To address the homelessness and housing crises, to move toward the goal of providing for a home for all Americans, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill authorizes over $150 billion in federal funding to address homelessness and housing crises in America. It creates an entitlement to housing choice vouchers for extremely low-income families, expands supportive housing programs for elderly and disabled individuals, and establishes new programs to convert hotels and commercial properties into permanent housing.
Who Benefits and How
Extremely low-income families and individuals gain guaranteed access to housing vouchers, reducing their housing costs significantly. Homeless individuals receive expanded access to shelters, permanent housing, and supportive services. Affordable housing developers and nonprofits benefit from billions in new construction and rehabilitation funding. Public housing agencies and Continuum of Care organizations receive substantial new operating and administrative resources. Legal service providers gain $800 million to help tenants fight evictions.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal taxpayers bear the cost of the $150+ billion in new appropriations over 10 years. HUD faces significantly expanded administrative responsibilities overseeing these new programs. Property owners in areas with expanded voucher programs may face increased regulatory requirements. Landlords seeking evictions face better-funded tenant legal representation.
Key Provisions
- Creates entitlement to housing choice vouchers for families under 50% of extremely low-income limits
- Authorizes $45 billion annually (2025-2034) for Housing Trust Fund
- Appropriates $15 billion for Continuum of Care homeless assistance grants
- Establishes Commission on Racial Equity in Housing to address structural racism
- Creates new programs for hotel/motel conversion, safe parking, and mobile crisis intervention
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Authorizes over $150 billion in funding for affordable housing programs, expansion of housing choice vouchers to create an entitlement for extremely low-income families, and establishes new programs to address homelessness, racial equity in housing, and coordination between housing and behavioral health services.
Who Benefits
- Extremely low-income families and individuals
- Homeless individuals and families
- Elderly individuals needing supportive housing
Who Bears Costs
- Federal taxpayers (funding appropriations exceeding $150 billion)
- HUD administrative capacity (major expansion of program oversight)
- Property owners in high-opportunity areas (prioritized for project-based assistance)
Key Policy Areas
Housing, Homelessness, Social Welfare, Racial Equity, Transportation, Public Health
Primary Purpose
Authorizes over $150 billion in funding for affordable housing programs, expansion of housing choice vouchers to create an entitlement for extremely low-income families, and establishes new programs to address homelessness, racial equity in housing, and coordination between housing and behavioral health services.
Policy Domains
Legislative Strategy
"Massively expand federal investment in affordable housing and establish housing assistance as an entitlement for extremely low-income households while creating new coordination mechanisms between housing, homelessness services, and behavioral health"
Identified Gains
- Extremely low-income families and individuals
- Homeless individuals and families
- Elderly individuals needing supportive housing
- People with disabilities needing supportive housing
- Communities of color facing housing discrimination
- LGBTQ individuals experiencing housing instability
- Affordable housing developers and nonprofits
- Public housing agencies
- State housing finance agencies
- Continuum of Care organizations
- Hotels and motels being converted to permanent housing
Identified Costs
- Federal taxpayers (funding appropriations exceeding $150 billion)
- HUD administrative capacity (major expansion of program oversight)
- Property owners in high-opportunity areas (prioritized for project-based assistance)
- Local governments (reporting requirements and coordination mandates)
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Lieu (for himself, Mr. Carbajal, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Fields, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Behavioral health service providers, Child welfare and justice system organizations, Communities of color affected by housing discrimination
Contract administrators, Government Accountability Office, HUD Office of Inspector General
Positive-direction: Contract administrators, HUD Office of Inspector General, HUD administrative staff, Housing program administrators, Local governments operating safe parking programs, Local governments with transit corridors, Public housing agencies, State housing finance agencies, State transportation departments, US Interagency Council on Homelessness
Negative-direction: Government Accountability Office, HUD Secretary
Affordable housing developers, Bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure developers, Highway construction projects increasing vehicle capacity
Positive-direction: Affordable housing developers, Bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure developers, Housing conversion developers, Infill housing developers, Multifamily housing developers, Nonprofit housing developers serving disabled populations, Nonprofit housing developers serving elderly, Pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure contractors, Transit-oriented development projects, Transit-oriented housing developers
Negative-direction: Highway construction projects increasing vehicle capacity
Housing equity researchers, Housing policy experts with lived homelessness experience, Housing policy researchers
Library consortiums, Public libraries, Research libraries and archives
Commercial property owners (shopping malls), Landlords seeking evictions, Rental property owners
Positive-direction: Commercial property owners (shopping malls), Rental property owners
Negative-direction: Landlords seeking evictions
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- "the_administrator"
- → Administrator of Health Resources and Services Administration
- "the_attorney_general"
- → Attorney General
Note: The Secretary generally refers to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development throughout the bill, but Section 304 uses Attorney General for mobile crisis intervention grants and Section 305/506B uses Secretary of Health and Human Services for library consortium pilot grants
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Has the meaning given the term in section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360)
Have the meanings given those terms in section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302)
Includes individuals who are or have been incarcerated or held in municipal, State, or Federal jails, prisons, juvenile facilities, or other types of detention facilities, who have been held in pre-trial or post-conviction detention, who have an arrest or conviction regardless of whether they were detained or incarcerated, who have been held in immigration detention, or youth held in custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement
A group of individuals defined by a common characteristic that has been found to experience homelessness, housing instability, or to be cost-burdened at a rate higher than that of the general public, including Asian, Black, Latino, Native American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and other communities of color, individuals with disabilities, elderly individuals, foster and former foster youth, LGBTQ individuals, veterans
Has the meaning given the term in section 3(b)(6) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(6))
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
A family who initially has an income that does not exceed 50 percent of the maximum income limitation for extremely low-income families or is an extremely low-income family that includes an individual who is a recipient of supplemental security income benefits
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