S 1091

Rural Housing Accessibility Act

Summary

Rural Housing Accessibility Act This bill requires a public housing agency (PHA) that uses less than 95% of its budget authority in a given year to accept a housing choice voucher from a family that received the voucher from an agency in a different jurisdiction. The PHA that accepts the voucher (1) must make assistance payments to the family under an annual contributions contract, and (2) may not bill the initial PHA for the assistance payments for more than 12 months.  

Bill status

Status
In committee
Sponsor
Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]
Cosponsors
1
Policy area
Housing and Community Development
Introduced
2025-03-24
Latest action
2025-03-24: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Committee referrals

Recent actions

  • 2025-03-24: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  • 2025-03-24: Introduced in Senate