,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ccac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ai1 #bjag,mr4 
,meadows introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
require the ,secretary of ,housing and  
,urban ,development to consider the     
availability of affordable housing in   
allocating amounts made available for   
fiscal year #bjag for the ,veterans     
,affairs-,supported ,housing program1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,prioritize ,housing for ,homeless      
,veterans ,act of #bjag4  #b4           
,consideration of availability of       
affordable housing in making ,,vash     
funds available ,in making the amounts  
appropriated by paragraph 7#f7 under the
 heading ,public and ,indian            
,housing--,tenant-,based ,rental        
,assistance in title ,,ii of division ,k
 of ,public ,law #aae-ca available among
 public housing agencies1 the ,secretary

 of ,housing and ,urban ,development    
shall consider as a factor1 together    
with the factors identified in such     
paragraph 7#f71 the extent of           
availability1 in the area served by a   
public housing agency1 of housing that  
is affordable to low-income families1   
giving priority to metropolitan areas   
having an efficiency fair market rent   
that has increased by more than #aj     
percent over the most recent #e-year    
period for which such information is    
available1 as determined according to   
the ,fair ,market ,rent ,documentation  
,system of the ,department of ,housing  
and ,urban ,development4