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H.R. 5937: To facilitate the preservation of certain affordable housing dwelling units.

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H.R. 5937: To facilitate the preservation of certain affordable housing dwelling units.

110th Congress · introduced 2008-05-01 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2008-05-01 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 277 (2008): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR5937 (2008-05-07), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

To facilitate the preservation of certain affordable housing dwelling units.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), upon request of the owner of a multifamily housing project to which specified contracts are subject, to: (1) convert such contracts to a contract for project-based rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; and (2) treat the contemplated resulting contract as eligible for initial renewal under the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997, if certain conditions are met. Deems the owner to be in compliance with income-targeting requirements of the United States Housing Act of 1937 by serving low-income families. Considers each family residing in an assisted dwelling unit on the date of such conversion to meet the applicable requirements for income eligibility and occupancy.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

To facilitate the preservation of certain affordable housing dwelling units.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] · 4 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Maxine Waters (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY)

Recorded votes

Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr5937 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110