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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 5196 (Introduced in House) — To expedite application for payment of rental arrearages by landlords and mandate tenant access to financial assistan... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Mandating Tenant Access to Financial Assistance

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Section 501(c) of subtitle A of title V of Division M of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ( 15 U.S.C. 9058a(c) ) is amended— in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A)— by striking 12 months and inserting 20 months ; and by striking for an additional 3 months and inserting for an additional 4 months ; in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking 3 months and inserting 4 months ; and in subpargraph (C)(i)(I) by striking the grantee may make such payments and inserting the grantee shall make such payments ; and in paragraph
(3)by striking to provide eligible households and inserting to provide . low-income families as such term is defined in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437a(b) ) Section 3201(d)(1)(A) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 is amended— in clause (i), by striking 18 months and inserting 24 months ; and in clause (ii), by striking 18 months and inserting 24 months . Section 501 of subtitle A of title V of Division M of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ( 15 U.S.C. 9058a ) is amended by adding at the end the following: A grantee may not be subject to liability for the provision of assistance under this section to a renter who does not meet the eligibility requirements set forth under this section if such grantee provides such assistance in good faith reliance on attestations of eligibility or use of proxies of income provided by the renter pursuant to the requirements of this section or rules issued by the Secretary under this section. . Section 501(k)(3) of subtitle A of title V of Division M of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ( 15 U.S.C. 9058a(k)(3) ) is amended— in subparagraph (A)— by striking with respect to which the eligible grantee involved determines and inserting with respect to which the eligible grantee determines by accepting any attestation of the household as true, ; and by striking hardship due, directly an inserting hardship, during or due, directly by striking in subparagraph
(C)and inserting the following: In determining the income of a household for purposes of determining such household’s eligibility for assistance from a payment made under this section (including for purposes of subsection (c)(4)), the eligible grantee involved shall accept any attestation of the household with respect to eligibility as true. . Section 501 of subtitle A of title V of Division M of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ( 15 U.S.C. 9058a ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall prohibit grantees from requiring a renter to submit a written lease agreement to be eligible for assistance under this section. .
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