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III , (1 49 PM Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Increase Choice for Voucher Holders I National Low Income Housing Coalition <br />National Low Income <br />Housing Coalition <br />Senators Introduce Bipartisan <br />ill to Incre se Choice for <br />Toucher Holders <br />May 24, 2021 <br />Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) introduced on May 20 the "jQr1rLhZg�P <br />/ t .find r$1_a <br />to <br />expand and improve the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program. The bill would increase <br />funding for and remove programmatic barriers in the HCV program to increase the number of <br />rental units that accept HCVs, also called Section 8 tenant -based rental assistance. NLIHC <br />supports the "Choice in Affordable Housing Act" and urges Congress to.enact the bill, along <br />with investments to eg�Iaj r"_al ass`sstal ce <br />I,d1ILN3•//IISIII L.Ulg["�IC'fuelamt mes��ownon kental Assistance pdf) and s. etFl>, n r <br />(https:/Jnlhc org/siteldefaulJfiles[Solution Renter-Protections,pdf), to help <br />ensure that people with the lowest incomes and the most marginalized people have stable, <br />affordable homes. The bill is also endorsed by the National Housing Law Project, the Poverty & <br />Race Research Action Council, and other low-income housing advocates. <br />Landlord participation in the HCV program, which determines the number of available homes <br />and where they are located, is declining, with an average of _10Q0C <br />b . , rt�[t+54u a/uw/VUC Hager GnO1Ge_Irt_alrTorclaKe Pausing_dCt_117,pdf) <br />having left the program each year between 2010 and 2016. The "Choice in Affordable Housing <br />Act" would invest $500 million to increase voucher holders' housing choices and improve <br />access to high -opportunity areas by offering incentives to landlords, including signing bonuses <br />to landlords, security deposit assistance, and a financial bonus to public housing agencies <br />(PHAs) that retain a dedicated landlord liaison on staff. <br />,I III corg/resource✓senators-introd uce-bipartisan-bill-increase-choice-voucher-holders <br />