H.R. 173 · 110th Congress
One Strike and You're Out! Act of 2007
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Barbara Lee
- Introduced
- 2007-01-04
- Latest action
- 2007-03-16 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Summary
One Strike and You're Out! Act of 2007 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exempt a tenant in public housing or housing assisted under the section 8 rental assistance program from the eviction for criminal or drug-related criminal activity provisions if such activity was engaged in by a member under the tenant's control and the tenant: (1) is elderly or disabled; (2) did not know and should not have known of the activity; or (3) the tenant or member of household was the victim of the criminal activity.
Requires public housing agencies to report annually on the number of such evictions.