3.0.0 2684 2019-11-15T21:47:15Z 2019-11-15T21:47:15Z Senate S S 2008-03-03 110 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing ssbk09 Housing, Transportation, and Community Development Subcommittee Hearings by 2008-04-16T20:16:24Z Referred to 2008-03-03T19:53:34Z Section 8 Voucher Reform Act of 2007 110 1851 HR 2007-07-16 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Related bill CRS 2008-04-16 ssbk09 Housing, Transportation, and Community Development Subcommittee Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Senate Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development. Hearings held. Committee 2008-03-03 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 S1470-1480) IntroReferral 2008-03-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1469-1470, S1480-1482) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-03-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN N S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2008-03-03 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2008-03-03 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2008-03-03 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2008-03-03 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2008-03-10 False K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2008-04-01 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2008-04-14 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2008-04-22 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2008-04-22 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2008-05-22 False Housing and Community Development Administrative fees Apartment houses Commerce Congress Congressional investigations Consumer credit Disabled Economics and Public Finance Employment of the disabled English language Federal aid to housing Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Home ownership Housing for the disabled Housing subsidies Income Income tax Labor and Employment Law Low-income housing Public housing Rent Social Welfare Tax credits Taxation Welfare eligibility Housing and Community Development 00 2008-03-03 Introduced in Senate 2008-07-29T19:41:13Z Section 8 Voucher Reform Act of 2008 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise requirements for public housing agency (PHA) inspections of each dwelling unit for which a housing assistance payment contract is established. Requires an initial inspection before any assistance payment is made. Allows such payments if failure to meet standards is a result only of non-life threatening conditions.

Permits a PHA, in the case of projects receiving certain federal housing subsidies, to authorize occupancy before completion of an initial inspection.

Requires biennial inspections (currently annual inspections) to determine compliance. Provides, upon a family's request, for interim inspections.

Prescribes requirements for reviews and calculation of family income.

Prescribes eligibility criteria for assistance based upon assets and income.

Revises requirements governing: (1) assistance to low-income working families; (2) tenant-based contract renewals; (3) administrative fees; and (4) the home ownership downpayment grant program.

Authorizes a PHA to report to certain consumer reporting agencies information regarding the past rent payment history of a family receiving housing choice vouchers.

Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish standards and procedures for assessing PHA performance in carrying out the programs for tenant-based rental assistance and for homeownership assistance, including biennial assessments.

Revises the rent calculation for housing assistance payment contracts.

Directs the Secretary to endeavor to define market areas.

Limits a PHA's elective applicant screening.

Revises requirements for enhanced voucher assistance.

Authorizes the Secretary to provide preservation project-based voucher assistance in lieu of enhanced voucher assistance upon request of the owner of the multifamily housing project.

Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with the Social Security Administration and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to permit HUD participation in certain state demonstration programs providing for persons with significant disabilities to be employed and to continue to receive certain federal and state benefits.

Requires the Comptroller General to identify and report to Congress on obstacles to using vouchers in federally subsidized housing projects.

Requires state agencies to furnish to the Secretary certain data on tenants in low-income housing projects receiving tax credits under the Internal Revenue Code.

Authorizes a PHA to use subsidy payments otherwise due the owner to pay for continued utility service to avoid hardship to program participants.

Requires the Secretary to provide access to HUD programs for persons with limited English proficiency.

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