S 1074 · 97th Congress · Housing and Community Development

Section 8 Amendments of 1981

Introduced 1981-04-30· Sponsored by Sen. Armstrong, William L. [R-CO]· Senate

Bill Progress

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House
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Enacted
Latest: Committee on Banking. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 1197 ordered to be reported.(1981-05-05)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Section 8 Amendments of 1981 - Title I: Full Cost Disclosure and Fair Allocation Procedures - Establishes an interagency task force composed of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to: (1) identify and report to Congress on the least expensive means of financing Federal rental housing assistance programs; (2) transmit to Congress a report disclosing all direct and indirect costs on a per-unit basis of providing housing under each such program; and (3) report to Congress on the Federal resources required to prevent financial losses in connection with, and to maintain housing projects currently assisted under, such programs. Prohibits the issuance of additional reservations of assistance under any such programs until such reports are submitted to Congress. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to prohibit the Secretary from reserving more than 30 percent of the total amount of budget authority provided for a fiscal year for lower-income housing assistance during the last quarter of that year, or more than 15 percent of such amount during any month in that quarter. Declares that co…

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