3.0.0 1638 2023-01-11T13:37:02Z 2023-01-11T13:37:02Z Senate S 2017-07-26 115 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-07-26T21:05:33Z Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act of 2018 115 2069 HR 2018-11-14 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 800. Related bill CRS 2017-07-26 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-07-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2017-07-26 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2017-07-26 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2017-07-26 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2017-07-26 True S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2017-07-26 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2017-07-31 False Housing and Community Development Adoption and foster care Congressional oversight Homelessness and emergency shelter Housing and community development funding Low- and moderate-income housing Public housing Rural conditions and development Housing and Community Development 00 2017-07-26 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-14T16:13:17Z Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act of 2017

This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to include within the definition of "families" a child who is in foster care and has attained an age such that the provision of foster care for such child will end by reason of the age of the child within six months.

Preference is given, subject to certain terms and conditions, for public housing occupancy and section 8 housing assistance under such Act to certain otherwise eligible children who are aging out of foster care and are at-risk for homelessness.

The bill amends the Housing Act of 1949 to give preference for rural rental assistance to certain otherwise eligible children who are aging out of foster care and are at-risk of homelessness.

]]> Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act of 2017 Display Title Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide priority under certain federally assisted housing programs to assist youths who are aging out of foster care, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1638is/xml/BILLS-115s1638is.xml 2017-07-26 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.