H.R. 5793 · 115th Congress
Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Sean Duffy
- Introduced
- 2018-05-15
- Latest action
- 2018-07-11 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Summary
Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018
(Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to implement a mobility demonstration program to enable public housing agencies (PHAs) 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 PHAs applying to participate in the program to submit a specified Regional Housing Mobility Plan.