H.R. 4737 · 108th Congress
To provide additional exemptions from the community service requirement for a resident of a public housing project.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Gregory Meeks
- Introduced
- 2004-06-25
- Latest action
- 2004-08-03 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Summary
Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to include among the exemptions from the public housing community service requirement a resident who: (1) is 60 years or older (currently 62 years or older); (2) is in her third trimester of pregnancy; (3) is a parent or guardian of a child under the age of five and resides with the child; (4) has reported being the victim of domestic violence to a local law enforcement agency on at least one occasion during the previous 12 months and such agency has not found that the individual's report is without merit; (5) is unemployed and resides with a child under the age of 14 and the individual's spouse, who is employed full-time; (6) provides more than 20 hours per week of unpaid childcare to a child with respect to whom the individual is not a parent or guardian; or (7) is eligible to receive food stamps.