Home for the Brave Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Home for the Brave Act of 2025 adds a new income-exclusion rule to the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act. Notwithstanding any other law, amounts received by any household or family member as disability compensation under chapter 11 of title 38 or dependency and indemnity compensation under chapter 13 of title 38 may not be counted as household or family income for HUD-administered housing assistance. The exclusion applies when determining eligibility for housing assistance, the amount of benefits payable to or on behalf of the family or household, and the rent the family or household pays for an assisted dwelling unit.
Who Benefits and How
Veterans receiving disability compensation benefit because those payments no longer count against HUD housing assistance eligibility or benefit calculations. Surviving spouses and families receiving dependency and indemnity compensation benefit because DIC is excluded from HUD income calculations. Veteran households in assisted housing benefit if rent calculations no longer treat disability or survivor benefits as countable income. Veterans housing advocates benefit from a clear federal rule protecting disability-related benefits in HUD programs.
Who Bears the Burden and How
HUD housing program administrators must update income-verification, eligibility, benefit, and rent calculation rules. Public housing agencies and HUD-assisted property managers must exclude title 38 disability and DIC payments from income determinations. HUD programs may pay higher assistance amounts or collect lower tenant rent when covered compensation is excluded.
Key Provisions
- Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to add a veterans disability benefit income exclusion.
- Prohibits HUD from counting title 38 disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation as income for housing assistance eligibility.
- Prohibits HUD from counting those payments when calculating housing benefits payable to or on behalf of a family or household.
- Provides that those payments are excluded when calculating rent for HUD-assisted dwelling units.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Excludes veterans disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation from household income for HUD housing assistance eligibility, benefit amounts, and rent calculations.
Key Policy Areas
Veterans, Housing Assistance, HUD
Primary Purpose
Excludes veterans disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation from household income for HUD housing assistance eligibility, benefit amounts, and rent calculations.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Veterans receiving disability compensation
- Surviving spouses receiving DIC
- Veteran households in assisted housing
- Veterans housing advocates
Identified Costs
- HUD housing program administrators
- Public housing agencies
- HUD-assisted property managers
- HUD assistance budgets
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Carbajal (for himself and Mr. Smucker) introduced the following …
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
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