LRB-1345/P5
AJM:ahe&wlj
2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......LeRoy, BB0225 - WHEDA housing voucher prioritization
For 2017-2019 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
commerce and economic development
Economic development
This bill authorizes WHEDA to develop policies and procedures for and implement a two-year pilot program that gives priority to chronically homeless individuals and families on the waiting list WHEDA or a public housing agency that contracts with WHEDA maintains under the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program. The bill also authorizes WHEDA to provide case management services for chronically homeless individuals and families who receive a voucher after being prioritized on the waiting list.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 9123. Nonstatutory provisions; Housing and Economic Development Authority.
(1) Pilot program for chronically homeless individuals and families. The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority may develop policies and procedures for and implement a 2-year pilot program that gives priority to chronically homeless individuals and families on the waiting list that the authority, or a public housing agency that contracts with the authority, maintains for vouchers under the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program. The authority may provide case management services to each chronically homeless individual or family who receives a voucher after being prioritized on the waiting list.
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