Bill would expand housing vouchers and guarantee them by 2029
In committeeH.R. 4872Latest action
Sponsor: Maxine Waters · Representative · CA
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Official title: Ending Homelessness Act of 2025
119th Congress
Topics: Housing
Introduced:
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HR 4872 would expand Section 8 vouchers and make them a guaranteed entitlement starting in 2029.
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What does this do?
HR 4872 would add millions of new Housing Choice Vouchers over several years and, starting in 2029, make vouchers an entitlement so any eligible low-income family who applies is guaranteed assistance. It would remove some public housing eligibility restrictions, require rent assistance based on ZIP-code level rental data, ban housing discrimination based on source of income, and fund new grants for homelessness services and affordable housing.
Who does it affect?
It would affect low-income renters, people experiencing or at risk of homelessness, landlords, state and local governments, public housing agencies, and nonprofit and faith-based housing providers.
Why does it matter?
The changes would increase federal responsibility for housing assistance and add new legal obligations for landlords and reporting requirements for local agencies.
What does it cost, and who pays?
- Millions of new housing vouchers funded
- New emergency grants and trust fund money
- Permanent funding for homelessness programs
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Where does it stand?
- IntroducedAug 5, 2025
- House committeeYou are here · Aug 5, 2025
- House vote
- Senate
- The president's desk
Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the president.
Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.