Sec. 9. Resident councils
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Section 2 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Each public housing project with not less than 50 dwelling units shall form a resident council to— improve residents’ quality of life and resident satisfaction; and establish self-help initiatives to enable residents to create a positive living environment for families living in public housing. Each resident council formed under this subsection may actively participate through working partnerships with a public housing agency to advise and assist in all aspects of public housing operations.
A resident council shall consist of individuals residing in public housing and shall meet the requirements described in this paragraph in order to— receive official recognition from the public housing agency and the Secretary; be eligible to receive funds for resident council activities; and be eligible to receive stipends for officers for their related costs in connection with volunteer work in public housing. A resident council may represent residents residing in— scattered site buildings; areas of contiguous row houses; 1 or more contiguous buildings; a development; or any combination of clauses
(i)through (iv). A resident council shall adopt written procedures, such as by-laws or a constitution, which shall— provide for a democratically elected governing board that— consists of not less than 5 members; and is elected— by the voting membership of the residents of the public housing; and in elections that occur on a regular basis not less frequently than every 2 years; and provide for the recall of the resident council by the voting membership through a petition or other expression of the desire of the voting membership for a recall election and set the threshold percentage of voting membership who are required to be in agreement in order to hold a recall election, which percentage shall be not less than 10 percent of the voting membership. The voting membership of a resident council shall consist of heads of households of the public housing dwelling units of any age and other residents not less than 16 years of age. Public housing agencies may provide stipends to resident council officers who serve as volunteers in their public housing developments, which shall— not exceed $1,000 per month per officer; and be decided locally by the resident council and the public housing agency. The requirement under paragraph (3)(C)(i)(I)(bb)(BB) shall apply on and after January 1, 2022. .
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