HR 1447 · 105th Congress · Housing and Community Development
Public Housing Management Reform Act of 1997
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Introduced2
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.(1997-05-16)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Public Housing and Rent Reforms Title II: Section 8 Streamlining and Other Program Improvements Title III: "One Strike And You're Out" Occupancy Provisions Public Housing Management Reform Act of 1997 - Title I: Public Housing And Rent Reforms - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to establish public housing Operating and Capital Funds. (Sec. 101) Revises specified public housing and section 8 rent provisions. (Sec. 104) Exempts (for 18 months with a subsequent three-year phase-in) earned income from a previously unemployed family member from public housing and section 8 rent and family contribution determinations. (Sec. 105) Authorizes a public housing agency (PHA) project sale to an organization acting as a tenant conduit under specified conditions. (Sec. 106) Sets forth PHA plan contents. (Sec. 107) Sets forth performance indicators for PHAs with fewer than 250 units (small PHAs). (Sec. 109) Revises provisions regarding defaulting and troubled PHAs. (Sec. 111) Establishes community service requirements for public and section 8 housing. (Sec. 112) Revises small PHA modernization plan requirements. Eliminates specified preference provisions. In…
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