Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2019
Latest action · Sep 11, 2019 Received in the Senate and 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 5, 2019
- Passed HouseSep 10, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2019
This bill provides assistance to rural, multifamily rental-housing projects and tenants.
Specifically, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) must implement a program for the preservation and revitalization of such housing projects financed with USDA loans. As part of this program, USDA may restructure existing housing loans by, for example, reducing or eliminating interest and deferring loan payments.
Further, USDA must annually provide, to owners of properties with loans that will mature within four years, written notice explaining the options to restructure such loans. USDA must also provide, to households in properties with loans that will mature within two years, written notice of actions that may happen upon the loan's maturity and information on how to protect their right to reside in federally assisted housing.
Additionally, USDA may provide technical assistance grants to qualified nonprofit organizations and public housing agencies to help borrowers acquire multifamily rental-housing properties in areas where there is a risk of loss of affordable housing.
Further, USDA may provide rural housing vouchers for low-income households (including those not receiving rental assistance) residing in certain properties financed with or insured by USDA loans.
USDA must also establish an advisory committee to assist in preserving such properties and implementing a specified plan to preserve their affordability for low-income families.
The bill also extends existing housing protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking to victims who receive housing voucher assistance. (These protections include a protection against eviction on the basis of being a victim of domestic violence.)
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 5, 2019 to Jul 15, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Jul 5, 2019 |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Jul 15, 2019 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Jul 15, 2019 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Jul 15, 2019 |
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 Jul 5, 2019Markup Jul 11, 2019Reported Sep 6, 2019 |
| Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 11, 2019 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 11, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Sep 10, 2019Mr. San Nicolas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 10, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7573-7576)
- Sep 10, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3620.
- Sep 10, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7573-7574)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H7573–H7576Text printed H7573 | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas D-GU, Steve Stivers R-OH, Wm. Lacy Clay D-MO | Sep 10, 2019 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 9, 2019H.R. 3620, Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2019As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 11, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 112, July 5, 2019, page H5272.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47044 | USDA Rural Housing Programs: An Overview | Report | Mar 8, 2022 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1310 | VAWA Protections for Rural Women Act of 2019 | Related bill | Feb 19, 2019 |
| HR 4916 | Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 | Related bill | Nov 15, 2019 |
| HR 5038 | Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 | Related bill | Dec 12, 2019 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide rental assistance to low-income tenants in certain multifamily rural housing projects financed by the Rural Housing Service of the Department of Agriculture, and to develop and implement a plan for preserving the affordability of rural rental housing, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2019
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Advisory bodies
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Congressional oversight
- Crime victims
- Crimes against women
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing finance and home ownership
- Housing supply and affordability
- Interest, dividends, interest rates
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Performance measurement
- Residential rehabilitation and home repair
- Rural conditions and development
- Sex offenses
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 11, 2019Referred in Senate
- Sep 10, 2019Engrossed in House
- Sep 6, 2019Reported in House
- Jul 5, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
