Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act of 2023
Latest action · May 31, 2023 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.
- IntroducedMay 31, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act of 2023
This bill establishes a voucher program through which public housing agencies (PHAs) shall offer support services to help families who have children and are unstably housed, live in an area of concentrated poverty, or are at risk of being displaced from an opportunity area for children move to areas with access to high-performing schools or high-quality childcare and early education. The Department of Housing and Urban Development must provide assistance to PHAs on a competitive basis to implement the program.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 31, 2023 to Nov 5, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | May 31, 2023 |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Sep 1, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Jan 30, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Feb 29, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Mar 19, 2024 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Mar 29, 2024 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Mar 29, 2024 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Apr 12, 2024 | |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Apr 18, 2024 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Jun 11, 2024 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Jun 25, 2024 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Jun 27, 2024 | |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Jul 2, 2024 | |
| D-NM | Gabe Vasquez | Jul 25, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Sep 10, 2024 | |
| D-NC | Wiley Nickel | Nov 5, 2024 |
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 May 31, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 31, 2023Introduced in House
- May 31, 2023Referred 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. 169, no. 93, May 31, 2023, page H2709.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1257 | Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act of 2023 | Identical bill | Mar 12, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize a new type of housing choice voucher to help achieve the goals of ending homelessness among families with children, increasing housing opportunities, and improving life outcomes of poor children.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Child care and development
- Child safety and welfare
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Elementary and secondary education
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing and community development funding
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Preschool education
- Public housing
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 31, 2023Introduced 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.
