The Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2023 aims to increase private landlord participation in the Housing Choice Voucher program, which helps low-income families, elderly people, and individuals with disabilities afford housing in the private market. The bill addresses a documented problem: landlord participation has been declining, with an average of 10,000 housing providers leaving the program annually between 2010 and 2016, particularly in low-poverty neighborhoods with good schools and job access. To reverse this trend, the bill creates several incentive mechanisms, including one-time payments to landlords of up to 200 percent of monthly rent for units in low-poverty areas entering the program for the first time, federal funding for security deposits on behalf of tenants, and annual bonus payments to public housing agencies that employ dedicated landlord liaisons to recruit and support property owners. The bill authorizes $100 million annually from fiscal years 2024 through 2028 for a new Herschel Lashkowitz Housing Partnership Fund to support these initiatives, and it requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to submit annual reports for five years measuring the program's success in recruiting landlords and expanding access to voucher-assisted housing in higher-opportunity neighborhoods.
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