[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4085 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4085

  To terminate the property disposition program of the Department of 
 Housing and Urban Development providing single family properties for 
                         use for the homeless.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 17, 1996

 Mr. Baker of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. Bachus, and Mr. Lazio of New 
    York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Banking and Financial Services

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
  To terminate the property disposition program of the Department of 
 Housing and Urban Development providing single family properties for 
                         use for the homeless.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) while there is a pressing need to serve homeless 
        families and individuals, the program of the Department of 
        Housing and Urban Development for disposition of single family 
        properties for use by the homeless is ineffective;
            (2) Federal housing programs for the homeless must serve 
        homeless families and individuals at a reasonable cost to 
        taxpayers; and
            (3) the single family property disposition program for the 
        homeless is poorly designed and administered, drains critical 
        human and financial resources from the Department of Housing 
        and Urban Development, is fraught with abuse and fraud, and, 
        therefore, is a poor use of taxpayer assets.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF PROGRAM.

    The program for disposition of single family properties acquired by 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development for use by the homeless 
under subpart E of part 291 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations is 
hereby terminated and no properties may be disposed of under such 
program. The provisions of such subpart shall have no force or effect.
                                 <all>