,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cifh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #c1     
#bjbf ,mr4 ,ricketts introduced the     
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,banking1
 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a      
,,bill  ,to require the ,government     
,accountability ,office to study and    
recommend a definition for workforce    
housing4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,housing for        
,america's ,middle ,class ,act of #bjbf4
  #b4 ,,gao study on workforce housing  
7a7 ,in general ,not later than #a year 
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,comptroller ,general of the  
,united ,states shall conduct a study   
and submit to the ,congress a report    
that--  7#a7 identifies obstacles       
middle-income households face when      
looking to secure affordable housing2   
7#b7 identifies geographic areas where  
housing is the most unaffordable and    
unavailable for middle-income           

households2  7#c7 includes a list of    
,federal housing programs1 including    
,federal tax credits1 grants1 and loan  
programs1 that are not available to     
middle-income households due to their   
income status1 including ,federal       
housing programs designed to promote    
affordability2  7#d7 recommends income  
and other parameters to establish a     
clear and consistent ,federal definition
 for the term workforce housing for use 
when describing the segment of housing  
that could be made available to such    
middle-income households in ,federal    
housing programs if funding commensurate
 with the additional eligibility were to
 be made available2 and  7#e7 analyzes  
how to modify or newly develop new      
,federal housing programs and incentives
 to include workforce housing if funding
 commensurate with the additional       
eligibility were to be made available4  
7b7 ,middle-,income household defined   
,in this section1 the term middle-income
 household means a household with an    

income above #hj percent but that does  
not exceed #abj percent of the median   
family income of the area1 as determined
 by the ,secretary with adjustments for 
smaller and larger families4