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S. 2945 115th Congress Senate

Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018

Official title: A bill to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out a housing choice voucher mobility demonstration to encourage families receiving… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out a housing choice voucher mobility demonstration to encourage families receiving the voucher assistance to move to lower-poverty areas and expand access to opportunity areas.

Introduced: May 24, 2018 Introduced by: Todd Young Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
May 24, 2018
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 Latest action May 24, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018

This bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to implement a mobility demonstration program to enable public housing agencies to administer housing-choice rental-assistance vouchers in a manner designed to (1) encourage low-income families receiving such assistance to move to lower-poverty areas, and (2) expand access to opportunity areas.

HUD shall require public housing agencies applying to participate in the program to submit a specified Regional Housing Mobility Plan.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5793 Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Sep 24, 2018
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jul 24, 2018
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · May 24, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2945: Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2945/
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"S. 2945: Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2945/.
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S. 2945, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2945/.
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