[StBernard] Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee to Review Section 8 Voucher Reform Act

[Westley Annis]

May 7, 2009                                                  

 

                                                                         

Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity to Review the Section 8
Voucher Reform Act

 

Washington, DC - Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), chairwoman of the House
Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, today
announced that the subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, May 13, to
examine a discussion draft of the Section 8 Voucher Reform Act, legislation
that Chairwoman Waters plans to re-introduce soon.

 

Witnesses will include housing authorities, housing authority industry
groups, resident and low-income housing advocates, and homelessness
advocates.  Introduced by Chairwoman Waters in the 110th Congress, the
Section 8 Voucher Reform Act passed the House on July 12, 2007 on a
bipartisan vote of 333 to 83. The legislation is designed to improve the
funding and administration of the Section 8 voucher program, which provides
housing assistance for 2 million low-income households nationwide.

 

 

 

Who:               House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on
Housing and Community Opportunity

What:             Hearing entitled "The Section 8 Voucher Reform Act"

When:            Wednesday, May 13, 2009

2:00 PM 

Where:           2128 Rayburn House Office Building

 

 

 

Witnesses to be announced.  

 

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