SEC-559 -- STUDY OF SECTION 8 UTILIZATION RATES. 

 
 (a) Study.-The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall conduct
a study of the reasons for success or failure, within appropriate cities
and localities, in utilizing assistance made available by the Secretary
for such areas under the certificate and voucher programs under section
8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937. The study shall examine such
rates and provide information regarding such rates based on the
household size, age of household members, race of household members,
income of households, welfare status of households, number of children
in a household.
 
 (b) Report.-The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall submit
to the Congress, not later than the expiration of the 1-year period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, a report regarding
the study under this section. The report shall contain a conclusion of
the Secretary, for each city or locality studied, whether the success
or failure in utilizing assistance under such section 8 relates to the
existence of a local problem or a programmatic failure with respect to
the certificate or voucher program.