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H. Rept. 115-809 1 (2018-07-10)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaita0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION . 115TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-809 HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER MOBILITY DEMONSTRATION ACT OF 2018 JULY 10, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. HENSARLING, from the Committee on Financial Services, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 5793] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Financial Services, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 5793) to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out a housing choice voucher mobility dem- onstration to encourage families receiving such voucher assistance to move to lower-poverty areas and expand access to opportunity areas, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with- out amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. PURPOSE AND SUMMARY On May 15, 2018, Rep. Sean Duffy introduced H.R. 5793, the Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018. The bill would create a demonstration program in which the adminis- tration of housing choice vouchers would be designed to encourage movement to lower-poverty areas with expanded employment or educational opportunities. To ensure the demonstration has the greatest impact, H.R. 5793 would require the Department of Hous- ing and Urban Development (HUD) to award demonstration pro- gram funds on a competitive basis and prioritize regional collabora- tions among public housing agencies (PHAs) that have high con- centrations of voucher holders in low-opportunity neighborhoods, a high-performing Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) program, or a strong regional collaboration including one or more small housing agen- cies, among other factors. Five years after implementation of the demonstration program, the HUD Secretary will submit a report to Congress that evaluates the effectiveness of the program. 79-006