Marijuana in Federally Assisted Housing Parity Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Marijuana in Federally Assisted Housing Parity Act amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 and the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998. It excludes state-law-compliant marijuana manufacture, sale, distribution, use, or possession from several federally assisted housing definitions of drug-related criminal activity. It also bars public housing agencies and owners of federally assisted housing from establishing admission standards that prohibit households based on marijuana activity when the activity complies with state law. The bill similarly limits treatment of state-law-compliant marijuana activity as criminal activity for termination and tenancy standards.
Who Benefits and How
Federally assisted housing applicants and tenants benefit because state-law-compliant marijuana activity would no longer automatically block admission or trigger adverse housing standards under the amended federal provisions. Public housing residents in states with legal marijuana benefit from closer parity between state law and federal housing rules. Public housing agencies and owners benefit from clearer exceptions when designing admission and tenancy policies in states that permit marijuana activity.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Public housing agencies and owners must revise admissions, lease, and enforcement standards to reflect the state-law exception. HUD oversight staff may need to update guidance and monitor compliance. Residents who object to marijuana activity may experience policy changes in their buildings. Housing compliance teams must distinguish state-law-compliant marijuana activity from other controlled-substance or criminal conduct that remains covered.
Key Provisions
- Amends the United States Housing Act drug-related criminal activity definition to exclude state-law-compliant marijuana activity.
- Restricts public housing lease and termination standards from treating state-law-compliant marijuana use as covered criminal activity.
- Bars federally assisted housing admission standards that prohibit households based on state-law-compliant marijuana activity.
- Applies the marijuana exception across public housing and other federally assisted housing provisions.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Creates state-law marijuana exceptions in federally assisted housing law so public housing agencies and owners generally may not deny admission, terminate tenancy, or treat marijuana-related activity as disqualifying criminal activity when the activity complies with state law.
Key Policy Areas
Housing, Cannabis Policy, Social Services
Primary Purpose
Creates state-law marijuana exceptions in federally assisted housing law so public housing agencies and owners generally may not deny admission, terminate tenancy, or treat marijuana-related activity as disqualifying criminal activity when the activity complies with state law.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Federally assisted housing applicants
- Public housing tenants
- Public housing agencies
- Owners of federally assisted housing
- Housing compliance teams
Identified Costs
- Public housing agencies
- Owners of federally assisted housing
- HUD oversight staff
- Housing compliance teams
- Residents objecting to marijuana activity
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1214)
Stakeholder Effects
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Federally assisted housing applicants, Public housing tenants
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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