Housing Access Improvement Act
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Housing Access Improvement Act
This bill increases from 20% to 50% the amount of funding for the Housing Choice Voucher program that a public housing agency (PHA) may use for project-based vouchers. (This program subsidizes rent for low-income recipients.)
Under current law, a PHA must use at least 80% of its funding for tenant-based vouchers (which subsidize recipients' rental of any private apartment that meets program guidelines) and may use up to 20% of its funding for project-based vouchers (which attach to a specific rental unit that the landlord commits to make available for voucher recipients for a contracted term).
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8539: Housing Access Improvement Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8539/
"H.R. 8539: Housing Access Improvement Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8539/.
H.R. 8539, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8539/.
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