Pathway to Stable and Affordable Housing for All Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 5813 To provide direct appropriations for certain housing programs, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 7, 2020 Ms. MENG (for herself, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MI- CHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. CLARKE of New York, and Mr. LOWENTHAL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL To provide direct appropriations for certain housing 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 ‘‘Pathway to Stable and 4 Affordable Housing for All Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 Congress finds that— 7 (1) the 2018 point-in-time counts by the De- 8 partment of Housing and Urban Development esti- 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:57 Feb 12, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5813.IH H5813 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 5813 IH mated that there were approximately 552,830 people 1 experiencing homelessness on a single night in 2018, 2 including nearly 160,000 children and youth; 3 (2) the number of people experiencing homeless- 4 ness described in paragraph (1) represents 17 out of 5 every 10,000 people in the United States; 6 (3) steps taken by the current Administration 7 stand to limit access to programs that support indi- 8 viduals experiencing hardship in the United States, 9 which could potentially increase the number of those 10 who experience homelessness; 11 (4) experts estimate that fully funding housing 12 vouchers and providing an additional 13 $40,000,000,000 in funding to the Housing Trust 14 Fund each year could eliminate homelessness and 15 housing poverty; and 16 (5) the Federal Government must reiterate its 17 commitment to ending homelessness and take ac- 18 tionable steps to do so. 19 SEC. 3. DIRECT APPROPRIATIONS FOR HOUSING PRO- 20 GRAMS. 21 (a) TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—Out of 22 funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there 23 is appropriated to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 24 Development for the provision of tenant-based rental as- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:57 Feb 12, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5813.IH H5813 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 5813 IH sistance authorized under the United States Housing Act 1 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) for all eligible households 2 such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 3 2021 through 2030. 4 (b) HOUSING TRUST FUND.—Out of funds in the 5 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appro- 6 priated to the Housing Trust Fund established under sec- 7 tion 1338(a) of the Federal Housing Enterprises Finan- 8 cial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 9 4568(a)) $40,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 10 through 2030. 11 (c) CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM.—Out of funds 12 in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is ap- 13 propriated to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel- 14 opment— 15 (1) $10,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 16 2021, 2022, and 2023 to make planning grants 17 under the continuum of care program authorized 18 under subtitle C of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 19 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.); and 20 (2) $10,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 21 2024 through 2030 to make grants under the con- 22 tinuum of care program authorized under subtitle C 23 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 24 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:57 Feb 12, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5813.IH H5813 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 5813 IH (d) EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT PROGRAM.— 1 Out of funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 2 there is appropriated to the Secretary of Housing and 3 Urban Development $10,000,000,000 for each of fiscal 4 years 2021, 2022, and 2023 to make grants under the 5 emergency solutions grant program authorized under sub- 6 title B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist- 7 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.). 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:57 Feb 12, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H5813.IH H5813 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS