This bill directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to study how certain public housing agencies have put work requirements into place. The study focuses on agencies that, when applying to the Moving to Work demonstration, proposed work requirements as an innovation. HUD must look at short-, medium-, and long-term benefits and challenges for those agencies and the families affected. Topics include effects on homelessness, poverty, asset building, earnings growth, job getting and keeping, and the agencies' ability to administer the rules. The study must include numbers and interviews, including talks with program participants and their resident councils. HUD must send initial findings to the Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee within one year of enactment. The study only goes forward if HUD finds enough agencies to allow a rigorous evaluation and if the study would not harm the low-income families getting assistance.
If you live in a public housing program that joined the Moving to Work demonstration and proposed work requirements, HUD may study how those requirements affect you and your neighbors. The study could include interviews with residents and resident councils. HUD will report initial results to Congress within one year if it decides the study can be done without harming families.
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The bill requests a focused study to gather quantitative and qualitative evidence about the effects of work requirements on families and on housing agencies. Proponents would point to the study's goals to measure homelessness, poverty, income and job outcomes, asset building, and administrative capacity, and to include resident input, so policymakers can better understand outcomes before taking further action.
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