S 2486
116th Congress
Senate
Housing and Community Development
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Housing and community development funding
Insurance industry and regulation
Landlord and tenant
Prevent Evictions Act of 2019
Introduced: September 17, 2019
Introduced by:
Hassan, Margaret Wood
Democratic
· New Hampshire
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 17, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sep 17, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Prevent Evictions Act of 2019
This bill creates a grant program, administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), for states, local governments, tribal governments, and other public or nonprofit entities to establish or administer landlord-tenant mediation programs in which tenants may participate at no cost.
In addition, HUD must propose a demonstration project to test an insurance model for preventing evictions.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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