Federal housing monitors would face mandatory annual testimony under HR 6825
In committeeH.R. 6825Latest action
Sponsor: Nydia M. Velázquez · Representative · NY
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Official title: To require Federal monitors and receivers of public housing agencies to testify before the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.
119th Congress
Topics: Housing
Introduced:
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HR 6825 requires federal monitors and receivers overseeing troubled public housing agencies to testify before two congressional committees each year.
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What does this do?
HR 6825 would require federal monitors and receivers appointed to oversee or take control of failing public housing agencies to testify before Congress annually. They would appear before the House Committee on Financial Services and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Any monitor or receiver active in the prior year would need to testify by October 1 of the following year.
Who does it affect?
The officials directly affected are federal monitors and receivers, along with the public housing agencies they oversee. Residents living in those housing developments are indirectly affected, as the bill would introduce regular congressional scrutiny of how those agencies are being managed.
Why does it matter?
Currently, monitors and receivers can operate with limited direct accountability to Congress. This bill would create a formal, recurring mechanism for Congress to examine how these officials are managing agencies placed under federal control and whether conditions are improving.
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Where does it stand?
- IntroducedDec 17, 2025
- House committeeYou are here · Dec 17, 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 House Committee on Financial Services.