Veterans Homelessness Prevention Act

To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to carry out a pilot program to prevent at-risk veterans and veteran families from falling into homelessness, and for other purposes.

11/13/2007--Introduced.
Veterans Homelessness Prevention Act - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish a pilot program to provide assistance to private nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives to expand the supply of supportive housing for certain very low-income veteran families. Allows such assistance to be in the form of:
(1) a grant for costs of planning a supportive housing project;
(2) a capital advance for such project; and
(3) project rental assistance. Requires the Secretary to coordinate with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that any housing assistance provided to veterans or veteran families includes a range of services tailored to the needs of very low-income veteran families. Requires HUD periodically to establish development cost limitations by market area for various types and sizes of such supportive housing. Establishes a special housing account. Requires the owner of such supportive housing to adopt HUD-approved tenant selection procedures. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to extend to all homeless veterans, regardless of medical condition, the program of rental vouchers for Department of Veterans Affairs supported housing, which is currently limited to homeless veterans who have chronic mental illnesses or chronic substance use disorders.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Al Green [D, TX-9]
• and 5 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D, MO-5]
  • Rep. Michael Michaud [D, ME-2]
  • Rep. Patrick Murphy [D, PA-8]
  • Rep. Christopher Shays [R, CT-4]
  • Rep. Maxine Waters [D, CA-35]
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Committees

• House Financial Services
• 3 more
  • House Veterans' Affairs
  • House Veterans' Affairs
  • House Financial Services
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Amendments

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Amendments to H.R.4161

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
November 13, 2007

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• Mar 25, 2008: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
• Nov 16, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Nov 13, 2007: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
• Nov 13, 2007: Referred to House Financial Services
• Nov 13, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Introduced on Nov 13, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• S.2330

Related Issue Areas:

• Welfare
• Veterans' benefits
• Veterans
• Social services
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• Rent
• Nonprofit organizations
• Low-income housing
• Housing subsidies
• Homeless
• Family services
• Families
• Housing

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December 06, 2007 Houstonian Corner (V9-I50)

He presented his Houston of representative (HR) 4161 the Veterans Homelessness Prevention Act, a bill, which will prevent homelessness and provide affordable housing for our nation’s homeless heroes. “We have homes for our cars called ...

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