HR 173 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

One Strike and You're Out! Act of 2007

Introduced Jan 4, 2007 Originated House Sponsor Barbara Lee D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 16, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJan 4, 2007
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

One Strike and You're Out! Act of 2007 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exempt a tenant in public housing or housing assisted under the section 8 rental assistance program from the eviction for criminal or drug-related criminal activity provisions if such activity was engaged in by a member under the tenant's control and the tenant: (1) is elderly or disabled; (2) did not know and should not have known of the activity; or (3) the tenant or member of household was the victim of the criminal activity.

Requires public housing agencies to report annually on the number of such evictions.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 16, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
  2. Jan 4, 2007Introduced in House
  3. Jan 4, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.

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