An Act To Improve Housing Support in the Bridging Rental Assistance Program

Sec. 1. 34-B MRSA §3011, first ¶,  as corrected by RR 2017, c. 1, §31, is amended to read:

The Bridging Rental Assistance Program is established within the department as a transitional housing voucher program. The purpose of the program is to assist persons with mental illness with housing assistance for up to 24 months or until they receive assistance from a housing voucher program administered by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development under the United States Housing Act of 1937, Public Law 75-412, 50 Stat. 888, Section 8 or receive an alternative housing placement. The department shall require a program participant to contribute the same amount toward rent that is required of a participant in the housing voucher program administered by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development under the United States Housing Act of 1937, Public Law 75-412, 50 Stat. 888, Section 8 and its implementing regulations. The department shall adopt rules to carry out the purpose of the program. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

sUMMARY

This bill requires a participant in the Bridging Rental Assistance Program to contribute the same amount toward rent that is required of a participant in the housing voucher program administered by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development under the United States Housing Act of 1937, Public Law 75-412, 50 Stat. 888, Section 8.