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HR 5602 115th Congress House

Affordable Housing Protection Act

Official title: To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to establish pass-through lease arrangements for uninhabitable dwelling units, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 17, 2018 See on congress.gov
Housing and Community Development Housing industry and standardsLow- and moderate-income housingResidential rehabilitation and home repair
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Apr 24, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Apr 24, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 24, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Affordable Housing Protection Act

This bill requires an owner receiving low-income housing assistance for a dwelling unit that becomes uninhabitable to temporarily lease, for the unit's resident, a habitable dwelling unit in another building while the uninhabitable unit is repaired.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3
Shea-Porter, Carol
· Jul 24, 2018
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Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · May 17, 2018
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · May 17, 2018
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Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Apr 24, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5602: Affordable Housing Protection Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5602/
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"H.R. 5602: Affordable Housing Protection Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5602/.
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H.R. 5602, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5602/.
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