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H.R. 4872119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Aug 5, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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HR 4872 would expand Section 8 vouchers and make them a guaranteed entitlement starting in 2029.
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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.
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.
The changes would increase federal responsibility for housing assistance and add new legal obligations for landlords and reporting requirements for local agencies.
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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.