Repeal the Faircloth Amendment Act of 2021
Summary
Repeal the Faircloth Amendment Act of 2021 This bill repeals the limitation on the construction of new public housing units, commonly known as the Faircloth limit or the Faircloth amendment. Under current law, a public housing agency (PHA) is generally prohibited from using Department of Housing and Urban Development capital or operating funds to construct public housing units if doing so would result in a net increase to the number of public housing units owned, assisted, or operated by the PHA.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Feb 1, 2021
Last action Feb 1, 2021
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Committee
1
Feb 1, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
lower
Feb 1, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
DDemocratic
Co
Carolyn B. Maloney
DDemocratic
Co
Earl Blumenauer
DDemocratic
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