119-hr3133

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 3133 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3133

To amend certain Acts related to housing to adjust rental payments with 
respect to certain Federal rental assistance programs, to ban source of 
 income discrimination in housing, to reform and expand the housing 
 choice voucher program, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 1, 2025

 Ms. Ansari (for herself, Mr. Casar, Mr. Fields, Mr. Jackson of 
 Illinois, Mr. Lieu, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Omar, and Ms. Tlaib) introduced 
 the following bill; which was 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

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

To amend certain Acts related to housing to adjust rental payments with 
respect to certain Federal rental assistance programs, to ban source of 
 income discrimination in housing, to reform and expand the housing 
 choice voucher program, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Housing Accessibility and Voucher 
Expansion Now Act'' or the ``HAVEN Act''.

SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENTS TO RENTAL PAYMENTS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN FEDERAL 
 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--

    (1) United states housing act of 1937.--The United States 
 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et. seq.) is amended--
        (A) in 

section 3

    (a)

    (1)
        (A) , by striking ``30'' and 
 inserting ``20'';
        (B) in 

section 8

    (o)

    (2)
        (A)
            (i) , by striking ``30'' 
 and inserting ``20''; and
            (C) in 

section 9

    (e)

    (2)
        (A) --
            (i) in clause
            (vi) , by striking ``and'' at 
 the end;
            (ii) by redesignating clause
            (vii) as 
 clause
            (viii) and by moving such clause 1 em to 
 the right; and
            (iii) by inserting after clause
            (vi) the 
 following:
 ``
            (vii) the amount of public housing rental 
 income forgone by the public housing agency as 
 a result of lowering the percentage of monthly 
 adjusted income for the calculation of rental 
 payments; and''.

    (2) Housing act of 1949.--

Section 521

    (a)

    (3) of the Housing 
 Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490a

    (a)

    (3) ) is amended by striking 
 ``30'' in each place it occurs and inserting ``20''.

    (3) Housing act of 1959.--

Section 202
            (c) (3) of the Housing 
 Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q
            (c) (3) ) is amended by striking 
 ``30'' and inserting ``20''.

    (4) Cranston-gonzalez national affordable housing act.--
 

Section 811
            (d) (3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
 Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013
            (d) (3) ) is amended by striking 
 ``30'' and inserting ``20''.

    (b) Effect on Recipients of Assistance.--To the extent practicable, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall ensure that the 
adjustments made by subsection

    (a) do not reduce the number of 
recipients of the Federal rental assistance programs described in 
subsection

    (a) .

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN FEDERAL 
 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

    (a) United States Housing Act of 1937.--The United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et. seq.) is amended--

    (1) in 

section 9
            (c) (2)
        (A) , by striking ``, and 2003'' and 
 inserting ``2003, 2026, and each fiscal year thereafter''; and

    (2) in 

section 9
            (c) (2)
        (B) , by striking ``, and 2003'' and 
 inserting ``2003, 2026, and each fiscal year thereafter''.

    (b) Housing Act of 1959.--

Section 202
            (m) of the Housing Act of 1959 
(12 U.S.C. 1701q
            (m) ) is amended to read as follows:
 ``
            (m) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 
section.''.
            (c) Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.--Subsection
            (m) of 

section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act (42 U.S.C. 8013
            (m) ) is amended by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ``, and such sums as necessary for fiscal year 2026 and 
each fiscal year thereafter''.

SEC. 4. UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SOURCE OF INCOME.

 The Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) is amended--

    (1) in 

section 804, by striking ``or national origin'' each 
 place it appears and inserting ``national origin, or lawful 
 source of income'';

    (2) in 

section 805--
        (A) in subsection

    (a) , by striking ``or national 
 origin'' and inserting ``national origin, or lawful 
 source of income''; and
        (B) in subsection

    (e) , by striking ``or familial 
 status'' and inserting ``familial status, or lawful 
 source of income'';

    (3) in 

section 806, by striking ``or national origin'' and 
 inserting ``national origin, or lawful source of income'';

    (4) in 

section 807

    (a) , by striking ``or national origin'' 
 and inserting ``national origin, or lawful source of income''; 
 and

    (5) in 

section 808

    (e)

    (6) , by striking ``and family 
 characteristics'' and inserting ``family characteristics, and 
 lawful sources of income,''.

SEC. 5. HOUSING NAVIGATION GRANT FOR HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM.

 

Section 8

    (o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f

    (o) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (23) Housing navigation grant.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the 
 date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary 
 shall establish a grant program to award housing 
 navigation grants to public housing agencies.
 ``
        (B) Eligible uses.--A public housing agency that 
 is awarded a grant under this paragraph shall use such 
 grant to--
 ``
            (i) assist families receiving tenant-
 based assistance with the search to find a 
 suitable dwelling unit; or
 ``
            (ii) engage with owners of dwelling units 
 for the purpose of assisting such families in 
 such search.
 ``
            (C) Subgrants.--A public housing agency that is 
 awarded a grant under this paragraph may use such grant 
 amounts to provide subgrants to nonprofit organizations 
 to carry out the eligible uses described in 
 subparagraph
        (B) .
 ``
            (D) Authorization of appropriations.--There is 
 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
 out this paragraph $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 and 
 each fiscal year thereafter.''.

SEC. 6. USE OF SMALL AREA FAIR MARKET RENTS FOR HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER 
 PROGRAM.

 

Section 8

    (o)

    (1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f

    (o)

    (1) ) is amended--

    (1) in subparagraph
        (B) , by striking ``subparagraph
            (D) '' 
 and inserting ``subparagraphs
            (D) and
        (F) ''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
        (F) Use of small area fair market rents.--
 Effective for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year 
 thereafter, the area fair market rents used for 
 purposes of subparagraph
        (B) shall be established by 
 the Secretary by zip code areas.''.

SEC. 7. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR APPLICANTS FOR ADMISSION TO A PUBLIC 
 HOUSING PROJECT.

 

Section 9

    (h)

    (1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437g

    (h)

    (1) ) is amended by inserting ``applicants for admission to a 
project,'' after ``organizations,''.

SEC. 8. EXPANSION OF HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM.

    (a) Expanded Vouchers.--

    (1) Funding.--There is appropriated, out of any money in 
 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for providing 
 incremental vouchers for rental assistance under 

section 8

    (o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f

    (o) ) 
 in accordance with this section for each of fiscal years 2026 
 through 2029, the amount necessary to fund--
        (A) the number of incremental vouchers required to 
 be allocated under paragraph

    (2) ;
        (B) annual renewals of the vouchers allocated under 
 paragraph

    (2) ; and
            (C) administrative fees for vouchers allocated 
 under paragraph

    (2) .

    (2) Allocation.--
        (A) Incremental vouchers.--The Secretary shall 
 allocate 500,000 incremental vouchers in fiscal year 
 2026 and 1,500,000 incremental vouchers in increments 
 of 500,000 in each calendar year from 2027 through 2029 
 under this section to public housing agencies pursuant 
 to 

section 213
            (d) of the Housing and Community 
 Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1439
            (d) ).
        (B) Selection criteria.--The Secretary shall, by 
 notice in the Federal Register, establish selection 
 criteria under 

section 213
            (d) of the Housing and 
 Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1439
            (d) ) 
 that prioritizes housing needs among eligible 
 households and severe housing hardship, such as 
 experiencing homelessness, overcrowding, or evictions.

    (b) Entitlement to Vouchers.--

    (1) In general.--On and after the date that is 5 years 
 after the date of enactment of this Act, any family that is 
 otherwise eligible for tenant-based rental assistance under 
 

section 8

    (o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
 U.S.C. 1437f

    (o) ) shall be entitled to that rental assistance 
 during any period that the family is an eligible household.

    (2) Funding.--There is appropriated, out of any money in 
 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be 
 necessary--
        (A) to provide assistance under 

section 8

    (o) of the 
 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f

    (o) ) 
 in accordance with the entitlement under paragraph

    (1) of this subsection for each eligible household in the 
 amount determined under such 

section 8

    (o) ; and
        (B) to provide administrative fees under 

section 8

    (q) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
 U.S.C. 1437f

    (q) ) in connection with each voucher for 
 assistance provided pursuant to subparagraph
        (A) of 
 this paragraph.
            (c) Eligible Household Defined.--In this section, term ``eligible 
household'' means a family who has an income that does not exceed 80 
percent of the area median income, as determined by a public housing 
agency.

SEC. 9. 

SECTION 8 MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.

 Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall issue a rule to 
consider the timeliness of approval for both eligible families and 
landlords with respect to the 

Section 8 Management Assessment Program

    (SEMAP) or any successor assessment program, as described in part 985 
of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations.
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