House File 438 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 438 BY COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS (SUCCESSOR TO HF 131) A BILL FOR An Act relating to authorized expenditures for housing 1 assistance from the veterans trust fund. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1184HV (2) 87 ec/rj
H.F. 438 Section 1. Section 35A.13, subsection 6, Code 2017, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . n. Rental housing assistance for veterans 3 who meet the definition of homeless, as set out in 42 U.S.C. 4 §11302, for payment of rental deposits and rental application 5 fees and for reimbursement of costs associated with obtaining 6 records needed for obtaining rental housing. 7 EXPLANATION 8 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 9 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 10 This bill provides that moneys in the veterans trust fund may 11 be expended, upon a majority vote of the state commission of 12 veterans affairs, for rental housing assistance for homeless 13 veterans for the payment of rental deposits, rental application 14 fees, and costs associated with obtaining records needed to 15 secure rental housing. 16 -1- LSB 1184HV (2) 87 ec/rj 1/ 1