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HB1672: relative to tenants in section 8 public housing.

Citation
2024 HB1672
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House status
Inexpedient to Legislate
Committee
House Judiciary
Hearing
02/21/2024 at 10:00 AM
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Criminal justice and courts Housing and property

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HB 1672 - AS INTRODUCED

2024 SESSION

24-2663

10/08

HOUSE BILL 1672

AN ACT relative to tenants in section 8 public housing.

SPONSORS: Rep. A. Lekas, Hills. 38; Rep. Layon, Rock. 13

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that in Section 8 rental assistance or other public housing, a housing authority shall allow a family member as a tenant who has satisfactorily completed a substance use disorder treatment or rehabilitation program.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2663

10/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT relative to tenants in section 8 public housing.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Paragraph; Housing Authorities Law; Rentals and Tenant Selection. Amend RSA 203:10 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

IV. In the operation or management of Section 8 rental assistance or other public housing assistance, a housing authority shall allow a family member who has satisfactorily completed a substance use disorder treatment or rehabilitation program as a tenant, provided that upon any violation of the terms of the family member's tenancy, the housing authority may restrict the tenant eligibility of the family member.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.