3.0.0 5561 2023-01-13T04:50:50Z 2023-01-13T04:50:50Z House H HR 2006-06-08 109 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Referred to 2006-06-16T15:27:16Z Referred to 2006-06-08T14:01:35Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-06-08T14:01:40Z hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-06-08T14:01:30Z Homes for Heroes Act of 2006 109 3475 S 2006-06-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Related bill CRS 2006-06-16 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Committee 2006-06-08 Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2006-06-08 Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2006-06-08 Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2006-06-08 Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2006-06-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-06-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress A000210 Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] ROBERT ANDREWS D NJ E. 1 N R000574 Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1] Rick Renzi R AZ 1 2006-06-08 True Armed Forces and National Security Affordable housing Building construction Commerce Congregate housing Congressional reporting requirements Construction industries Construction workers Consumer cooperatives Department of Veterans Affairs Disabled Economics and Public Finance Energy Energy conservation Energy efficiency Executive reorganization Families Federal aid to housing Federal officials Government Operations and Politics Homeless Housing and Community Development Housing authorities Housing finance Housing statistics Housing subsidies Income tax Indian housing Labor and Employment Low-income housing Metropolitan areas Minimum wages Minorities Native Americans Nonprofit organizations Planning Public housing Rent Rental housing Residential rehabilitation Social Welfare Surveys Survivors' benefits Tax credits Taxation Urban affairs Urban housing Veterans' benefits Veterans' disability compensation Veterans' pensions Wages Welfare eligibility Armed Forces and National Security 00 2006-06-08 Introduced in House 2006-09-12T15:36:43Z Homes for Heroes Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide assistance to private nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives to expand the supply of supportive housing for very low-income (not exceeding 50 percent of area median income) veteran families.

Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to: (1) make housing rental vouchers available to homeless veterans; and (2) include veterans in public housing planning.

Excludes veterans' benefits from income for purposes of HUD assisted housing rental determinations.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) make grants to nonprofit entities for technical assistance in sponsoring HUD housing projects for veterans; and (2) report annually to specified congressional committees on HUD activities relating to veterans.

Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to establish in HUD a Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs to: (1) ensure veteran access to HUD housing and homeless assistance programs; (2) coordinate all HUD programs and activities relating to veterans; and (3) serve as a HUD liaison with officials of organizations concerned with veterans.

]]> Homes for Heroes Act Display Title Homes for Heroes Act Official Title as Introduced To provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Homes for Heroes Act Introduced in House 2006-06-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr5561ih/xml/BILLS-109hr5561ih.xml 2006-06-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.