,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fgad  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #e1 #bjbj,mr4   
,espaillat 7for himself and ,mr4 ,garca 
of ,illinois7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,financial ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to provide assistance to pay   
off rental arrearages of low- and       
moderate-income households accruing     
during the public health emergency      
relating to coronavirus1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,subsidizing ,tenant
 ,arrears ,yet ,helping ,owners with    
,mortgages ,emergency ,act of #bjbj or  
the ,,stay ,,home ,act of #bjbj 4  #b4  
,authorization of appropriations ,in    
addition to any other amounts made      
available for fiscal year #bjbj for     
grants under the ,emergency ,solutions  
,grants program under subtitle ,b of    
title ,,iv of the ,mc,kinney-,vento     
,homeless ,assistance ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #aacga et seq471 there is     

authorized to be appropriated           
#be1jjj1jjj1jjj for grants under such   
subtitle made in accordance with this   
,act to respond to needs arising from   
the public health emergency relating to 
,coronavirus ,disease #bjai             
7,,covid-#ai74  #c4 ,eligible activities
  7a7 ,payments for rental arrearages   
,amounts made available pursuant to     
section #b of this ,act may be used only
 to provide payments1 to avoid eviction1
 on behalf of eligible households under 
subsection 7b71 directly to the owners  
of dwelling units occupied by such      
households1 in the amount necessary to  
pay all or a portion of any amount of   
rent for such dwelling unit past due at 
the time of such payment and            
attributable to occupancy at any time   
during 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  7b7 ,eligible  
households ,an eligible household under 
this section shall be a household that--
 7#a7 has an income that does not exceed
 #abj percent of the median income for  
the area in which the family resides2   
and  7#b7 resides in a dwelling unit    
located in any area that1 at any time   
during the emergency specified in       
subsection 7a71 is or was subject to an 
order made by any ,state or local       
government official or agency requiring 
residents to stay at home1 to stay at   
home except to the extent necessary1 or 
to stay at home except to the extent    
necessary to conduct essential          
activities4  7c7 ,treatment of credit   
scores ,an owner or other lessor of a   
dwelling unit for which a payment of    
rent is made pursuant to this ,act shall
 not report such payment or assistance  
to a consumer reporting agency and the  
provision of such assistance on behalf  
of an eligible household shall not      
adversely affect the credit score of any

 member of such household4  7d7         
,prohibition ,no grantee of amounts     
under this ,act nor any ,state nor local
 government may require any eligible    
household to prove or demonstrate an    
ability to pay future rent amounts due  
or to prove or demonstrate employment1  
as a condition of assistance under this 
,act on behalf of such household4  7e7  
,treatment ,in applying subtitle ,b of  
title ,,iv of the ,mc,kinney-,vento     
,homeless ,assistance ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #aacga et seq47 with respect  
to amounts made available pursuant to   
section #b of this ,act1 any reference  
to activities under section #dae7;a7 of 
the ,mc,kinney-,vento ,homeless         
,assistance ,act shall be considered to 
include the activity under subsection   
7a7 of this section4