Up to 5 percent of voucher money may be spent on other purposes
To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, section 505, Sec. 505.
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Up to 5 percent of voucher money may be spent on other purposes
The document says “can”Who acts: public housing agencies in the new cohortHow: statuteSec. 505 in the PDF
What the document says
“Public housing agencies in the cohort authorized under this section may expend not more than 5 percent of the amounts those public housing agencies receive in any fiscal year for housing assistance payments under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for purposes other than such housing assistance payments.”
The section lets a public housing agency in the new cohort spend no more than 5 percent of the money it receives in a fiscal year for section 8(o) housing assistance payments on other purposes, and requires those other uses to comply with all other applicable requirements.
What the document actually says
“Public housing agencies in the cohort authorized under this section may expend not more than 5 percent of the amounts those public housing agencies receive in any fiscal year for housing assistance payments under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for purposes other than such housing assistance payments.”
That sentence, in plain words
An agency in this group may move some of its voucher money. The share it may move is no more than 5 percent. The rest must pay rent as usual.
What this is about
Voucher money normally pays landlords for rent. The 5 percent can fund other work instead. All other rules still apply to it.
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Increase the supply of housing in America, Public Law 119-101, sec. 505, 140 Stat. 948 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ101/html/PLAW-119publ101.htm
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“Up to 5 percent of voucher money may be spent on other purposes,” Increase the supply of housing in America, section 505, Sec. 505. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-101/proposal/sec505-funding-flexibility/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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