Tenant Income Verification Relief Act of 2015

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Tenant Income Verification Relief Act of 2015

Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to annual review of low-income families' income for eligibility requirements for certain federal assisted housing programs.

Prohibits, after the initial review of any family's fix income, the public housing agency (PHA) or owner from being required to review its income for any year for which the family certifies, in accordance with specified requirements as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall establish.

Requires the PHA or owner to review each such family's income at least once every three years.

Requires PHAs to also review a family's income receiving Section 8 (rental assistance voucher program) at least once every three years (currently, at least annually).

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 233 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 233

    To allow reviews of certain families' incomes every 3 years for 
   purposes of determining eligibility for certain Federal assisted 
                           housing programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 8, 2015

 Mr. Perlmutter (for himself and Mr. Stivers) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To allow reviews of certain families' incomes every 3 years for 
   purposes of determining eligibility for certain Federal assisted 
                           housing programs.

    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 ``Tenant Income Verification Relief 
Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. REVIEWS OF FAMILY INCOMES.

    (a) In General.--The second sentence of paragraph (1) of section 
3(a) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)(1)) 
is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``; 
except that, in the case of any family with a fixed income, as defined 
by the Secretary, after the initial review of the family's income, the 
public housing agency or owner shall not be required to conduct a 
review of the family's income for any year for which such family 
certifies, in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary shall 
establish, which shall include policies to adjust for inflation-based 
income changes, that 90 percent or more of the income of the family 
consists of fixed income, and that the sources of such income have not 
changed since the previous year, except that the public housing agency 
or owner shall conduct a review of each such family's income not less 
than once every 3 years''.
    (b) Housing Choice Voucher Program.--Subparagraph (A) of section 
8(o)(5) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)(5)(A)) is amended by striking ``not less than annually'' and 
inserting ``as required by section 3(a)(1) of this Act''.
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