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House vote: H.R. 5793 // July 10, 2018Needed two-thirds to pass

Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018

Sponsor: Sean Duffy (R-WI)

Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to implement a mobility demonstration program to enable public housing agencies (PHAs) to administer housing-choice rental-assistance vouchers in a manner designed to: (1) encourage low-income families receiving such assistance to move to lower-poverty areas, and (2) expand access to opportunity areas. HUD shall require PHAs applying to participate in the program to submit a specified Regional Housing Mobility Plan.

Housing and Community Development Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

368 votes, representing 214,274,171 people84.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

19 votes, representing 11,376,459 people4.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 10.9% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon36884.6%
NayLost194.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken010.9%