# 117-hr-8539: Housing Access Improvement Act

117-hr-8539, Housing Access Improvement Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA); status Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-8539
- Congress: 117
- Title: Housing Access Improvement Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- Introduced: 2022-07-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 16
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Housing Access Improvement Act This bill increases from 20% to 50% the amount of funding for the Housing Choice Voucher program that a public housing agency (PHA) may use for project-based vouchers. (This program subsidizes rent for low-income recipients.) Under current law, a PHA must use at least 80% of its funding for tenant-based vouchers (which subsidize recipients' rental of any private apartment that meets program guidelines) and may use up to 20% of its funding for project-based vouchers (which attach to a specific rental unit that the landlord commits to make available for voucher recipients for a contracted term).

## Cosponsors (16)

- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2022-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2022-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2022-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2022-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2022-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2022-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2022-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA), 2022-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] (D-CA), 2022-08-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2022-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2022-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2022-08-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] (D-CA), 2022-08-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2022-08-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA), 2022-09-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2022-10-31T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-8539 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8539)

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