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119th Congress

S. 1091

Rural Housing Accessibility Act

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor
Joni Ernst(R-IA)
Introduced
Mar 24, 2025
Policy area
Housing and Community Development
Committees
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Official text
Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (1)

Original cosponsors (1)

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in Senate” version

Rural Housing Accessibility Act This bill requires a public housing agency (PHA) that uses less than 95% of its budget authority in a given year to accept a housing choice voucher from a family that received the voucher from an agency in a different jurisdiction. The PHA that accepts the voucher (1) must make assistance payments to the family under an annual contributions contract, and (2) may not bill the initial PHA for the assistance payments for more than 12 months.

Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

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