H.R.5490: Section 8 Reform, Responsibility, and Accountability Act of 2007

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Bill Summary

Section 8 Reform, Responsibility, and Accountability Act of 2007 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to prohibit section 8 rental assistance (including tenant- and project-based assistance) from being provided to any family that includes a convicted felon or illegal alien. Places a five-year limitation on section 8 rental assistance, disregarding any month during which such individual was a member of a disabled or elderly family so...

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Bill Actions

Date Description
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Feb. 26, 2008

Introduced in the House by Steven J. Chabot (R-Ohio)

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