H.R. 2398

Referred to Committee

Veteran HOUSE Act of 2020

Introduced 4/30/2019•116th Congress•House

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

1/14/2020 • Senate

Summary

Veteran Housing Opportunities and Unemployment Support Extension Act of 2020 or the Veteran HOUSE Act of 2020

This bill expands eligibility for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Veterans Affairs-Supported Housing (VASH) rental voucher assistance to homeless veterans honorably discharged or released from active military, naval, or air service regardless of length of service. According to federal regulations, HUD was granted authority in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 to waive or provide an alternative for the current requirement that HUD-VASH assistance be targeted to homeless veterans who have chronic mental illnesses or chronic substance-use disorders.

Passed House • 1/13/2020

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Topics & Subjects

Policy Area: Housing and Community Development

Congressional oversightHomelessness and emergency shelterVeterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

CBO Cost Estimates (2)

H.R. 2398, a bill to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 and title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the HUD-VASH program, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit annual reports to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 8, 2019

Published: May 29, 2019

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on November 14, 2019

Published: November 20, 2019