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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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