HR9584Referred to Committee

To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance.

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2026-07-02
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Michael Lawler
Michael Lawler
Republican · NY · Representative
Votes with party: 91.9% (580 recorded votes)
Top industries funding sponsor:
  • Abortion Rights$3k

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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

2026-07-02

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Plain-English Summary

The bill would allow the federal government to redirect unused money that was supposed to go toward helping low-income renters pay for housing to public housing agencies that don't have enough funding to assist renters in their areas. This would help housing agencies in communities with greater need get more resources to help people afford rent. The change would affect low-income renters and the local housing agencies that serve them.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9584 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9584 To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 2, 2026 Mr. Lawler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``The Housing Voucher Funding Reallocation Act''. SEC. 2. REALLOCATION OF VOUCHER FUNDING. Section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(24) Reallocation of amounts.--The Secretary shall, at the end of each fiscal year-- ``(A) recapture from each public housing agency any amounts provided to such public housing agency for tenant-based assistance under paragraph (1)(A), not including any administrative fees or other amounts made available under subsection (q), that such public housing agency did not obligate during such fiscal year; and ``(B) provide amounts recaptured under subparagraph (A) to public housing agencies that used all of the amounts provided to them for tenant-based assistance under paragraph (1)(A).''. <all>

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