,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ehhi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ca1        
#bjbe,ms4 ,pressley introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,financial ,services  
,a ,,bill  ,to create a hotline to      
provide eviction-related assistance4    
#a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may be     
cited as the ,eviction ,helpline ,act4  
#b4 ,eviction information  7a7 ,hotline 
,the ,secretary shall1 not later than #a
 year after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act1 establish a hotline to      
provide assistance with regard to       
eviction-related matters to tenants of  
covered federally assisted rental       
dwelling units4  7b7 ,authorization of  
appropriations ,there is authorized to  
be appropriated to the ,secretary to    
carry out this section such sums as may 
be necessary for fiscal year #bjbf and  
each fiscal year thereafter4  #c4       
,definitions  7a7 ,for purposes of this 
,act3 7#a7 ,assistance ,the term        

assistance means any grant1 loan1       
subsidy1 contract1 cooperative          
agreement1 or other form of financial   
assistance1 but such term does not      
include the insurance or guarantee of a 
loan1 mortgage1 or pool of loans or     
mortgages4  7#b7 ,covered federally     
assisted rental dwelling unit ,the term 
covered federally assisted rental       
dwelling unit means a residential       
dwelling unit that-- 7,a7 is made       
available for rental2 and  7,b7  7i7 for
 which assistance is provided1 or that  
is part of a housing project for which  
assistance is provided1 under any       
program administered by the ,secretary  
of ,housing and ,urban ,development1    
including-- 7,i7 the public housing     
program under the ,united ,states       
,housing ,act of #aicg #ba 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #adcg et seq472  7,,ii7 the   
program for rental assistance under     
section #h of the ,united ,states       
,housing ,act of #aicg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#adcg;f72  7,,iii7 the ,,home           

,investment ,partnerships program under 
title ,,ii of the ,cranston-,gonzalez   
,national ,affordable ,housing ,act 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #abgba et seq472  7,,iv7     
title ,,iv of the ,mc,kinney-,vento     
,homeless ,assistance ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #aacfj et seq472  7,v7 the    
,housing ,trust ,fund program under     
section #acch of the ,housing and       
,community ,development ,act of #aiib   
7#ab ,u4,s4,c4 #defh72  7,,vi7 the      
program for supportive housing for the  
elderly under section #bjb of the       
,housing ,act of #aiei 7#ab ,u4,s4,c4   
#agjaq72  7,,vii7 the program for       
supportive housing for persons with     
disabilities under section #haa of the  
,cranston-,gonzalez ,national           
,affordable ,housing ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4
 #hjac72  7,,viii7 the ,,aids ,housing  
,opportunities program under subtitle ,d
 of title ,,viii of the                 
,cranston-,gonzalez ,national           
,affordable ,housing ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4
 #abija et seq472  7,,ix7 the program   

for ,native ,american housing under the 
,native ,american ,housing ,assistance  
and ,self-,determination ,act of #aiif  
7#be ,u4,s4,c4 #daja et seq472 and  7,x7
 the program for housing assistance for 
,native ,hawaiians under title ,,viii of
 the ,native ,american ,housing         
,assistance and ,self-,determination    
,act of #aiif #g 7#be ,u4,s4,c4 #dbba et
 seq472 or  7ii7 is a property1 or is on
 or in a property1 that has a federally 
backed mortgage loan or federally backed
 multifamily mortgage loan1 as #aa such 
terms are defined in section #djbd7;a7  
of the ,,cares ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4      
#ijeh7;a774  7#c7 ,secretary ,the term  
,secretary means ,secretary of ,housing 
and ,urban ,development4