S 2968 · 106th Congress · Housing and Community Development
Local Housing Opportunities Act
Bill Progress
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7870-7881)(2000-07-27)
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Local Housing Opportunities Act - Title I: Program Consolidation - Prohibits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from carrying out any programs not expressly authorized by Federal law. Terminates specified Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs. Establishes the HUD Consolidation Task Force. Title II: Community Empowerment - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act to authorize appropriations for the community development block grant program. Prohibits set-asides unless specifically provided for. Sets forth certain HUD property disposition provisions. Amends the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1966 to make permanent the moving to work program. Title III: Homeless Assistance Reform - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to combine specified housing programs into a McKinney Homeless Assistance Performance Fund. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Rural Housing - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to authorize appropriations for mutual and self-help housing technical assistance and training grants. Title V: Voucher Reform - Amends the United States Housi…
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