End Veteran Homelessness Act

End Veteran Homelessness Act

This bill expands eligibility for and makes other changes to a supportive housing program for veterans.

Under current law, the program provides housing vouchers to homeless veterans with chronic mental illnesses or substance use disorders and requires veterans to be assigned case managers. This bill (1) permits veterans who are formerly homeless or at risk of becoming homeless to also receive the vouchers, and (2) requires the assignment of a case manager only if the veteran is determined to need case management.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8313 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8313

 To amend title 38, United States Code, and the United States Housing 
  Act of 1937, to make certain improvements to the supported housing 
          program for veterans commonly known as ``HUD-VASH''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 7, 2022

Mr. O'Halleran (for himself and Mr. Levin of California) introduced the 
   following bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, and the United States Housing 
  Act of 1937, to make certain improvements to the supported housing 
          program for veterans commonly known as ``HUD-VASH''.

    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 ``End Veteran Homelessness Act''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF STAFFING NEEDS FOR CASE MANAGERS OF THE 
              VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION WITH REGARDS TO HOMELESS 
              VETERANS AND VETERANS AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.

    Section 2003(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``, and who is determined to require case management,'' 
before ``is assigned''.

SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR VETERANS 
              UNDER THE HUD-VASH PROGRAM.

    Section 8(o)(19)(A) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19)(A)) is amended--
            (1) by striking the second sentence and inserting ``Such 
        program shall--''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new clauses:
                            ``(i) provide rental assistance on behalf 
                        of veterans who are homeless, formerly 
                        homeless, or at risk of homelessness;
                            ``(ii) if the veteran is determined to 
                        require case management, require the agreement 
                        of the veteran to such, as a condition of 
                        receipt of such rental assistance; and
                            ``(iii) ensure required case management is 
                        furnished to veterans described in clause 
                        (ii).''.
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