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        <title>To authorize 700 incremental vouchers for tenant-based rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to help meet the housing needs of low-income families in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.</title>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Housing Opportunities Made Easier Act or the HOME Act - Instructs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to: (1) provide 150,000 incremental vouchers to public housing agencies in FY2009 for tenant-based rental housing assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; and (2) renew such vouchers in each ensuing fiscal year.</p>]]></text>
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