Date: May 14, 1997
Subject: Public Housing System Overhaul
Description: Passage of the bill to replace federal low-income housing programs with block grants to local authorities, eliminate most federal regulations affecting low-income housing assistance, and change tenant income, employment and eligibility requirements. This was part of the conservative devolution of federal power to state and local authority.
Result: Bill Passed, 293-132
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