Expanded Housing for America's Veterans Act

Expanded Housing for America's Veterans Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rental assistance vouchers for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) supported housing program on behalf of homeless veterans who have chronic mental illnesses or chronic substance use disorders.

Revises the formula for determining the amount of the monthly tenant-based assistance payment for a family to reduce from 30% to 25% of the family's monthly adjusted income the higher threshold measurement (and thus increase the amount of such payment).

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4569 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4569

 To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 relating to the amount 
  of rental assistance available under the veterans affairs supported 
                            housing program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2010

  Mr. Sestak introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 relating to the amount 
  of rental assistance available under the veterans affairs supported 
                            housing program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Expanded Housing for America's 
Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO HUD-VASH PROGRAM.

    Section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Amount of assistance.--With respect to any 
                amounts appropriated for assistance under this 
                paragraph after the date of enactment of this 
                subparagraph, for purposes of rental assistance under 
                the program under this paragraph, clause (i) of 
                paragraph (2)(A) shall be applied by substituting `25 
                percent' for `30 percent'.''.
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