1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018 . 2. Housing choice voucher mobility demonstration (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Families; public housing agency The term public housing agency have the meanings given those terms in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437a(b) ). (2) Housing choice voucher assistance The term housing choice voucher assistance means voucher assistance provided under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f(o) ). (3) Plan The term Plan means a Regional Housing Mobility Plan submitted under subsection (d). (4) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. (b) Authority The Secretary may carry out a mobility demonstration program to enable public housing agencies to administer housing choice voucher assistance in a manner designed to encourage families receiving that assistance to move to lower-poverty areas and expand access to opportunity areas. (c) Selection of PHAs (1) Requirements The Secretary shall establish requirements for public housing agencies to participate in the demonstration program under this section, which shall provide that the following public housing agencies may participate: (A) Public housing agencies that together— (i) serve areas with high concentrations of families receiving housing choice voucher assistance in poor, low-opportunity neighborhoods; and (ii) have an adequate number of moderately priced rental units in higher-opportunity areas. (B) Planned consortia or partial consortia of public housing agencies that— (i) include not less than 1 public housing agency with a high-performing Family Self-Sufficiency program carried out under section 23 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437u )