,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fcbf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bc1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,cleaver introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
provide additional waivers and          
authorities to ,,hud and ,,usda to      
respond to the ,,covid-#ai emergency1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,,covid-#ai ,emergency ,housing ,relief 
,act of #bjbj4  #b4 ,definition of      
,,covid-#ai emergency period ,for       
purposes of this ,act1 the term         
,,covid-#ai emergency period means the  
period that begins upon the date of the 
enactment of this ,act and ends upon the
 date of the termination by the ,federal
 ,emergency ,management ,agency of the  
emergency declared on ,march #ac1 #bjbj1
 by the ,president under the ,robert ,t4
 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief and        
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #daba et seq47 relating to the

 ,coronavirus ,disease #bjai            
7,,covid-#ai7 pandemic4  #c4 ,suspension
 of community service1 work1 presence in
 unit1 and minimum rent requirements and
 time limits on assistance  7a7         
,suspension ,notwithstanding any other  
provision of law1 during the ,,covid-#ai
 emergency period1 the following        
provisions of law and requirements shall
 not apply3 7#a7 ,section #ab7;c7 of the
 ,united ,states ,housing ,act of #aicg 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adcg;j7c72 relating to  
community service74  7#b7 ,any work     
requirement or time limitation on       
assistance established by a public      
housing agency participating in the     
,moving to ,work demonstration program  
authorized under section #bjd of the    
,departments of ,veterans ,affairs and  
,housing and ,urban ,development and    
,independent ,agencies ,appropriations  
,act1 #aiif 7,public ,law #ajd-acd2 #aaj
 ,stat4 #acba74  7#c7 ,paragraph 7#c7 of
 section #c7;a7 of the ,united ,states  
,housing ,act of #aicg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   

#adcg;a7a77#c72 relating to minimum     
rental amount74  7#d7 ,section #ihb4cab 
of the regulations of the ,secretary of 
,housing and ,urban ,development 7#bd   
,c4,f4,r4 #ihb4cab2 relating to absence 
from unit74  7b7 ,prohibition ,no       
penalty may be imposed nor any adverse  
action taken for failure on the part of 
any tenant of public housing or a       
dwelling unit assisted under section #h 
of the ,united ,states ,housing ,act of 
#aicg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adcg;f7 to comply 
with the laws and requirements specified
 in subsection 7a7 during the period    
specified in subsection 7a74  #d4       
,housing choice vouchers  7a7 ,section  
#h vouchers ,notwithstanding any other  
provision of law1 the ,secretary of     
,housing and ,urban ,development shall  
provide that-- 7#a7 during the          
,,covid-#ai emergency period1 a public  
housing agency may not terminate the    
availability to an eligible household of
 a housing choice voucher under section 
#h7o7 of the ,united ,states ,housing   

,act of #aicg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adcg;f7o77
 for failure to enter into a lease for  
an assisted dwelling unit2  7#b7 in the 
case of any eligible household on whose 
behalf such a housing choice voucher has
 been made available1 if as of the      
termination of the ,,covid-#ai emergency
 period such availability has not       
terminated 7including by reason of      
paragraph 7#a7 of this subsection7 and  
such voucher has not been used to enter 
into a lease for an assisted dwelling   
unit1 the public housing agency making  
such voucher available may not terminate
 such availability until the expiration 
of the #fj-;day period beginning upon   
the termination of the ,,covid-#ai      
emergency period2 and  7#c7 during the  
,,covid-#ai emergency period1 clause 7i7
 of section #h7o77#h77;,a7 of the       
,united ,states ,housing ,act of #aicg  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adcg;f7o77#h77;,a77i72  
relating to initial inspection of       
dwelling units7 shall not apply1 except 
that in any case in which an inspection 

of a dwelling unit for which a housing  
assistance payment is established is not
 conducted before an assistance payment 
is made for such dwelling unit-- 7,a7   
such clause shall be applied by         
substituting the expiration of the      
#ij-;day period beginning on the        
termination of the ,,covid-#ai emergency
 period 7as such term is defined in     
section #b of the  ,act of #bjbj7 for   
any assistance payment is made2 and     
7,b7 the public housing agency shall    
inform the tenant household and the     
owner of such dwelling unit of the      
inspection requirement applicable to    
such dwelling unit pursuant to          
subparagraph 7,a74  7b7 ,rural housing  
vouchers ,notwithstanding any other     
provision of law1 the ,secretary of     
,agriculture shall provide that the same
 restrictions and requirements          
applicable under subsection 7a7 of this 
section to voucher assistance under     
section #h7o7 of the ,united ,states    
,housing ,act of #aicg shall apply with 

respect to voucher assistance under     
section #edb of the ,housing ,act of    
#aidi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adijr74 ,in       
applying such restrictions and          
requirements1 the ,secretary may take   
into consideration and provide for any  
differences between such programs while 
ensuring that the program under such    
section #edb is carried out in          
accordance with the purposes of such    
restrictions and requirements4  #e4     
,suspension of income reviews ,during   
the ,,covid-#ai emergency period1 the   
,secretary of ,housing and ,urban       
,development and the ,secretary of      
,agriculture shall waive any            
requirements under law or regulation    
requiring review of the income of an    
individual or household for purposes of 
assistance under a housing assistance   
program administered by such ,secretary1
 except-- 7#a7 in the case of review of 
income upon the initial provision of    
housing assistance2 or  7#b7 if such    
review is requested by an individual or 

household due to a loss of income4  #f4 
,authority to suspend or delay deadlines
 ,during the ,,covid-#ai emergency      
period1 the ,secretary of ,housing and  
,urban ,development and the ,secretary  
of ,agriculture may suspend or delay any
 deadline relating to public housing    
agencies or owners of housing assisted  
under a program administered by such    
,secretary1 except any deadline relating
 to responding to exigent conditions    
related to health and safety or         
emergency physical conditions4  #g4     
,suspension of assisted housing scoring 
activities ,the ,secretary of ,housing  
and ,urban ,development shall suspend   
scoring under the ,section #h           
,management ,assessment ,program and the
 ,public ,housing ,assessment ,system   
during the period beginning upon the    
date of the enactment of this ,act and  
ending upon expiration of the #ij-;day  
period that begins upon the termination 
of the ,,covid-#ai emergency period4    
#h4 ,requirements regarding residual    

receipts and reserve funds  7a7         
,suspension of requirement ,to submit   
residual receipts to ,,hud ,during the  
,,covid-#ai emergency period1 any       
requirements for owners of federally    
assisted multifamily housing to remit   
residual receipts to the ,secretary of  
,housing and ,urban ,development shall  
not apply4  7b7 ,eligible uses of       
reserve funds ,during the ,,covid-#ai   
emergency period1 any costs of an owner 
of federally assisted multifamily       
housing for items1 activities1 and      
services related to responding to       
coronavirus or ,,covid-#ai shall be     
considered eligible uses for the reserve
 fund for replacements for such housing4