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Main Subject: Housing and community development

COVID-19 Emergency Housing Relief Act of 2020

This bill establishes certain flexibilities related to public housing during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus 2019) emergency. For example, the bill

suspends work requirements and time limitations on assistance associated with the Move to Work program;
suspends the requirement that families residing in public housing must pay a minimum amount in rent;
suspends the requirement that families may not be absent from a public housing unit for more than 180 consecutive calendar days;
prohibits public housing agencies (PHAs) from terminating a household's eligibility for a housing choice voucher based on the household's failure to enter into a lease for an assisted unit;
requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to suspend income reviews, except in certain instances;
allows HUD and USDA to suspend or delay certain deadlines relating to PHAs or owners of federally assisted housing; and
suspends requirements for owners of federally assisted multifamily housing to remit residual receipts to HUD.

HR6806-116, HR6321-116, HR6379-116,

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Mar. 23 2020	Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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Mar. 23 2020	Introduced in House Introduced in House