# 114-hr-1047: Housing Assistance Efficiency Act

114-hr-1047, Housing Assistance Efficiency Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-1047
- Congress: 114
- Title: Housing Assistance Efficiency Act
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Introduced: 2015-02-24
- Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Housing Assistance Efficiency Act Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to allow (in addition to a state, local government, or public housing agency) a private nonprofit organization to administer permanent housing rental assistance provided through the Continuum of Care Program under the Act. Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, at least once (currently, twice) during each fiscal year, to reallocate any housing assistance provided from the Emergency Solutions Grants Program that is unused or returned or that becomes available after the minimum allocation requirements under the Act.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2015-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2015-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2015-02-24T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-1047 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1047)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-1047 (as of 2025-11-18).