1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Our Schools from Tax Delinquents Act of 2017 . 2. Obligation for owners of assisted units to remain current on local property and school taxes (a) In general Subsection (o) of section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f(o) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (21) Obligation for owners To remain current on local property and school taxes (A) Obligation Each housing assistance payments contract entered into by a public housing agency and the owner of a dwelling unit shall provide that the owner of the dwelling unit assisted under the contract shall pay, on a timely basis, all covered taxes validly assessed against the property in which such dwelling unit is located. (B) Authority to provide for use of assistance amounts to pay delinquent taxes A housing assistance payments contract entered into by a public housing agency and the owner of a dwelling unit may provide that, upon notification by a taxing authority that the owner of a dwelling unit assisted under this subsection is delinquent with respect to payment of any covered taxes assessed by such taxing authority against the property in which such dwelling unit is located and identification of the amount of such delinquency— (i) the public housing agency shall abate all of the assistance amounts under this subsection with respect to such property until the transfer of amounts pursuant to subparagraph (B) is completed