Shelter Our Servicemembers Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jun 17, 2015)
Shelter Our Servicemembers Act
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to jointly establish a two-year pilot program of grants to nonprofit organizations to provide elderly homeless veterans with non-transitional housing.
Allows recipients to use such grant to: (1) purchase real property to provide up to 200 homeless veterans with non-transitional housing, and (2) refurbish or renovate such property.
Makes eligible for such housing veterans of at least 55 years of age who: (1) have been continuously homeless for a year or more or, during the last three years, had at least four separate periods of living on the streets, in an emergency shelter, or a combination thereof; and (2) have a condition that limits their ability to work or perform activities of daily living.
Requires VA to provide case management for elderly veterans receiving such assistance.
What just happenedJul 2, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJun 17, 2015
- Jul 2, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Economic Opportunity Subcommittee - Jun 17, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Veterans' Affairs Committee - Jun 17, 2015IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Jun 17, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Financial Services Committee - Jun 17, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jun 17, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House