S. 291

Referred to Committee

Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2019

Introduced 1/31/2019•116th Congress•Senate

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

1/31/2019 • Senate

Summary

Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2019

This bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to implement a mobility demonstration program to enable public housing agencies (PHAs) to administer housing-choice rental-assistance vouchers in a manner designed to (1) encourage low-income families receiving such assistance to move to lower-poverty areas, and (2) expand access to opportunity areas.

HUD shall require PHAs applying to participate in the program to submit a specified Regional Housing Mobility Plan.

Introduced in Senate • 1/31/2019

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Topics & Subjects

Policy Area: Housing and Community Development

Congressional oversightGovernment information and archivesHousing and community development fundingHousing supply and affordabilityLow- and moderate-income housingPublic housingUser charges and fees