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HR 1648 98th Congress House

Tenant Rental Contribution Act of 1983

Official title: A bill to provide that the tenant contribution toward rental payments under certain lower income housing assistance programs may not exceed 25 percent of adjusted income, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 24, 1983 See on congress.gov
Housing and Community Development Federal aid to housingHousing and Housing FinanceIncomeLow-income housing
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Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Feb 24, 1983
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 Latest action February 24, 1983

Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Tenant Rental Contribution Act of 1983 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to declare that income limits for occupancy and rents in public housing shall be fixed by the public housing agency and approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Decreases from 30 to 25 the percentage of a tenant's adjusted income payable as rent for: (1) public housing under such Act; (2) rental housing assisted under the National Housing Act; or (3) rental housing assisted through the rent supplement program of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965.

Applies the definitions of the terms "income" and "adjusted income" under the United States Housing Act of 1937 to such other Acts. Amends such definitions to specify: (1) amounts to be excluded from "income"; and (2) amounts to be deducted from "income" to determine "adjusted income."

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3
FROST, MARTIN
· Feb 24, 1983
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 24, 1983
MOLLOHAN, ALAN
· Feb 24, 1983
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Feb 24, 1983
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Feb 24, 1983
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1648: Tenant Rental Contribution Act of 1983. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1648/
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"H.R. 1648: Tenant Rental Contribution Act of 1983." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1648/.
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H.R. 1648, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1648/.
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