Promoting Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3006 To ensure that residents of certain housing projects converted under the rental assistance demonstration of the Department of Housing and Urban Development maintain eligibility for assistance under certain eco- nomic self-sufficiency programs, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 7, 2021 Ms. ADAMS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To ensure that residents of certain housing projects con- verted under the rental assistance demonstration of the Department of Housing and Urban Development main- tain eligibility for assistance under certain economic self- sufficiency programs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting Resident 4 Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:34 Jun 22, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3006.IH H3006 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3006 IH SEC. 2. RESIDENT OPPORTUNITY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY 1 PROGRAM. 2 Section 34 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 3 (42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) is amended by adding at the end 4 the following new subsection: 5 ‘‘(f) ELIGIBILITY FOR RAD PROJECTS.—Notwith- 6 standing any other provision of this section, assistance 7 under this section may be provided with respect to resi- 8 dents of any housing project for which assistance has been 9 converted under the rental assistance demonstration pro- 10 gram under the heading ‘Rental Assistance Demonstra- 11 tion’ in title II of the Transportation, Housing and Urban 12 Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 13 2012 (division C of Public Law 112–55; 125 Stat. 673), 14 if assistance was provided under this section with respect 15 to such project before such conversion.’’. 16 SEC. 3. JOBS-PLUS PILOT INITIATIVE. 17 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, assist- 18 ance under the Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative of the Depart- 19 ment of Housing and Urban Development initially author- 20 ized under the heading ‘‘Public Housing Capital Fund’’ 21 in title II of the Transportation, Housing and Urban De- 22 velopment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 23 2014 (division L of Public Law 113–76; 128 Stat. 609) 24 may be provided with respect to residents of any housing 25 project for which assistance has been converted under the 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:34 Jun 22, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3006.IH H3006 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3006 IH rental assistance demonstration program under the head- 1 ing ‘‘Rental Assistance Demonstration’’ in title II of the 2 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 3 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (division C of 4 Public Law 112–55; 125 Stat. 673), if assistance was pro- 5 vided under such initiative with respect to such project 6 before such conversion. 7 SEC. 4. REVISED CONGREGATE HOUSING SERVICES PRO- 8 GRAM. 9 Paragraph (6) of section 802(k) of the Cranston- 10 Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 (42 11 U.S.C. 8011(k)(6)) is amended— 12 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 13 through (F) as subparagraphs (C) through (G), re- 14 spectively; and 15 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol- 16 lowing new subparagraph: 17 ‘‘(B) public housing that has been con- 18 verted to assistance under a project-based sub- 19 sidy contract under section 8 of the United 20 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) 21 or under a contract under section 8(o)(13) of 22 the United States Housing Act of 1937, and 23 housing otherwise owned by a public housing 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:34 Jun 22, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3006.IH H3006 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3006 IH agency (as such term is defined in section 1 8(o)(11) of such Act);’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:34 Jun 22, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3006.IH H3006 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS