A bill to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out a housing choice voucher mobility demonstration to encourage families receiving the voucher assistance to move to lower-poverty areas and expand access to opportunity areas.
Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018 This bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to implement a mobility demonstration program to enable public housing agencies 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 public housing agencies applying to participate in the program to submit a specified Regional Housing Mobility Plan.
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A bill to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out a housing choice voucher mobility demonstration to encourage families receiving the voucher assistance to move to lower-poverty areas and expand access to opportunity areas.
USA115th CongressS-2945| Senate
| Updated: 5/24/2018
Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018 This bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to implement a mobility demonstration program to enable public housing agencies 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 public housing agencies applying to participate in the program to submit a specified Regional Housing Mobility Plan.
Congressional oversightGovernment information and archivesHousing and community development fundingHousing supply and affordabilityLow- and moderate-income housingPublic housingUser charges and fees