Transitional Housing Protection for the Homeless Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9644 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9644

 To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to update to the 
      definition of chronically homeless, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2024

Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer (for herself, Mr. Robert Garcia of California, Ms. 
 Pettersen, and Mrs. Kim of California) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to update to the 
      definition of chronically homeless, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Transitional Housing Protection for 
the Homeless Act''.

SEC. 2. CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.

    (a) In General.--Section 401(2) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)(ii) by striking ``shelter 
        continuously for at least 1 year or on at least 4 separate 
        occasions in the last 3 years; and'' and inserting ``shelter--
                                    ``(I) continuously for at least 1 
                                year; or
                                    ``(II) on more than one occasion 
                                for a cumulative period of 1 year or 
                                more in the last 3 years; and''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) by striking ``A person'' and inserting the 
                following:
                            ``(i) In general.--A person''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(ii) Transitional housing.--A person who 
                        currently lives or resides in a transitional 
                        housing program and has resided there for fewer 
                        than 90 days shall be considered chronically 
                        homeless if such person met all of the 
                        requirements described in subparagraph (A) 
                        prior to entering that program.''.
    (b) Rule Making.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
section issue a rule to update part 578 of title 24, Code of Federal 
Regulations, to reflect the amendments made by this section.
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