Veterans Homelessness Prevention Act
Latest action · Mar 25, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
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.
- IntroducedNov 13, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veterans Homelessness Prevention Act - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish a pilot program to provide assistance to private nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives to expand the supply of supportive housing for certain very low-income veteran families.
Allows such assistance to be in the form of: (1) a grant for costs of planning a supportive housing project; (2) a capital advance for such project; and (3) project rental assistance.
Requires the Secretary to coordinate with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that any housing assistance provided to veterans or veteran families includes a range of services tailored to the needs of very low-income veteran families.
Requires HUD periodically to establish development cost limitations by market area for various types and sizes of such supportive housing.
Establishes a special housing account.
Requires the owner of such supportive housing to adopt HUD-approved tenant selection procedures.
Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to extend to all homeless veterans, regardless of medical condition, the program of rental vouchers for Department of Veterans Affairs supported housing, which is currently limited to homeless veterans who have chronic mental illnesses or chronic substance use disorders.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 13, 2007 to Dec 6, 2007; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Original | Nov 13, 2007 |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Original | Nov 13, 2007 |
| D-PA | Patrick J. Murphy | Original | Nov 13, 2007 |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Dec 6, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Dec 6, 2007 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Nov 13, 2007 |
| Housing and Insurance Subcommittee | Referred Mar 25, 2008 | |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 13, 2007 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Nov 16, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 25, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
- Nov 16, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Nov 13, 2007Introduced in House
- Nov 13, 2007Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-207 | THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE LEHMAN BROTHERS BANKRUPTCY255 pages | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Oct 6, 2008 |
| Serial No. 110-82 | AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS OF AMERICA'S LOW-INCOME VETERANS128 pages | Financial Services Committee | Dec 5, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2330 | Veterans Homelessness Prevention Act | Related bill | Nov 8, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to carry out a pilot program to prevent at-risk veterans and veteran families from falling into homelessness, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Veterans Homelessness Prevention Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 13, 2007Introduced in House
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