[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4133 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4133

To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to ensure accountability 
      in the provision of public housing, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 30, 2015

  Mr. Byrne introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to ensure accountability 
      in the provision of public housing, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Public Housing Accountability Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. INCOME REVIEWS.

    Section 3(a) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437a(a)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence of paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``at the time of their initial 
                occupancy of such units.''; and
                    (B) by inserting a period after ``low-income 
                families'';
            (2) by amending the second sentence of paragraph (1) to 
        read as follows: ``Reviews of family income shall be made at 
        the time of their initial occupancy of such units, at least 
        annually, and as required by paragraph (6)''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) Reviews of family income.--Reviews of family income 
        for purposes of this section shall be made at any time the 
        income or deductions (under subsection (b)(5)) of the family 
        change by an amount that is estimated to result in an increase 
        of 10 percent or more in annual adjusted income, or such other 
        amount as the Secretary may by notice establish, except that a 
        public housing agency or owner may elect not to conduct such 
        review in the last three months of a certification period.''.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO OCCUPANCY BY OVER-INCOME FAMILIES IN CERTAIN 
              PUBLIC HOUSING.

    Paragraph (5) of section 3(a) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(5) Occupancy by over-income families in certain public 
        housing.--
                    ``(A) Notice.--If a public housing agency 
                determines that a family residing in a dwelling unit in 
                public housing is an over-income family because of an 
                income review conducted under this subsection, the 
                public housing agency shall notify such family of that 
                determination.
                    ``(B) Termination of tenancy.--Within 30 days of 
                receipt of a notice described in subparagraph (A), an 
                over-income family residing in a dwelling unit in 
                public housing--
                            ``(i) may submit an appeal of determination 
                        that includes additional documentation that was 
                        not included during the income review to 
                        confirm eligibility for tenancy in public 
                        housing; or
                            ``(ii) shall vacate the dwelling unit.
                    ``(C) PHA appeals determination.--A public housing 
                agency shall review an appeal submitted under 
                subparagraph (B)(i) and notify the over-income family 
                about the results of an appeal within 30 days of 
                receipt of the appeal. If the public housing agency 
                finds in such review that the over-income family is 
                ineligible for tenancy in public housing, the family 
                shall vacate the dwelling unit within 30 days of 
                receipt of the results of an appeal.
                    ``(D) Definition.--For purposes of this paragraph, 
                the term `over-income family' means an individual or 
                family ineligible to reside in a dwelling unit in 
                public housing because such family is not a low-income 
                family at the time--
                            ``(i) an annual income review is conducted 
                        under paragraph (1); or
                            ``(ii) a review is conducted pursuant to 
                        paragraph (6).''.
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