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119-hr-7701119th CongressWALLET

Public Housing Rent Reduction for First Responders Act

Sponsored By: Representative Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]

Introduced

Summary

Caps public housing rent for families with first responders. This bill would require families that include a full-time police officer, firefighter, or emergency medical technician to pay rent under a new capped formula instead of the standard calculation.

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  • Families with a qualifying first responder would pay rent equal to the higher of 15% of their monthly adjusted income or 5% of their monthly income.
  • First responders are defined for eligibility as full-time police officers, firefighters, or emergency medical technicians employed by federal, state, local, or tribal government units, as determined by the public housing agency.
  • Public housing agencies would apply the new rent calculation and verify first-responder status when determining rent.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Lower public housing rent for first responders

If enacted, this bill would cap rent for public housing families with a full-time police officer, firefighter, or emergency medical technician. Rent would be the larger of (A) 15% of your monthly adjusted income or (B) 5% of your monthly income, rounded to the nearest dollar. This applies to units assisted under the United States Housing Act of 1937 and only while the household member is employed full time by a federal, state, local, or tribal government or agency (including a public housing agency police force). The bill would make this rule an explicit exception to the usual rent calculation in section 3(a).

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]

NY • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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