Affordable Housing Federal Legislation
Here is CHPC's list of affordable housing related bills to watch.
| Bill # | Short Title | Sponsor | Status | Next Steps | ||
| Appropriations | ||||||
| H.R. 2112 | The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 [Minibus] | Signed into law 11/14/11 | ||||
| H.J.Res. 1 | Balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution | Goodlatte | VA |
133 |
1/24/2011 Referred to House subcommittee on the Constitution; reported 6/23; placed on calendar 6/23/11 | Pending House vote |
| HUD Program Reform | ||||||
| H.R. 34 | Family Self-Sufficiency Act of 2011 | Biggert | Il |
0 |
Introduced 1/5, Referred to Financial Services Committee 3/23/11 | Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 284 | Veterans, Women, Families with Children, and Persons With Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2011 | Green | TX |
21 |
Introduced 1/12, Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services 3/23/11 | Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 287 | Homes for Heroes Act of 2011 | Green | TX |
45 |
Introduced 1/12, Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services & Ways & Means 3/23/11 | Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 378 | Public Housing Drug Elimination Program Reauthorization Act of 2011 | Lee | CA |
0 |
Introduced 1/20, Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services 3/23/11 | Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 762 | Public Housing Reinvestment and Tenant Protection Act of 2011 | Waters | CA |
2 |
Introduced 2/17, Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services 4/4/11 | Pending committee vote |
| S. 117 | Moving to Work Charter Program Act of 2011 | Vitter | LA |
0 |
Introduced 1/25, Referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs | Pending committee vote |
| S. 317 | Affordable Housing Preservation and Revitalization Act of 2011 | Wyden | OR |
1 |
Introduced 2/10, Referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs | Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 1209 | Section 8 Voucher Reform Act of 2011 | Waters | CA |
4 |
Introduced 3/17, Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services 6/23/11 | Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 233 | No One Strike Eviction Act of 2011 | Jackson Lee | TX |
0 |
Introduced 1/7, Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services | Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 201 | Removing Reward for Section 8 Fraud Act of 2011 | Gallegly | CA |
0 |
Introduced 3/23, Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services | Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 3603 | To authorize 150,000 incremental vouchers | Rothman | NJ |
0 |
Introduced 12/1/11, Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services 12/7/11 | Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 3564 | Public Housing Tenants Respect Act of 2011 | Rangel | NY |
0 |
Introduced 12/6/11, Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services 12/6/11 | Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 3619 | To permanently extend the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009 | Ellison | MN |
1
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Introduced 12/8/11, Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services12/8/11 | Pending committee vote |
| National Housing Trust Fund & Related | ||||||
| S. 489 | National Housing Trust Fund & Mortgage Modification | Reed | RI |
16 |
Introduced 3/3, referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs | Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 1477 | Preserving Homes and Communities Act of 2011 | Cummings | MD |
46 |
Introduced 5/2, referred to the Committee on Insurance & HCD | Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 2441 | Abolish National Housing Trust Fund | Royce | CA |
2 |
Introduced 7/12//2011; Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services | Pending committee vote |
| Community Development | ||||||
| H.J.Res. 32 | Constitutional Amendment: right to decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing | Jackson | IL |
0 |
Introduced 2/14, Referred to Constitution Committee | Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 861 | NSP Termination Act | Miller | CA |
4 |
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 242 - 182 (Roll no. 188). | Pending committee vote |
| S. 624 | Choice Neighborhoods Initiative | Menendez | NJ |
1 |
Introduced 3/17, referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs | Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 2183 | CDBG Public Services Flexibility Act of 2011 | Ros-Lehtinen | FL | 6 | Introduced 6/15/11; Referred to House committee 6/15/2011 | Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 790 | Community Regeneration, Sustainability, and Innovation Act of 2011 | Ryan | OH |
11 |
Introduced 4/4, Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity | Pending committee vote |
| Homelessness | ||||||
| H.R. 32 | Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2011 | Biggert | IL |
1 |
Introduced 1/5, Referred to Financial Services Committee 3/23/11 | Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 1133 | Helping Our Homeless Veterans Act of 2011 | Filner | CA |
2 |
Introduced 3/16, Referred to Veterans Affairs & Financial Services Committees 4/4 | Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 806 | End Veteran Homelessness Act of 2011 | Filner | CA |
3 |
Introduced 3/15, Referred to the Subcommittee on Health | Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 3298 | Homes for Heroes Act of 2011 | Green | TX |
2 |
Introduced 11/1/11; Referred to House committee 11/1/2011 | Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 136 | Homeless Veterans Fund | Israel | NY |
7 |
Introduced 1/5, Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs | Pending committee vote |
| Taxation | ||||||
| H.R. 992 | Building American Jobs Act of 2011 | Levin | MI |
21 |
Introduced 3/10, Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means | Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 2097 | Military Families Affordable Homes Act of 2011 | Owens | NY |
5 |
6/2/2011 Referred to House committee on Ways and Means. | Pending committee vote |
| Green Initiatives | ||||||
| H.R. 627 | Home Energy Loss Prevention Act | Cleaver | MO |
0 |
Introduced 2/10/11; Referred to House subcommittee 3/23/2011 | Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 3441 | Stop Green Initiative Abuse Act of 2011 | Fleischmann | TN |
12 |
Introduced 11/16/11; Referred to House subcommittee 11/18/2011 |
Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 2599 | PACE Assessment Protection Act of 2011 | Hayworth | NY |
51 |
Introduced 7/20/11; 8/22/2011 Referred to House subcommittee | Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 3325 | Livable Communities Act of 2011 | Perlmutter | CO |
17 |
Introduced 11/2/11; Referred to House subcommittee 11/4/2011 | |
| Rural Housing Initiatives | ||||||
| H.R. 273 | Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2011 | Fortenberry | NE |
0 |
1/12, Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services | Pending committee vote |
| H.Res. 25 | Mortgage interest deduction | Miller | CA |
52 |
Introduced 1/6, referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | Pending committee vote |
| H.R. 87 | To repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. | Bachman | MN |
11 |
Introduced 1/5, referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means 2/8 | Pending committee vote |