3.0.0 2953 2023-01-11T13:30:35Z 2023-01-11T13:30:35Z House HR 2015-07-07 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 7, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CARNEY:H.R. 2953.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18The Congress shall have Power * * * To make all Laws whichshall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution theforegoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by theConstitution in the Government of the United States, or inany Department or Officer thereof.Article I, Section 8, Clause 3The Congress shall have Power * * * To regulate Commercewith foreign Nations, and among the several States, and withthe Indian Tribes.[Page H4861]]]> hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-07-07T18:00:47Z 2015-07-07 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2015-07-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-07-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001083 Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large] John Carney D DE C. N Housing and Community Development Housing and community development funding Low- and moderate-income housing Public housing Housing and Community Development 00 2015-07-07 Introduced in House 2015-09-14T16:17:50Z Housing Assistance Reform Act of 2015

This bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to increase the number of public housing agencies (PHAs) authorized to participate in the Moving to Work demonstration program by adding to it up to 60 high-performing, high-capacity PHAs, for a total of up to 300,000 housing vouchers and public housing units, over five years, to test and evaluate innovative models for improving economic self-sufficiency, mobility, academic performance, and other outcomes for tenants assisted by HUD.

Selected PHAs may not receive more funding under low-income housing assistance, the Capital Fund, or the Operating Fund of the United States Housing Act of 1937 than they otherwise would have received without designation as a high performer under the public housing assessment system and the Section 8 (low-income housing assistance) management assessment program.

If a PHA participating in the program before enactment of this Act has complied with the terms of its Moving to Work agreement, then HUD:

  • must extend the PHA's agreement under the same terms in effect on the agreement's date of expiration, and
  • may not alter the formula allocation for the agency's funding.

There shall no longer be any limitation, under the Rental Assistance Demonstration specified in the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (as amended), on the number of PHA and certain other multifamily housing units receiving Public Housing Capital and Operating Funds assistance or low-income moderate rehabilitation program assistance that may be converted to tenant-based or project-based rental assistance units.

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