3.0.0 771 2018-02-03T20:21:41Z 2018-02-05T15:24:38Z Senate S S 2005-04-13 109 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-04-13T17:13:00Z State and Local Housing Flexibility Act of 2005 109 1999 HR 2006-05-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. Identical bill CRS 2005-04-13 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2005-04-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000109 Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] A. ALLARD R CO WAYNE N Housing and Community Development Administrative fees Administrative procedure Affordable housing Alcoholism Auditing Congress Congressional investigations Crime and Law Enforcement Demography Department of Housing and Urban Development Disabled Drug abuse Drug traffic Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Families Federal aid to housing Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Fugitives from justice Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Home ownership Housing authorities Housing for the aged Housing for the disabled Housing management Housing subsidies Income Labor and Employment Landlord and tenant Law Low-income housing Parole Performance measurement Police Probation Public housing Rent Rental housing Saving and investment Security measures Social Welfare Standards Welfare eligibility Welfare work participation Housing and Community Development 00 2005-04-13 Introduced in Senate 2005-05-18T15:17:39Z State and Local Housing Flexibility Act of 2005 - Flexible Voucher Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make grants to public housing agencies to provide tenant-based and project-based rental assistance, and tenant-based first-time homeownership assistance to low-income individuals. (This program replaces the housing choice voucher program.) Sets forth program provisions.

Continues the following section 8 (United States Housing Act of 1937) programs for current beneficiaries: (1) tenant-based rental or homeownership assistance; (2) project-based voucher assistance; and (3) elderly and disabled family assistance.

Public Housing Rent Flexibility and Simplification Act of 2005 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise public housing rental payment provisions to provide that public housing dwelling units shall be rented only to and occupied by low-income families that do not own a significant interest in real property and do not have assets exceeding an amount established by the Secretary at the time of their initial occupancy.

Requires income reviews at least once every two years, except for elderly or disabled families who shall be reviewed at least once every three years.

Sets forth rent structure guidelines.

Authorizes a public housing agency: (1) to allow a police officer who is not otherwise eligible for public housing residence to reside in a public housing dwelling unit in order to increase security for residents; (2) that owns or operates fewer than 250 public housing dwelling units to lease on a month-to-month basis to over-income families if no eligible families apply for housing assistance for that month; and (3) to establish tenant escrow savings accounts.

Moving to Work Program Act of 2005 - Amends the Housing Act of 1937 to direct the Secretary to establish the Moving to Work Program, under which eligible public housing agencies may combine operating assistance, modernization assistance, and assistance provided under this Act to provide housing assistance for low-income families and services to facilitate the transition to work. Sets forth program provisions.

]]> State and Local Housing Flexibility Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced State and Local Housing Flexibility Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Moving to Work Program Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Public Housing Rent Flexibility and Simplification Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Flexible Voucher Act of 2005 Display Title State and Local Housing Flexibility Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to better assist low-income families to obtain decent, safe, and affordable housing as a means of increasing their economic and personal well-being through the conversion of the existing section 8 housing choice voucher program into a flexible voucher program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2005-04-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s771is/xml/BILLS-109s771is.xml 2005-04-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 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.