3.0.0 1668 2023-01-12T17:52:46Z 2023-01-12T17:52:46Z Senate S S 2007-06-20 110 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-06-20T19:39:53Z 2007-06-20 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8065-8073) IntroReferral 2007-06-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8064-8065) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN N L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2007-06-20 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-06-27 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-07-17 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-07-19 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-07-30 False O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2007-07-30 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2007-09-11 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2007-09-11 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2007-11-01 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2007-11-01 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2008-01-23 False Housing and Community Development Alabama Block grants Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Community development Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Disaster insurance Disaster relief Displaced persons Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Federal aid to housing Finance and Financial Sector Floods Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Home repair and improvement Housing discrimination Housing subsidies Hurricanes Infrastructure Louisiana Mississippi Public housing Rent Rental housing Residential rehabilitation Social Welfare Surveys Volunteer workers Water Resources Development Housing and Community Development 00 2007-06-20 Introduced in Senate 2007-12-04T18:52:13Z Gulf Coast Housing Recovery Act of 2007 - Requires the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to allow specified uses by Louisiana of certain funds under the Road Home Program.

Requires state reports, made public on the Internet, on each state grant program for household assistance programs funded with community development block grant (CDBG) disaster assistance.

Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to require Louisiana to make certain funds available for specified community development pilot programs in Orleans and other parishes.

Authorizes additional funds for the Road Home Program.

Permits a state or locality to use, as a matching requirement, share, or contribution for any other federal program, certain CDBG funds previously made available for disaster relief, long-term recovery, and infrastructure restoration in major disaster areas affected by Hurricane Katrina, Rita, or Wilma.

Authorizes appropriations to HUD, via FEMA, of certain Hurricane-related unobligated disaster relief funds to reimburse metropolitan cities and urban counties for amounts used to provide rental housing assistance to hurricane-evacuated families.

Directs the Secretary to provide for an independent survey of public housing residents of New Orleans about returning to a repaired public housing or comparable dwelling unit.

Sets a deadline for the Housing Authority of New Orleans (Authority) to make a certain number of dwelling units available for occupancy.

Grants a right of return to previous public housing households.

Prohibits the Authority from: (1) preventing such households from occupying a replacement dwelling unit, except as prohibited by federal law; or (2) demolishing or disposing of any public housing dwelling unit operated or administered by it (including any uninhabitable unit), except pursuant to a HUD-approved replacement plan.

Requires the Secretary to report to certain congressional committees on all public housing projects in the Katrina or Rita disaster areas for which plans exist to transfer ownership to other entities or agencies.

Authorizes appropriations for repair and rehabilitation of the Authority's public housing.

Extends through June 30, 2008, the HUD Disaster Voucher Program and the Secretary's authority to waive specified requirements related to section 8 rental assistance.

Provides for: (1) tenant replacement vouchers for all lost units; (2) voucher assistance for households receiving FEMA assistance, including residents of FEMA trailers; (3) voucher assistance for supportive housing; (4) waiver of limitations on project-basing of vouchers; (5) preservation of project-based housing assistance payments contracts for dwelling units damaged or destroyed; and (6) reimbursement to landlords for damages resulting from abrogation by FEMA of commitments entered into under the city lease program.

Prohibits the HUD Secretary from denying conveyance of property title to HUD and payment of hazard or flood insurance benefits in specified circumstances.

Establishes within HUD an FHA-New Orleans Homeownership Opportunities Initiative.

Authorizes appropriations for the fair housing initiatives program.

Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on methods of improving distribution of federal housing funds to assist states with hurricane recovery.

Commends the actions and efforts by individuals and organizations who contributed to the hurricane relief effort.

]]> Gulf Coast Housing Recovery Act of 2007 Display Title Gulf Coast Housing Recovery Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to assist in providing affordable housing to those affected by the 2005 hurricanes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Gulf Coast Housing Recovery Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1668is/xml/BILLS-110s1668is.xml 2007-06-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8065-8073) 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.