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HR 965 Passed a chamber

Excludes certain veterans' disability benefits from income when determining eligibility for some federal housing assistance, including supported housing and new housing built on VA property.

Official title: Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act

Next stop Senate: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 04-FEB-2025
Referred 04-FEB-2025
Passed 10-FEB-2025
Senate
Received 11-FEB-2025
Key points
  • Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exclude disability benefits received by a veteran under chapter 11 or chapter 15 of title 38 from income for the supported housing program under section 8(o)(19).
  • Applies the same exclusion when a household's eligibility for other housing assistance is determined, but the exclusion does not apply to the definition of adjusted income.
  • Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to exclude the same benefits when a veteran's eligibility to rent a dwelling unit built on Department property after enactment is determined, where HUD assistance is provided.
  • Defines Department property by reference to section 901 of title 38, United States Code.
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Committee referrals (2) Policy area

Housing and Community Development

Sponsor Brad Sherman (D-CA) Cosponsors · 46
■ 37 D■ 9 R