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      "title": "The Section 8 Housing Voucher Program: Reform Proposals in the 108th and 109th Congresses",
      "summary": "The Bush Administration has proposed eliminating the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program and replacing it with a new program in each of the past several years. While the specifics have changed, each proposal would significantly alter key features of the current program, including its administration, funding distribution, tenant contributions toward rent, initial and ongoing eligibility of families, and the eligible uses of program funds.\nThe first proposal was referenced in the President\u2019s FY2004 budget request and was later introduced in the 108th Congress (H.R. 1841/S. 947). Called the Housing Assistance for Needy Families Act of 2003, it would have created a new block grant administered by states\u2014rather than the local public housing authorities (PHAs) that administer the current program\u2014and eliminated many of the current rules governing the program. Hearings were held on the legislation, although no further action was taken.\nLanguage to enact the second proposal, called the Flexible Voucher Program (FVP), was included\u00a0in the Administrative Provisions section of the President\u2019s FY2005 budget request. Under the FVP, PHAs would have retained administration of the new grant program, although most of the federal Section 8 voucher rules and regulations would have been eliminated. The Appropriations Committees did not include the language in their versions, nor the final version, of the FY2005 HUD budget, and authorizing legislation was not introduced before the close of the 108th Congress.\nThe President\u2019s FY2006 budget request again called for enactment of a Flexible Voucher Program. During the first session of the 109th Congress, a modified version of the FVP was included as Title I of the State and Local Housing Flexibility Act of 2005 (H.R. 1999/S. 771). The President\u2019s FY2007 budget request reiterated the Administration\u2019s support for the bill. The House Financial Services Committee held hearings on the bill, although no further action was taken before the close of the 109th Congress.\nIn the second session of the 109th Congress, the House Financial Services Committee approved a bipartisan Section 8 voucher reform bill, the Section 8 Voucher Reform Act of 2006 (H.R. 5443). While notably narrower in scope than the President\u2019s reform proposals, it would have represented the first major reform of the program since the Quality Housing and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-276). It was not enacted before the close of the 109th Congress.\nThis report includes a table comparing the key features of the reform proposals from the 109th Congress. It will not be updated.",
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