HOPE VI Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005
Latest action · Jul 27, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 27, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
HOPE VI Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to extend and authorize appropriations for the HOPE VI revitalization program.
Includes educational and relocation aims among HOPE VI purposes. Requires each HOPE VI grant recipient to establish, in partnership with local schools, a comprehensive educational reform and achievement strategy for transforming the neighborhood schools into high-performing schools.
Revises grant selection criteria.
Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to conduct funding-related site visits for HOPE VI applicants.
Requires: (1) public housing agencies to establish performance benchmarks for each of their HOPE VI projects; and (2) the Secretary to establish specified sanctions for failure to meet such benchmarks.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 27, 2005 to Jun 13, 2006; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MO | Christopher S. Bond | Original | Jul 27, 2005 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Jul 27, 2005 |
| D-MD | Paul S. Sarbanes | Original | Jul 27, 2005 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Sep 19, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Oct 26, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Jon S. Corzine | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Mar 7, 2006 | |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Mar 7, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Apr 24, 2006 | |
| R-FL | Mel Martinez | May 17, 2006 | |
| R-NC | Elizabeth Dole | Jun 13, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Rick Santorum | Jun 13, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Jun 13, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 27, 2005 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 27, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Jul 27, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL32899 | Housing Issues in the 109th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 8, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to reauthorize the HOPE VI program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- HOPE VI Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Academic performance
- Adult education
- Affordable housing
- Apartment houses
- Authorization
- Child welfare
- Commerce
- Community development
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuing education
- Counseling
- Curricula
- Depressed areas
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational innovations
- Educational planning
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Evaluation research (Social action programs)
- Families
- Family services
- Federal aid to housing
- Higher education
- Home ownership
- Household moving
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing authorities
- Housing for the aged
- Housing subsidies
- Infrastructure
- Labor and Employment
- Low-income housing
- Open space lands
- Performance measurement
- Poverty
- Public housing
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public-private partnerships
- Quality of life
- Relocation
- Rental housing
- Residential rehabilitation
- Retail trade
- Secondary education
- Social Welfare
- Vocational guidance
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 27, 2005Introduced in Senate
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