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Improving Self-Sufficiency of Families in Hud-Subsidized Housing

Section 803 · Sec. 803 ·

What this chapter is about

This part calls for a study of work rules in some housing agencies. Those agencies took part in a test program and set the rules before this law. The study must look at what the rules did to tenants and to the agencies. A report is due in one year. The study happens only if two tests are met.

4 proposals indexed from this chapter.

A study of work requirements already in place is required

The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHow: statuteSec. 803 in the PDF
What the document says

“the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall conduct a study on the implementation of work requirements implemented prior”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 803

The section requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, subject to a determination described elsewhere in the section, to study how work requirements put in place before enactment have worked at public housing agencies in the Moving to Work demonstration that named work requirements as an innovative proposal in their application.

What the document actually says

“the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall conduct a study on the implementation of work requirements implemented prior”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 803
That sentence, in plain words

The housing agency must study how work rules were put into practice. Those rules were set before this law passed.

What this is about

A work rule ties housing help to holding a job or looking for one. Some agencies in a test program set such rules. This looks at what happened.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

The study must weigh effects on homelessness, poverty, earnings, and capacity

The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHow: statuteSec. 803 in the PDF
What the document says

“including the effects work requirements have on homelessness rates, poverty rates, asset building, earnings growth, job attainment and retention, and public housing agencies' administrative capacity; and”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 803

The section requires the study to consider the short, medium, and long-term benefits and challenges of work requirements for both the agencies and the participants subject to them, including effects on homelessness rates, poverty rates, asset building, earnings growth, getting and keeping a job, and the agencies' administrative capacity, and to include both numbers and interviews with participants and their resident councils.

What the document actually says

“including the effects work requirements have on homelessness rates, poverty rates, asset building, earnings growth, job attainment and retention, and public housing agencies' administrative capacity; and”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 803
That sentence, in plain words

The study must weigh what the rules did. It must look at how many people lost a home and how many stayed poor. It must look at savings, pay, and whether people found and kept work. It must also look at what the rules cost the agencies to run.

What this is about

The study must use both numbers and people's own words. It must talk to tenants covered by the rules. It must also talk to their resident councils.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

A report on initial findings is due in a year

The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHow: statuteSec. 803 in the PDF
What the document says

“Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives a report on the initial findings of the study required under paragraph (1).”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 803

The section requires the Secretary to report the study's initial findings within a year of enactment to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Financial Services.

What the document actually says

“Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives a report on the initial findings of the study required under paragraph (1).”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 803
That sentence, in plain words

A report on the first findings is due within one year. It goes to two committees in Congress.

What this is about

The report covers early findings, not the whole study. A year is short for this kind of work. Congress gets what is known by then.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

The study happens only if there are enough agencies and no harm to families

The document says “shall apply”Who acts: Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHow: statuteSec. 803 in the PDF
What the document says

“(1) there are a sufficient number of public housing agencies described in subsection (a)(4) such that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development can rigorously evaluate the impact of the implementation of work requirements described in that subsection; and (2) the study would not negatively impact low-income families receiving assistance”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 803

The section provides that the study is required only if the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development determines both that there are enough covered agencies to evaluate the effect of work requirements rigorously and that the study would not negatively affect low-income families getting assistance through those agencies.

What the document actually says

“(1) there are a sufficient number of public housing agencies described in subsection (a)(4) such that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development can rigorously evaluate the impact of the implementation of work requirements described in that subsection; and (2) the study would not negatively impact low-income families receiving assistance”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 803
That sentence, in plain words

Two things must be true first. There must be enough agencies to study the question well. The study must not harm the families getting help.

What this is about

A study of too few agencies would prove little. And a study should not cost tenants anything. If either test fails, the study is not required.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

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What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out

The four things the section does: the study of work requirements, its scope, the report due in a year, which agencies are covered, and the determination that must be made before the study is required.

Nothing the section does is left out.

The Moving to Work demonstration is authorized by section 204 of a 1996 appropriations Act, which is not indexed here, so nothing is recorded about how that program works.