,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ehcc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #af1 #bjah,ms4  
,maxine ,waters of ,california          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
authorize appropriations for family     
unification vouchers for rental housing 
assistance1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,expanding ,housing ,opportunities 
for ,foster ,youth ,act of #bjah4  #b4  
,congressional findings ,the ,congress  
finds that--  7#a7 approximately #ba1jjj
 foster youth age out of foster care    
each year according to the              
,administration for ,children and       
,families 7,,acf7 of the ,department of 
,health and ,human ,services2  7#b7 more
 than #a out of every #d foster youth   
who age out of foster care will         
experience homelessness by age #ba1     
according to survey data from the       
,national ,youth in ,transition         

,database compiled by the ,,acf2  7#c7  
access to safe1 decent1 and affordable  
housing is essential to helping foster  
youth successfully transition to        
adulthood2  7#d7 foster youth deserve a 
place to call home without being singled
 out for harmful requirements like work 
requirements as a condition of receiving
 housing assistance2  7#e7 the ,family  
,unification ,vouchers program of the   
,department of ,housing and ,urban      
,development provides housing assistance
 for foster youth along with case       
management1 without work requirements2  
and  7#f7 there is insufficient funding 
for ,family ,unification ,vouchers to   
serve all foster youth in need4  #c4    
,authorization of funding for ,family   
,unification ,vouchers ,program         
,paragraph 7#a7 of section #h7x7 of the 
,united ,states ,housing ,act of #aicg  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adcg;f7x77#a77 is       
amended to read as follows3  7#a7       
,increase in budget authority ,the      
budget authority available under section

 #e7;c7 for voucher assistance under    
section #h7o7 is authorized to be       
increased by #bjj1jjj1jjj on or after   
,october #a1 #bjah1 and any such sums   
made available shall remain available   
until expended4  4