 tion, or construction of which was fi-13
367367 nanced by a person who received a 14
368368 low-income housing tax credit under 15
369369 section 42 of the Internal Revenue 16
370370 Code of 1986 in exchange for that fi-17
371371 nancing; 18
372372 ‘‘(II) the dwelling unit was phys-19
373373 ically inspected and passed inspection 20
374374 as part of the low-income housing tax 21
375375 credit program described in subclause 22
376376 (I) during the preceding 12-month pe-23
377377 riod; and 24
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381381 ‘‘(III) the applicable public hous-1
382382 ing agency is able to obtain the re-2
383383 sults of the inspection described in 3
384384 subclause (II). 4
385385 ‘‘(ii) HOME
386386 INVESTMENT PARTNER -5
387387 SHIPS PROGRAM .—A dwelling shall be 6
388388 deemed to meet the inspection require-7
389389 ments under this paragraph if the dwelling 8
390390 unit— 9
391391 ‘‘(I) the dwelling unit is assisted 10
392392 under the HOME Investment Part-11
393393 nerships Program under title II of the 12
394394 Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford-13
395395 able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12721 et 14
396396 seq.); 15
397397 ‘‘(II) the dwelling unit was phys-16
398398 ically inspected and passed inspection 17
399399 as part of the program described in 18
400400 subclause (I) during the preceding 12- 19
401401 month period; and 20
402402 ‘‘(III) the applicable public hous-21
403403 ing agency is able to obtain the re-22
404404 sults of the inspection described in 23
405405 subclause (II). 24
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409409 ‘‘(iii) RURAL HOUSING SERVICE .—A 1
410410 dwelling unit shall be deemed to meet the 2
411411 inspection requirements under this para-3
412412 graph if— 4
413413 ‘‘(I) the dwelling unit is assisted 5
414414 by the Rural Housing Service of the 6
415415 Department of Agriculture; 7
416416 ‘‘(II) the dwelling unit was phys-8
417417 ically inspected and passed inspection 9
418418 in connection with the assistance de-10
419419 scribed in subclause (I) during the 11
420420 preceding 12-month period; and 12
421421 ‘‘(III) the applicable public hous-13
422422 ing agency is able to obtain the re-14
423423 sults of the inspection described in 15
424424 subclause (II). 16
425425 ‘‘(iv) R
426426 ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .— 17
427427 Nothing in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) shall be 18
428428 construed to affect the operation of a hous-19
429429 ing program described in, or authorized 20
430430 under a provision of law described in, that 21
431431 clause.’’. 22
432432 (b) P
433433 RE-APPROVAL OFUNITS.—Section 8(o)(8)(A) 23
434434 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 24
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438438 1437f(o)(8)(A)), is amended by adding at the end the fol-1
439439 lowing: 2
440440 ‘‘(iv) I
441441 NITIAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO 3
442442 LEASE AGREEMENT .— 4
443443 ‘‘(I) D
444444 EFINITION.—In this 5
445445 clause, the term ‘new landlord’ means 6
446446 an owner of a dwelling unit who has 7
447447 not previously entered into a housing 8
448448 assistance payment contract with a 9
449449 public housing agency under this sub-10
450450 section for any dwelling unit. 11
451451 ‘‘(II) E
452452 ARLY INSPECTION.—Upon 12
453453 the request of a new landlord, a public 13
454454 housing agency may inspect the dwell-14
455455 ing unit owned by the new landlord to 15
456456 determine whether the unit meets the 16
457457 housing quality standards under sub-17
458458 paragraph (B) before the unit is se-18
459459 lected by a tenant assisted under this 19
460460 subsection. 20
461461 ‘‘(III) E
462462 FFECT.—An inspection 21
463463 conducted under subclause (II) that 22
464464 determines that the dwelling unit 23
465465 meets the housing quality standards 24
466466 under subparagraph (B) shall satisfy 25
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470470 this subparagraph and subparagraph 1
471471 (C) if the new landlord enters into a 2
472472 lease agreement with a tenant assisted 3
473473 under this subsection not later than 4
474474 60 days after the date of the inspec-5
475475 tion. 6
476476 ‘‘(IV) I
477477 NFORMATION WHEN FAM -7
478478 ILY IS SELECTED.—When a public 8
479479 housing agency selects a family to 9
480480 participate in the tenant-based assist-10
481481 ance program under this subsection, 11
482482 the public housing agency shall in-12
483483 clude in the information provided to 13
484484 the family a list of dwelling units that 14
485485 have been inspected under subclause 15
486486 (II) and determined to meet the hous-16
487487 ing quality standards under subpara-17
488488 graph (B).’’. 18
489489 SEC. 7. SMALL AREA FAIR MARKET RENT. 19
490490 (a) U
491491 SE OFSMALLAREAFAIRMARKETRENT.— 20
492492 Section 8(o)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 21
493493 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(1)), is amended by adding at the end 22
494494 the following: 23
495495 ‘‘(F) S
496496 MALL AREA FAIR MARKET RENT .— 24
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500500 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this subpara-1
501501 graph— 2
502502 ‘‘(I) the term ‘metropolitan area’ 3
503503 means a metropolitan statistical area, 4
504504 as defined by the Office of Manage-5
505505 ment and Budget; and 6
506506 ‘‘(II) the term ‘small area fair 7
507507 market rent’ means the fair market 8
508508 rent established for a ZIP Code area 9
509509 within a metropolitan area. 10
510510 ‘‘(ii) U
511511 SE OF SMALL AREA FAIR MAR -11
512512 KET RENT.—Notwithstanding subsection 12
513513 (c) or any other provision of this sub-13
514514 section, not later than 3 years after the 14
515515 date of enactment of this subparagraph, 15
516516 the Secretary shall designate a number of 16
517517 metropolitan areas in which public housing 17
518518 agencies are required to use the small area 18
519519 fair market rent to determine the fair mar-19
520520 ket rental for dwelling units for purposes 20
521521 of tenant-based assistance under this sub-21
522522 section that is not less than 3 times the 22
523523 number of metropolitan areas so des-23
524524 ignated in the final rule of the Secretary 24
525525 entitled ‘Establishing a More Effective 25
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529529 Fair Market Rent System; Using Small 1
530530 Area Fair Market Rents in the Housing 2
531531 Choice Voucher Program Instead of the 3
532532 Current 50th Percentile FMRs’, published 4
533533 in the Federal Register on November 16, 5
534534 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 80567). 6
535535 ‘‘(iii) H
536536 OLD HARMLESS.—If the appli-7
537537 cation of clause (ii) would cause a decrease 8
538538 in the payment standard used to calculate 9
539539 the amount of tenant-based assistance pro-10
540540 vided to a family under this subsection, a 11
541541 public housing agency shall continue to use 12
542542 the existing higher payment standard to 13
543543 calculate the amount of such assistance for 14
544544 the family for as long as the family con-15
545545 tinues to receive such assistance in the 16
546546 same dwelling unit.’’. 17
547547 (b) C
548548 ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Section 8(o)(1)(B) 18
549549 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 19
550550 1437f(o)(1)(B)), is amended by inserting after ‘‘sub-20
551551 section (c)’’ the following: ‘‘(subject to subparagraph (F) 21
552552 of this paragraph)’’. 22
553553 SEC. 8. SECTION 8 MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM. 23
554554 (a) D
555555 EFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Section 24
556556 8 Management Assessment Program’’ means the program 25
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560560 set forth in part 985 of title 24, Code of Federal Regula-1
561561 tions (or any successor regulation). 2
562562 (b) D
563563 ECONCENTRATION OF PARTICIPATINGDWELL-3
564564 INGUNITS.—The Secretary shall explore ways to reform 4
565565 and modernize the Section 8 Management Assessment 5
566566 Program to assess public housing agencies in a manner 6
567567 that promotes— 7
568568 (1) positive interactions with landlords, includ-8
569569 ing timely payment of rent and identification of the 9
570570 dwelling unit for which a subsidy payment is being 10
571571 made; and 11
572572 (2) an increase in the diversity of areas where 12
573573 dwelling units are leased to support voucher holders 13
574574 who want to access to low-poverty, integrated neigh-14
575575 borhoods. 15
576576 (c) R
577577 ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub-16
578578 section (b) shall be construed to prevent the Secretary 17
579579 from— 18
580580 (1) reforming the Section 8 Management As-19
581581 sessment Program to assess public housing agencies 20
582582 in other areas of performance; or 21
583583 (2) reforming the Section 8 Management As-22
584584 sessment Program in any other manner, at the dis-23
585585 cretion of the Secretary. 24
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589589 SEC. 9. ANNUAL REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF ACT. 1
590590 (a) D
591591 EFINITIONS.—In this section— 2
592592 (1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-3
593593 mittees’’ means— 4
594594 (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 5
595595 and Urban Affairs of the Senate; 6
596596 (B) the Subcommittee on Transportation, 7
597597 Housing and Urban Development, and Related 8
598598 Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of 9
599599 the Senate; 10
600600 (C) the Committee on Financial Services of 11
601601 the House of Representatives; and 12
602602 (D) the Subcommittee on Transportation, 13
603603 Housing and Urban Development, and Related 14
604604 Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of 15
605605 the House of Representatives; and 16
606606 (2) the term ‘‘high-opportunity area’’— 17
607607 (A) shall be defined by the Secretary for 18
608608 purposes of this section; and 19
609609 (B) does not include any census tract in 20
610610 which the poverty rate is equal to or greater 21
611611 than 20 percent. 22
612612 (b) R
613613 EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 23
614614 of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 5 24
615615 total years, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 25
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619619 congressional committees and make publicly available a re-1
620620 port that— 2
621621 (1) evaluates the effectiveness of this Act and 3
622622 the amendments made by this Act in recruiting and 4
623623 retaining landlords who accept vouchers under the 5
624624 Housing Choice Voucher program, particularly land-6
625625 lords with dwelling units in high-opportunity neigh-7
626626 borhoods; and 8
627627 (2) includes— 9
628628 (A) the number of landlords in the United 10
629629 States who accept housing choice vouchers 11
630630 under the Housing Choice Voucher program 12
631631 and the number of dwelling units assisted under 13
632632 the Housing Choice Voucher program; 14
633633 (B) any net changes to the number of 15
634634 landlords or dwelling units described in sub-16
635635 paragraph (A) during the preceding year; 17
636636 (C) the number of landlords described in 18
637637 subparagraph (A) who own disability-accessible 19
638638 dwelling units assisted under the Housing 20
639639 Choice Voucher program and the number of 21
640640 those dwelling units; and 22
641641 (D) the number of landlords described in 23
642642 subparagraph (A) who own dwelling units as-24
643643 sisted under the Housing Choice Voucher pro-25
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647647 gram in high-opportunity areas and the number 1
648648 of those dwelling units. 2
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