COVID-19 Serving the Homeless by Expanding the List of Tenant Eligible Residences Act of 2020 or the SHELTER Act of 2020 This bill expands the housing choice voucher program for low-income families and authorizes additional vouchers. Specifically, the bill authorizes incremental housing vouchers for families that were unsheltered or living in shelters as of the March 13, 2020, presidential emergency declaration relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Such vouchers may be used to rent an eligible housing unit under the existing program or to rent other types of housing, including recreation vehicles, hotel or motel rooms, and short-term rental units. Further, the bill waives certain requirements for receiving such assistance, such as requirements related to income verification and lease duration. The bill also authorizes additional incremental vouchers under the existing housing choice voucher program.
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Housing and Community Development
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightEmergency medical services and trauma careGovernment studies and investigationsHomelessness and emergency shelterHousing and community development fundingInfectious and parasitic diseasesLandlord and tenantLow- and moderate-income housingPublic housingState and local government operations
SHELTER Act of 2020
USA116th CongressHR-6823| House
| Updated: 5/12/2020
COVID-19 Serving the Homeless by Expanding the List of Tenant Eligible Residences Act of 2020 or the SHELTER Act of 2020 This bill expands the housing choice voucher program for low-income families and authorizes additional vouchers. Specifically, the bill authorizes incremental housing vouchers for families that were unsheltered or living in shelters as of the March 13, 2020, presidential emergency declaration relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Such vouchers may be used to rent an eligible housing unit under the existing program or to rent other types of housing, including recreation vehicles, hotel or motel rooms, and short-term rental units. Further, the bill waives certain requirements for receiving such assistance, such as requirements related to income verification and lease duration. The bill also authorizes additional incremental vouchers under the existing housing choice voucher program.
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightEmergency medical services and trauma careGovernment studies and investigationsHomelessness and emergency shelterHousing and community development fundingInfectious and parasitic diseasesLandlord and tenantLow- and moderate-income housingPublic housingState and local government operations