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To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to consider the availability of affordable housing in allocating amounts made available for fiscal year 2017 for the Veterans Affairs-Supported Housing program, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-3313| House 
| Updated: 7/19/2017
Mark Meadows

Mark Meadows

Republican Representative

North Carolina

Financial Services Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Prioritize Housing for Homeless Veterans Act of 201 7 This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development, in making certain Veterans Affairs-Supported Housing program funds available among public-housing agencies (PHAs) for rental voucher assistance for homeless veterans who have chronic mental illnesses or chronic substance-use disorders, to: (1) consider, together with current factors, the extent of availability in the areas served by PHAs of housing that is affordable to low-income families; and (2) give priority to metropolitan areas having an efficiency fair-market rent that has increased by more than 10% over the most recent five-year period for which such information is available.
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Timeline
Jul 19, 2017
Introduced in House
Jul 19, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • July 19, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • July 19, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Housing and Community Development

Drug, alcohol, tobacco useHousing supply and affordabilityLow- and moderate-income housingMental healthPublic housingVeterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to consider the availability of affordable housing in allocating amounts made available for fiscal year 2017 for the Veterans Affairs-Supported Housing program, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-3313| House 
| Updated: 7/19/2017
Prioritize Housing for Homeless Veterans Act of 201 7 This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development, in making certain Veterans Affairs-Supported Housing program funds available among public-housing agencies (PHAs) for rental voucher assistance for homeless veterans who have chronic mental illnesses or chronic substance-use disorders, to: (1) consider, together with current factors, the extent of availability in the areas served by PHAs of housing that is affordable to low-income families; and (2) give priority to metropolitan areas having an efficiency fair-market rent that has increased by more than 10% over the most recent five-year period for which such information is available.
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Timeline
Jul 19, 2017
Introduced in House
Jul 19, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • July 19, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • July 19, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Mark Meadows

Mark Meadows

Republican Representative

North Carolina

Financial Services Committee

Housing and Community Development

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Drug, alcohol, tobacco useHousing supply and affordabilityLow- and moderate-income housingMental healthPublic housingVeterans' loans, housing, homeless programs