Improving Emergency Disease Response via Housing Act of 2020 2020-09-21 Passed House Improving Emergency Disease Response via Housing Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to share with the Department of Health and Human Services information regarding populations that are particularly vulnerable to or at risk of contracting COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, HUD must identify the location of projects for supportive housing for the elderly and the location of Continuums of Care with a high concentration of unsheltered homelessness.

]]> 2020-03-19 Introduced in House Improving Emergency Disease Response via Housing Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to share with the Department of Health and Human Services information regarding populations that are particularly vulnerable to or at risk of contracting COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, HUD must identify the location of projects for supportive housing for the elderly and provide any information available regarding encampments of homeless individuals and other areas that have a high concentration of homelessness.

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