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To authorize the appropriation of $2,000,000,000 for rental vouchers for high population areas, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill authorizes $2 billion in federal funding for rental vouchers to be distributed to public housing agencies serving high-growth population areas. Eligible areas are those with populations exceeding 100,000 that experienced the highest population growth between 2012 and 2022. The funding is allocated based on the size of each area's population, its housing affordability needs, and historical shortfalls in voucher assistance relative to population growth. The appropriated funds are available for fiscal year 2025 and may be renewed in subsequent years until the money is expended.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ)
4 cosponsors
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] (D-AZ)
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM)
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV)
Actions (2)
- Mar 31, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. · senate
- Mar 31, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 31, 2025
Mr. Gallego (for himself, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Cortez Masto, and Mr. Kelly) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To authorize the appropriation of $2,000,000,000 for rental vouchers for high population areas, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Housing Vouchers Fairness Act”.
SEC. 2. RENTAL VOUCHERS FOR HIGH GROWTH POPULATION AREAS.
Section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(23) Rental vouchers for high growth population areas.—
“(A) In general.—The Secretary shall, each year, using amounts appropriated pursuant to subparagraph
(B), provide additional assistance in an equitable manner to each eligible public housing agency for tenant-based assistance, based on the population in the area served by the public housing agency, the extent to which existing voucher allocations of the eligible public housing agency do not meet its housing affordability needs, and historical shortfalls in providing assistance to such eligible public housing agency as a result of voucher formula allocations not keeping pace with population growth over the period identified in subparagraph (C)(ii).
“(B) Authorization of appropriations.—There are authorized to be appropriated to Secretary to carry out this paragraph $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2025, which shall be available for renewals in each fiscal year thereafter until expended.
“(C) Eligible public housing agency defined.—For the purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘eligible public housing agency’ means a public housing agency that administers Federal housing assistance for an area that, as determined by the Secretary—
“(i) has a population of greater than 100,000; and
“(ii) is one of 25 areas in the United States that experienced the highest population growth between 2012 to 2022.”. <all>
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