,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fhjf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ab1 #bjbj,mr4  
,cleaver 7for himself and ,ms4 ,waters7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
suspend certain requirements under the  
public housing and housing choice       
voucher programs during 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 ,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 period that
 begins upon the date of the enactment  
of this ,act and ends #f months after   
the end of the incident period for the  
emergency declared on ,march #ac1 #bjbj1
 by the ,president under section #eja of
 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 pandemic1 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 #ihb4cab72 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  #c4       
,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 and  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 period4  7b7 ,definition ,for 
purposes of this section1 the term      
,,covid-#ai emergency period means the  
period that begins upon the date of the 
enactment of this ,act and ends upon the
 end of the incident period for the     
emergency declared on ,march #ac1 #bjbj1
 by the ,president under section #eja of
 the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster    
,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eaia7 relating to the   
,coronavirus ,disease #bjai             

7,,covid-#ai7 pandemic4