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Emergency Housing Voucher Act of 2020

Introduced: July 2, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Jul 2, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Jul 2, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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Emergency Housing Voucher Act of 2020

This bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide emergency rental assistance vouchers to public housing agencies (PHAs) to administer to eligible low-income families. In administering such vouchers, PHAs must give preference to families that are (1) homeless; (2) at risk of homelessness; or (3) fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.

What's happening now July 2, 2020

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

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 7301 Related bill Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020
  • HR 7084 Related bill Emergency Housing Voucher Act of 2020
 Bill text 1 version

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Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Jul 2, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4164: Emergency Housing Voucher Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4164/
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"S. 4164: Emergency Housing Voucher Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4164/.
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S. 4164, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4164/.
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