COVID-19 Emergency Housing Relief Act of 2020
Latest action · Mar 23, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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.
- IntroducedMar 23, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
COVID-19 Emergency Housing Relief Act of 2020
This bill establishes certain flexibilities related to public housing during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus 2019) emergency. For example, the bill
- suspends work requirements and time limitations on assistance associated with the Move to Work program;
- suspends the requirement that families residing in public housing must pay a minimum amount in rent;
- suspends the requirement that families may not be absent from a public housing unit for more than 180 consecutive calendar days;
- prohibits public housing agencies (PHAs) from terminating a household's eligibility for a housing choice voucher based on the household's failure to enter into a lease for an assisted unit;
- requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to suspend income reviews, except in certain instances;
- allows HUD and USDA to suspend or delay certain deadlines relating to PHAs or owners of federally assisted housing; and
- suspends requirements for owners of federally assisted multifamily housing to remit residual receipts to HUD.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 8, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | May 8, 2020 |
Committees 1
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 Mar 23, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2020Introduced in House
- Mar 23, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 57, March 23, 2020, page H1717.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6321 | Financial Protections and Assistance for America’s Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act | Related bill | Mar 23, 2020 |
| HR 6379 | Workforce Emergency Response Act of 2020 | Related bill | Mar 23, 2020 |
| HR 6806 | COVID-19 Emergency Housing Relief Act of 2020 | Related bill | May 12, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide additional waivers and authorities to HUD and USDA to respond to the COVID-19 emergency, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- COVID-19 Emergency Housing Relief Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employment and training programs
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing and community development funding
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Landlord and tenant
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- National and community service
- Public housing
- Rural conditions and development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2020Introduced 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.
