Rural Housing Accessibility Act

Sponsored bySen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]IA· Introduced 24 March 2025

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

24 March 2025·1 year ago

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Introduced in Senate · Updated 6 April 2026

Rural Housing Accessibility Act

This bill requires a public housing agency (PHA) that uses less than 95% of its budget authority in a given year to accept a housing choice voucher from a family that received the voucher from an agency in a different jurisdiction. The PHA that accepts the voucher (1) must make assistance payments to the family under an annual contributions contract, and (2) may not bill the initial PHA for the assistance payments for more than 12 months.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
24 March 2025 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
24 March 2025 · IntroReferral

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1 cosponsors

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Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]IA

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Republican1100%

Republican:Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]IA

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Housing and Community Development

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Low- and moderate-income housingPublic housingRural conditions and development

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