; and (ii) to the Committees on Financial Services and Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and Veterans' Affairs of the Senate. 4. Study of barriers to administration in high housing cost areas (a) Study The Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development and Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, shall jointly conduct a study to identify barriers to carrying out the HUD–VASH supported housing program under section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 in areas having high housing costs. Such study shall— (1) be carried out with respect to not less than 15 housing market areas used for purposes of fair market rents established under the rental assistance program under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f ), as selected by such Secretaries, that— (A) have high rates of veterans experiencing homelessness, as identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; (B) have high housing costs, as identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; (C) have at least one public housing agency and one medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs located within the area; and (D) include housing market areas for which fair market rents are calculated using the Small Area Fair Market Rents and include housing areas that are not calculated using such rents; (2) for each housing market area covered by the study, collect data with respect to only one public housing agency and one medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs located in the area; and (3) identify for such high housing cost areas— (A) the average amount of time elapsed between a veteran receiving a voucher for rental assistance under the program and signing a lease for a residence to be assisted using such voucher