Housing Without Fear Act of 2026
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Housing Without Fear Act is short but direct: it bars the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Homeland Security from carrying out a memorandum of understanding signed by the two Secretaries on March 24, 2025. The bill text does not describe the MOU's operational terms, so the legal effect is to stop that specific HUD-DHS interagency agreement rather than to rewrite the underlying housing or immigration statutes.
Who Benefits and How
HUD-assisted households, tenants, and housing applicants who would have been affected by HUD-DHS coordination under the March 24, 2025 MOU benefit from the agreement being blocked. Housing providers and public housing agencies benefit from a clearer instruction not to implement that specific interagency arrangement unless another authority applies. Immigration-rights advocates benefit from limiting HUD-DHS cooperation tied to housing programs.
Who Bears the Burden and How
HUD and DHS must stop implementation of the specified MOU and unwind any operational steps tied to it. Program offices, public housing agencies, and contractors that had prepared for MOU implementation may need updated guidance. The burden is administrative but concrete because the bill forbids the two Secretaries from carrying out the agreement.
Key Provisions
- Prohibits HUD and DHS from carrying out the March 24, 2025 memorandum of understanding between the two departments.
- Blocks implementation of that specific interagency agreement without amending the underlying housing or immigration statutes.
- Requires HUD and DHS program offices to adjust guidance or operations tied to the MOU.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Prohibits HUD and DHS from carrying out their March 24, 2025 memorandum of understanding.
Key Policy Areas
Housing, Immigration, Government
Primary Purpose
Prohibits HUD and DHS from carrying out their March 24, 2025 memorandum of understanding.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- HUD-assisted households
- Public housing agencies
- Immigration rights advocates
- Housing providers
Identified Costs
- HUD
- DHS
- Public housing agencies
- HUD contractors
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
Ms. Rivas introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "dhs"
- → Department of Homeland Security
- "hud"
- → Department of Housing and Urban Development
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