Housing for All Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill establishes key definitions for the Housing for All Act including terms for homelessness, at-risk populations, and identifies the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as the primary administrator, authorizes $45 billion per year for 10 years (2025-2034) to the Housing Trust Fund to increase housing supply for extremely low-income and very low-income households, and authorizes $2.64 billion for Section 202 supportive housing program for elderly. It relies on grants, appropriations, reporting requirements, and definition changes. The main policy areas are Housing, Social Welfare, Finance, and Healthcare.
Who Benefits and How
U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness could gain revenue opportunities, State and local governments receiving HOME funds could gain revenue opportunities, and State and local governments receiving ESG funds could gain revenue opportunities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal taxpayers could face higher costs, Government Accountability Office would take on compliance duties, and HUD would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Establishes key definitions for the Housing for All Act including terms for homelessness, at-risk populations, and identifies the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as the primary administrator.
- Authorizes $45 billion per year for 10 years (2025-2034) to the Housing Trust Fund to increase housing supply for extremely low-income and very low-income households.
- Authorizes $2.64 billion for Section 202 supportive housing program for elderly.
- Authorizes $1.002 billion for Section 811 supportive housing for persons with disabilities.
- Authorizes $40.46 billion for the HOME Investment Partnerships Program.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill establishes key definitions for the Housing for All Act including terms for homelessness, at-risk populations, and identifies the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as the primary administrator, authorizes $45 billion per year for 10 years (2025-2034) to the Housing Trust Fund to increase housing supply for extremely low-income and very low-income households, and authorizes $2.64 billion for Section 202 supportive housing program for elderly.
Key Policy Areas
Housing, Social Welfare, Finance, Healthcare
Primary Purpose
The bill establishes key definitions for the Housing for All Act including terms for homelessness, at-risk populations, and identifies the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as the primary administrator, authorizes $45 billion per year for 10 years (2025-2034) to the Housing Trust Fund to increase housing supply for extremely low-income and very low-income households, and authorizes $2.64 billion for Section 202 supportive housing program for elderly.
Policy Domains
Section 2 - Definitions
Identified Gains
- U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness
- State and local governments receiving HOME funds
- State and local governments receiving ESG funds
- Multifamily housing developers and owners
- Legal service providers representing tenants
Identified Costs
- Federal taxpayers
- Government Accountability Office
- HUD
- Landlords pursuing evictions
- Federal agencies receiving annual racial equity reports
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Padilla (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Extremely low-income and very low-income households, Extremely low-income renters and SSI recipients, Homeless individuals living in vehicles
Federal agencies receiving annual racial equity reports, Government Accountability Office, HUD
Positive-direction: HUD and its program administrators, Indian Tribes, U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness
Negative-direction: Federal agencies receiving annual racial equity reports, Government Accountability Office, HUD
Affordable housing developers, Affordable housing developers and nonprofit housing organizations, Developers of infill and transit-oriented housing
Local governments applying for RAISE grants, State and local governments receiving ESG funds, State and local governments receiving HOME funds
Continuum of Care organizations, Counties and cities providing homelessness services, Homeless service providers and shelters
Disability supportive housing developers, Elderly supportive housing developers and providers
Landlords pursuing evictions, Private landlords accepting Section 8
Positive-direction: Private landlords accepting Section 8
Negative-direction: Landlords pursuing evictions
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- "the_council"
- → United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- "the_commission"
- → Commission on Racial Equity in Housing
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
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)
Has the meanings given those terms in section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302)
Has the meanings given those terms in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103)
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, with respect to youth, who are or have been held in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement
A group of individuals that is defined by a common characteristic and that has been found to experience homelessness, housing instability, or to be cost-burdened at a rate higher than that of the general public. Includes Asian, Black, Latino, Native American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and other communities of color, individuals with disabilities, including mental health disabilities, elderly individuals, foster and former foster youth, LGBTQ+ individuals, gender non-binary and gender non-conforming individuals, and 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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