Fairness and Accountability In Rental Assistance Act of 2014 or the FAIR Assistance Act of 2014 - Amends the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 with respect to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Moving to Work demonstration program.
Limits the payment standard used in connection with a voucher for tenant-based rental assistance under the program, for FY2015 and thereafter, to 120% of the fair market value rental established under the United States Housing Act of 1937 for the applicable market area and size of dwelling unit.
Exempts from this limitation any family that:
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5374 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5374
To establish a maximum limitation on the amount of the payment standard
that may be used with respect to housing choice vouchers provided under
the Moving to Work program of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 31, 2014
Mr. Schock introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Financial Services
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A BILL
To establish a maximum limitation on the amount of the payment standard
that may be used with respect to housing choice vouchers provided under
the Moving to Work program of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
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 ``Fairness and Accountability In
Rental Assistance Act of 2014'' or the ``FAIR Assistance Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON MOVING TO WORK PROGRAM PAYMENT STANDARDS.
Section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996
(42 U.S.C. 1437f note; Public Law 104-134; 110 Stat. 1321-281) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(k) Limitation on Rental Assistance Payment Standards.--
``(1) Limitation.--In no case may the payment standard used
in connection with a voucher for tenant-based rental assistance
provided under the demonstration under this section on behalf
of any family that is not a family described in paragraph (2)
exceed 120 percent of the fair market rental established
pursuant to section 8(c) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(c)) for the applicable market area and
size of dwelling unit.
``(2) Excluded families.--A family described in this
paragraph is--
``(A) an elderly family (as such term is defined in
section 3(b)(3) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3));
``(B) a disabled family (as such term is defined in
such section 3(b)(3)); or
``(C) a family that resides, at the time of a major
disaster declared pursuant to section 401 of the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), in a principal residence that is
located within an area for which such major disaster
was declared, and meets such other conditions and
requirements as the Secretary may provide, except that
this subparagraph shall not apply with respect to any
area after the first adjustment to the fair market
rental for such area occurring after the declaration of
such major disaster.''.
SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY.
The amendment made by section 2 shall apply with respect to rental
assistance provided under the Moving to Work program pursuant to
section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996
(42 U.S.C. 1437f note; Public Law 104-134; 110 Stat. 1321-281) during
fiscal year 2015 and thereafter.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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