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HR 4161 110th Congress House Housing and Community Development Armed Forces and National Security Families Family services Homeless Housing subsidies Low-income housing Nonprofit organizations Rent Social Welfare Veterans' benefits

Veterans Homelessness Prevention Act

Introduced: November 13, 2007 Introduced by: Green, Al Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 25, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Nov 16, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 13, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 13, 2007
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans Homelessness Prevention Act - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish a pilot program to provide assistance to private nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives to expand the supply of supportive housing for certain very low-income veteran families.

Allows such assistance to be in the form of: (1) a grant for costs of planning a supportive housing project; (2) a capital advance for such project; and (3) project rental assistance.

Requires the Secretary to coordinate with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that any housing assistance provided to veterans or veteran families includes a range of services tailored to the needs of very low-income veteran families.

Requires HUD periodically to establish development cost limitations by market area for various types and sizes of such supportive housing.

Establishes a special housing account.

Requires the owner of such supportive housing to adopt HUD-approved tenant selection procedures.

Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to extend to all homeless veterans, regardless of medical condition, the program of rental vouchers for Department of Veterans Affairs supported housing, which is currently limited to homeless veterans who have chronic mental illnesses or chronic substance use disorders.

What's happening now March 25, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2