3.0.0 3088 2022-10-28T01:46:16Z 2022-10-28T01:46:16Z Senate S 2019-12-18 116 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-12-18T20:22:15Z 2019-12-18 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-12-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2019-12-18 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2019-12-18 True Housing and Community Development Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Civil actions and liability Department of Housing and Urban Development Government liability Housing and community development funding Housing industry and standards Landlord and tenant Low- and moderate-income housing Public contracts and procurement Public housing Residential rehabilitation and home repair User charges and fees Housing and Community Development 00 2019-12-18 Introduced in Senate 2020-12-09T20:34:29Z Averting Crises in Housing Assistance Act or the ACHA Act

This bill creates a mechanism for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to identify and rehabilitate public housing agency (PHA) properties that are failing and revises requirements for contracts between PHAs and HUD.

After designating a property as failing based on its physical condition or residents' complaints, HUD must enter into an agreement with the PHA to establish an action plan to restore the property to good condition. HUD must require the PHA to notify the residents of the property of the timelines and deadlines established by the plan. HUD must also provide technical and other assistance to the PHA and must provide housing vouchers to tenants wishing to relocate during the rehabilitation process.

Residents of a failing property may sue HUD for damages if the property is not restored to good condition within one year after the PHA establishes an action plan.

Additionally, the bill allows a consortium of PHAs to enter into a single annual contributions contract (i.e., the contract under which HUD agrees to pay a PHA for housing assistance and administrative fees).

]]> ACHA Act Display Title ACHA Act Short Title(s) as Introduced ACHA Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Averting Crises in Housing Assistance Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide assistance to public housing agencies that have failing properties in their inventories in order to protect the health and safety of public housing residents, to allow consortia to enter into single annual contributions contracts, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3088is/xml/BILLS-116s3088is.xml 2019-12-18 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.