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HR 4133 114th Congress House

Public Housing Accountability Act of 2015

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

Introduced: February 24, 2016 See on congress.gov
Housing and Community Development Low- and moderate-income housingPublic housing
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Nov 30, 2015
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Public Housing Accountability Act of 2015

This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to add a requirement for periodic review of family income with respect to rental assistance for low-income families.

Reviews of family income shall be made at any time the family income changes by an amount estimated to result in an increase of 10% or more in annual adjusted income (or such other amount as the Department of Housing and Urban Development may establish). A public housing agency (PHA) or owner may elect not to conduct such a review in the last three months of a period during which the family is certified eligible for rental assistance.

The bill also revises the authorization for a PHA that owns or operates fewer than 250 units to lease a dwelling unit in a public housing project, on a month-to-month basis, to an over-income family if there are no eligible families applying to the PHA for housing assistance for that month. The PHA must give a 30-day notice-to-vacate, subject to a specified appeal procedure, to any family determined over-income because of an income review.

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All 2 Republican 1
Roby, Martha
· Mar 15, 2016
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Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Georgia · Feb 24, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4133: Public Housing Accountability Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4133/
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