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The Human Needs Report is the Coalition on Human Needs' newsletter on national policy issues affecting low-income and vulnerable populations. It is published every other week while Congress is in session.
Article from the September 28, 2001 edition of the CHN Human Needs Report: The House passed a bill to reauthorize a program through 2006 that allows the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to lower excessive rental assistance payments under the Section 8 housing voucher program. The bill also has provisions that would enable HUD to restructure Federal Housing Administration-insured mortgages so that landlords will still be able to cover mortgage payments with the reduced rents.
The House also passed a bill that grants another year to a housing commission - charged with devising a plan to link seniors' housing, assisted living centers, and health care facilities - to complete its study. Originally due to expire on December 31, 2002, the commission now has until March 31, 2003 to file its plan. |
