More Rental Homes: Boosting Housing Choice Voucher Program
This act aims to increase landlord participation in the Housing Choice Voucher program, especially in high-opportunity neighborhoods. It introduces financial incentives for landlords, streamlines housing inspections, and modifies rent calculation rules to help low-income families find stable and safe housing.
Key points
Landlords in low-poverty areas can receive a one-time incentive payment for renting to a family with a housing voucher.
The program will help cover security deposits, making housing more accessible for extremely low-income families.
Housing agencies will receive funds to employ dedicated staff to assist and recruit landlords for the voucher program.
Housing inspections are simplified by accepting existing inspections from other housing programs, speeding up the rental process.
More metropolitan areas will be required to use local fair market rents (small area fair market rents) to encourage housing in diverse neighborhoods.
Status:
Introduced
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