Ensuring Affordable Housing Security During the Coronavirus Emergency Act of 2020

2/8/2022, 11:25 PM

Ensuring Affordable Housing Security During the Coronavirus Emergency Act of 2020

This bill provides for housing assistance during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.

Specifically, tenants in certain federally assisted housing shall not be required to make rent payments from the date of the bill's enactment until six months after the end of the COVID-19 emergency declaration.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture must reimburse public housing agencies (PHAs) and owners of federally assisted housing for these suspended rent payments, including any increase in low-income housing choice voucher assistance payments made by PHAs to compensate for the suspended rent payments.

Congress
116

Number
HR - 6374

Introduced on
2020-03-23

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

3/23/2020

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

Ensuring Affordable Housing Security During the Coronavirus Emergency Act of 2020

This bill provides for housing assistance during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.

Specifically, tenants in certain federally assisted housing shall not be required to make rent payments from the date of the bill's enactment until six months after the end of the COVID-19 emergency declaration.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture must reimburse public housing agencies (PHAs) and owners of federally assisted housing for these suspended rent payments, including any increase in low-income housing choice voucher assistance payments made by PHAs to compensate for the suspended rent payments.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedTo suspend requirements that tenants of assisted housing make contributions toward rent during the public health emergency relating to coronavirus, and for other purposes.

Policy Areas
Housing and Community Development

Potential Impact
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Debt collection
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Housing and community development funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Landlord and tenant
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing

Comments

Recent Activity

Latest Summary2/16/2021

Ensuring Affordable Housing Security During the Coronavirus Emergency Act of 2020

This bill provides for housing assistance during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.

Specifically, tenants i...


Latest Action3/23/2020
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.