Permanent Housing for Homeless Families Act

Summary

Permanent Housing for Homeless Families Act - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for the construction and rehabilitation of permanent housing for rental to AFDC recipients who would otherwise require AFDC emergency assistance in the form of temporary housing. Requires that such grants be used to provide permanent housing which is: (1) owned by the State, an instrumentality of the State, or a nonprofit organization; (2) available to families who have been unable to find decent, nontemporary housing at rents that can be paid with AFDC aid for shelter; and (3) located in jurisdictions experiencing a critical shortage of such housing. Requires that: (1) the costs of providing permanent housing be lower than costs which would be incurred if, instead, the State made AFDC emergency assistance payments providing temporary housing; and (2) the most costly temporary housing be retired from use in the emergency assistance program as permanent housing becomes available for occupancy, unless temporary housing is demonstrably needed. Sets the State contribution to the cost of constructing or rehabilitating such housing at at least the current State AFDC share increased by ten percent. Prohibits States from requiring their political subdivisions to pay a higher percentage of such costs than such subdivisions otherwise pay under the State AFDC plan.

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Timeline

1. 26 February 1987

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 26 February 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 26 February 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 5 March 1987

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 26 February 1987

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
• · hswm00 · Standing

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