U.S. Congress - H.R.3895 Rural Housing Hurricane Relief Act of 2005
H.R.3895 - Rural Housing Hurricane Relief Act of 2005
To amend title V of the Housing Act of 1949 to provide rural housing assistance to families affected by Hurricane Katrina. view all titles (4)
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- Short: Rural Housing Hurricane Relief Act of 2005 as introduced.
- Short: Rural Housing Hurricane Relief Act of 2005 as passed house.
- Official: To amend title V of the Housing Act of 1949 to provide rural housing assistance to families affected by Hurricane Katrina. as introduced.
- Official: To amend title V of the Housing Act of 1949 to provide rural housing assistance to families affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita. as amended by house.
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Official Summary
10/6/2005--Passed House, amended. (There is 1 other summary)Rural Housing Hurricane Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Housing Act of 1949, in the event of a presidential-declared disaster, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to counties designated as disaster areas in conOfficial Summary
10/6/2005--Passed House, amended. (There is 1 other summary)
Rural Housing Hurricane Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Housing Act of 1949, in the event of a presidential-declared disaster, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to counties designated as disaster areas in connection with Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, and the counties contiguous to such counties and for any residents of such counties, to:
(1) convert rental assistance into housing voucher assistance or rural housing vouchers; and
(2) waive rural area requirements.
States that such authority shall last for six months after enactment of this Act.
Authorizes additional appropriations for such assistance.
Authorizes the Secretary, during the six-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, to assist low-income families and persons under the rural housing voucher program if:
(1) such family or person resided, on August 25, 2005, in any area designated as a disaster or emergency area in connection with Hurricane Katrina, or resided, on September 24, 2005, in any area designated as a disaster or emergency area in connection with Hurricane Rita; and
(2) the residence of such family or person became uninhabitable or inaccessible as result of such a disaster or emergency.
Eliminates the rural housing voucher program fiscal year unit limit.
Amends the Doug Bereuter section 502 single family housing loan guarantee program to permit loan and refinancing guarantees for home repair or rehabilitation.
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