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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4872

 To provide a path to end homelessness in the United States, and for 
 other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 August 5, 2025

 Ms. Waters 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 provide a path to end homelessness in the United States, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Ending 
Homelessness Act of 2025''.

    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Expansion of housing choice voucher program.

Sec. 3. Entitlement program for housing choice vouchers.

Sec. 4. Repeal of ineligibility criteria.

Sec. 5. Prohibiting housing discrimination based on source of income.

Sec. 6. Funding to address unmet need.

Sec. 7. Housing Trust Fund.

Sec. 8. Technical assistance funds to help States and local 
 organizations align health and housing 
 systems.

Sec. 9. Permanent authorization of appropriations for McKinney-Vento 
 Homeless Assistance Act grants.

Sec. 10. Permanent extension of United States Interagency Council on 
 Homelessness.

Sec. 11. Eligibility of private nonprofit organizations for funding.

Sec. 12. Eligibility of faith-based organizations.

Sec. 13. Conforming amendments.

Sec. 14. Funding priority.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM.

    (a) Funding.--There is appropriated out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for providing incremental voucher 
assistance in accordance with this section for each of fiscal years 
2025 through 2028, the amount necessary to fund--

    (1) the number of incremental vouchers required to be 
 allocated under subsection
            (c) ;

    (2) annual renewals of the vouchers allocated under 
 subsection
            (c) ; and

    (3) administrative fees for vouchers allocated under 
 subsection
            (c) .

    (b) Eligible Households.--Amounts made available under subsection

    (a) may be used only for providing rental housing assistance under 

section 8

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

    (o) ) for an eligible family who initially--

    (1) has an income that does not exceed 50 percent of the 
 maximum income limitation for extremely low-income families 
 established by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
 (in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') pursuant to 
 

section 3

    (b)

    (2)
            (C) of the United States Housing Act of 1937; or

    (2) is an extremely low-income family that includes an 
 individual who is an individual who is a recipient of 
 supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the 
 Social Security Act.
            (c) Allocation.--

    (1) Incremental vouchers.--The Secretary of Housing and 
 Urban Development shall allocate 500,000 incremental vouchers 
 in fiscal year 2025 and 1,000,000 incremental vouchers in 
 increments of 500,000 in each calendar year from 2026 through 
 2028 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).

    (2) Selection criteria.--The Secretary shall, by notice in 
 the Federal Register, establish selection criteria under such 
 

section 213
            (d) that prioritizes housing needs among families 
 targeted under subsection

    (b) and severe housing hardship, such 
 as experiencing homelessness, overcrowding or evictions.

    (3) Rental assistance.--Vouchers allocated under this 
 subsection shall be vouchers for rental assistance under 
 

section 8

    (o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.

SEC. 3. ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM FOR HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS.

    (a) Entitlement.--During fiscal year 2029 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, 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 such rental 
assistance in accordance with this section during such period that such 
family meets the requirements under subsection
            (c) or
            (d) as a 
qualified family.

    (b) Funding.--For fiscal year 2029 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
there is appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated the amount necessary--

    (1) to provide assistance under 

section 8

    (o) of the United 
 States Housing Act of 1937 in accordance with the entitlement 
 under subsection

    (a) of this section for each qualified family 
 in the amount determined under such 

section 8

    (o) ; and

    (2) to provide administrative fees under such 

section 8

    (q) , 
 as modified pursuant to subsection
            (i) of this section, in 
 connection with each voucher for assistance provided pursuant 
 to paragraph

    (1) of this subsection.
            (c) Qualified Families.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``qualified family'' means the following:

    (1) Fiscal year 2029.--For fiscal year 2029, a family that 
 meets the requirements under 

section 2

    (b) of this Act.

    (2) Fiscal year 2030.--For fiscal year 2030, a family 
 having an income that--
        (A) meets the requirements under 

section 2

    (b) of 
 this Act; or
        (B) does not exceed 75 percent of the maximum 
 income limitation for extremely low-income families 
 established by the Secretary pursuant to 

section 3

    (b)

    (2)
            (C) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.

    (3) Fiscal year 2031.--For fiscal year 2031, an extremely 
 low-income family.

    (4) Fiscal year 2032.--For fiscal year 2032, a very low-
 income family.

    (5) Fiscal year 2033 and after.--For fiscal year 2033 and 
 each fiscal year thereafter, a low-income family.
            (d) Continuing Eligibility.--A family shall meet the requirements 
under this subsection as a qualifying family if the family--

    (1) does not meet the requirements under subsection
            (c) ; 
 and

    (2) was initially assisted under this section or 

section 2 
 of this Act and continues to be assisted.

    (e) Repeal of Income Targeting Requirement.--Effective October 1, 
2030, 

section 16 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437n) is amended by striking subsection

    (b) .

    (f) Administering Agencies.--

    (1) Regional consortia.--The Secretary shall encourage and 
 provide for public housing agencies to form regional consortia 
 to administer the program for rental assistance under this 
 section with respect to geographical areas.

    (2) PHA designation.--The Secretary shall designate a 
 public housing agency to administer assistance under this 
 section in any area where no existing public housing agency has 
 jurisdiction or where no agency with jurisdiction is adequately 
 administering such assistance, subject to public comment and 
 after consultation with States, public housing agencies, local 
 governments, Indian tribes, and tribally designated housing 
 agencies.

    (g) Use of Small Area Fair Market Rents.--Paragraph

    (1) of 

section 8

    (o) 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 new subparagraph:
 ``
        (F) Use of small area fair market rents.--Except 
 with respect to any metropolitan statistical area with 
 a vacancy rate of 4 percent or less, effective for 
 fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, the 
 area fair market rents used for purposes of 
 subparagraph
        (B) shall be established by the Secretary 
 for ZIP Code areas.''.

    (h) Project-Basing.--

    (1) In general.--Notwithstanding subparagraph
        (A) of 
 paragraph

    (13) of 

section 8

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

    (o)

    (13)
        (A) ), a public housing agency 
 administering assistance under this section may enter into 
 agreements to attach such assistance to a project in accordance 
 with such paragraph, except that--
        (A) a qualified family residing in a dwelling unit 
 so assisted may at any time opt to use such assistance 
 on a tenant-based basis for a different dwelling unit 
 and, upon such a move, the public housing agency shall 
 provide the qualified family with tenant-based rental 
 assistance under this section; and
        (B) subparagraph
        (B) of such 

section 8

    (o)

    (13) (relating to percentage limitation) shall not apply 
 with respect to assistance under this section.

    (2) Percentage limitation.--For purposes of 

section 8

    (o)

    (13)
        (B) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, all 
 families assisted by a public housing agency under this section 
 shall be counted as authorized units for the agency.
            (i) Security Deposits.--

    (1) Authority.--An agency administering assistance under 
 this section may authorize a qualified family assisted under 
 this section to use such assistance for security deposits and 
 broker and application fees relating to obtaining a dwelling 
 unit, except that the Secretary may establish a limitation on 
 the amount of such assistance used pursuant to this subsection 
 and for each authorized purpose under this subsection.

    (2) Recapture.--The Secretary shall require the return to 
 the Secretary of any amounts used for a security deposit with 
 respect to a dwelling unit upon the termination of the 
 residence in such unit by an assisted family.

    (j) Administrative Fees.--Notwithstanding the administrative fee 
with respect to tenant-based assistance in effect on October 1, 2023, 
pursuant to 

section 8

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

    (q) ), the Secretary shall, by regulation, establish a new 
administrative fee for such assistance, applicable to fiscal year 2025 
and thereafter, that reflects local variation in the cost of 
administering a well-run housing choice voucher program and which 
encourages public housing agencies to expand housing choice for 
assisted families and increase the rate at which families issued 
vouchers use them successfully to lease housing.

    (k) Prohibition of Use Under Moving to Work Program.--None of the 
amounts made available by subsection

    (b) of this section or by 

section 2 of this Act may be used under, to carry out, or otherwise in 
connection with the Moving to Work demonstration program authorized by 

section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 
(Public Law 104-134; 110 Stat. 1321), as expanded by 

section 239 of the 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2016 (division L of Public Law 114-113; 129 Stat. 
2897) or any other provision of law.
            (l) === Definitions. ===
-For purposes of this section, the following 
definitions shall apply:

    (1) Indian tribe; tribally designated housing agency.--The 
 terms ``Indian tribe'' and ``tribally designated housing 
 agency'' have the meanings given such terms in 

section 4 of the 
 Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
 of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103).

    (2) Low-income family; very low-income family; extremely 
 low-income family.--The terms ``low-income family'', ``very 
 low-income family'', and ``extremely low-income family'' have 
 the meanings given such terms in 

section 3

    (b) of the United 
 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a

    (b) ).

    (3) Public housing agency.--The term ``public housing 
 agency'' has the meaning given such term in 

section 3

    (b) of the 
 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a

    (b) ).

    (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
 of Housing and Urban Development.

    (5) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given such 
 term in 

section 3

    (b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
 (42 U.S.C. 1437a

    (b) ).

SEC. 4. REPEAL OF INELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.

    (a) United States Housing Act of 1937.--Effective October 1, 2027, 

section 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d) is 
amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (q)

    (1) , by adding at the end the 
 following new subparagraph:
 ``
            (D) Inapplicability.--This subsection shall not 
 apply to applicants for, or families assisted under, 
 the entitlement program for housing choice vouchers 
 under 

section 3 of the Ending Homelessness Act of 
 2025.''; and

    (2) in subsection

    (s) , by striking ``or assisted housing 
 program''.

    (b) Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998.--The 
Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 is amended--

    (1) in 

section 576 (42 U.S.C. 13661)--
        (A) by inserting ``covered'' before ``federally 
 assisted housing'' each place such term appears; and
        (B) by adding at the end the following new 
 subsection:
 ``

    (f) Definition of Covered Federally Assisted Housing.--The term 
`covered federally assisted housing' has the meaning given the term 
`federally assisted housing' in 

section 579, except that the former 
term shall not include housing specified in subsection

    (a)

    (2)
        (B) of 
such section.''; and

    (2) in 

section 577

    (a) (42 U.S.C. 13662

    (a) ), by adding after 
 and below paragraph

    (2) the following new flush material:
``This subsection shall not apply to applicants for, or families 
assisted under, the entitlement program for housing choice vouchers 
under 

section 3 of the Ending Homelessness Act of 2025.''.

SEC. 5. PROHIBITING HOUSING DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SOURCE OF INCOME.

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

    (1) in 

section 802 (42 U.S.C. 3602), by adding at the end 
 the following:
 ``

    (p) `Source of income' includes--
 ``

    (1) current and future use of a tenant- or project-based 
 housing voucher under 

section 8 of the United States Housing 
 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) and any form of Federal, State, 
 or local housing assistance provided to a person or family or 
 provided to a housing owner on behalf of a person or family, 
 including rental vouchers, rental assistance, down payment 
 assistance, other homeownership assistance, assistance to cover 
 housing costs, and other rental and homeownership subsidies, or 
 guarantees or financial assistance provided through government 
 and nongovernment organizations, including both receipt of such 
 assistance and compliance with its terms thereof;
 ``

    (2) income received as a monthly benefit under title II 
 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), as a 
 supplemental security income benefit under title XVI of the 
 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.), or as a benefit 
 under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231 et 
 seq.) or income provided through Federal, State, or local 
 governments or nongovernment organizations, or through any 
 public or State-supported general or disability income 
 assistance program or the terms of such income;
 ``

    (3) income received by court order, including spousal 
 support and child support;
 ``

    (4) any payment from a trust, guardian, conservator, co-
 signer, or relative; and
 ``

    (5) any other source of income or funds, including 
 savings accounts and investments.'';

    (2) in 

section 804 (42 U.S.C. 3604)--
        (A) by inserting ``source of income,'' after 
 ``familial status,'' each place that term appears;

    (3) in 

section 805 (42 U.S.C. 3605)--
        (A) in subsection

    (a) , by inserting ``source of 
 income,'' after ``familial status,''; and
        (B) in subsection
            (c) , by inserting ``source of 
 income,'' after ``handicap,'';

    (4) in 

section 806 (42 U.S.C. 3606), by inserting ``source 
 of income,'' after ``familial status,'';

    (5) in 

section 807 (42 U.S.C. 3607), by adding at the end 
 the following new subsection:
 ``
            (c) Nothing under this title shall be construed to prohibit any 
entity from providing a preference for veterans or based on veteran 
status in the sale or rental of a dwelling or in the provision of 
services or facilities in connection therewith.'';

    (6) in 

section 808

    (e)

    (6) (42 U.S.C. 3608

    (e)

    (6) ), by 
 inserting ``source of income,'' after ``handicap,''; and

    (7) in 

section 810

    (f) (42 U.S.C. 3610

    (f) ), by striking 
 paragraph

    (4) and inserting the following:
 ``

    (4) During the period beginning on the date of enactment of the 
Ending Homelessness Act of 2025 and ending on the date that is 40 
months after such date of enactment, each agency certified for purposes 
of this title on the day before such date of enactment shall, for 
purposes of this subsection, be considered certified under this 
subsection with respect to those matters for which the agency was 
certified on that date. If the Secretary determines in an individual 
case that an agency has not been able to meet the certification 
requirements within this 40-month period due to exceptional 
circumstances, such as the infrequency of legislative sessions in that 
jurisdiction, the Secretary may extend such period by not more than 6 
months.''.

    (b) Prevention of Intimidation in Fair Housing Cases.--

Section 901 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3631) is amended by 
inserting ``source of income (as defined in 

section 802),'' before ``or 
national origin'' each place that term appears.
            (c) Authorization of Appropriations for Enforcement.--There is 
authorized to be appropriated for contracts, grants, and other 
assistance--

    (1) $90,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2034 
 for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program under 

section 561 of 
 the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 
 3616a);

    (2) $47,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2034 
 for the Fair Housing Assistance Program under the Fair Housing 
 Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.); and

    (3) $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2027 
 to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for a 
 carrying out national media campaign to raise public awareness 
 to help individuals understand their expanded rights under the 
 Fair Housing Act and learn how to report incidents of housing 
 discrimination.

SEC. 6. FUNDING TO ADDRESS UNMET NEED.

 Title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11360 et seq.) is amended--

    (1) by redesignating 

section 491 (42 U.S.C. 11408; relating 
 to rural housing stability grant program) as 

section 441;

    (2) by redesignating 

section 592 (42 U.S.C. 11408a; 
 relating to use of FMHA inventory for transitional housing for 
 homeless persons and for turnkey housing) as 

section 442; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following new subtitle:

 ``Subtitle E--Emergency Funding To Address Unmet Need

``

SEC. 451. FUNDING TO ADDRESS UNMET NEEDS.

 ``

    (a) Direct Appropriations.--There is appropriated out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for each of fiscal 
years 2025 through 2029, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for emergency relief grants under this section to address the 
unmet needs of homeless populations in jurisdictions with the highest 
need.
 ``

    (b) Formula Grants.--
 ``

    (1) Allocation.--Amounts appropriated under subsection

    (a) for a fiscal year shall be allocated among collaborative 
 applicants that comply with 

section 402, in accordance with the 
 funding formula established under paragraph

    (2) of this 
 subsection.
 ``

    (2) Formula.--The Secretary shall, in consultation with 
 the United States Interagency Council on Homeless, establish a 
 formula for allocating grant amounts under this section to 
 address the unmet needs of homeless populations in 
 jurisdictions with the highest need, using the best currently 
 available data that targets need based on key structural 
 determinants of homelessness in the geographic area represented 
 by a collaborative applicant, which shall include data 
 providing accurate counts of--
 ``
        (A) the poverty rate in the geographic area 
 represented by the collaborative applicant;
 ``
        (B) shortages of affordable housing for low-, 
 very low-, and extremely low-income households in the 
 geographic area represented by the collaborative 
 applicant;
 ``
            (C) the number of overcrowded housing units in 
 the geographic area represented by the collaborative 
 applicant;
 ``
            (D) the number of unsheltered homeless 
 individuals and the number of chronically homeless 
 individuals; and
 ``
        (E) any other factors that the Secretary 
 considers appropriate.
 The formula shall provide priority to
            (i) collaborative 
 applicants for which the local governments, within the area 
 served by the applicant, have adopted local policies, such as 
 through zoning and regulation, that leverage the private 
 sector's participation to provide housing that is reserved and 
 affordable to low-, very low-, and extremely low-income 
 households, as defined by the Secretary, for a minimum term of 
 15 years, and
            (ii) collaborative applicants for which the local 
 governments have adopted policies that decriminalize 
 homelessness. The Secretary shall establish by regulation the 
 process and manner that local governments will be evaluated. 
 The Secretary shall ensure that local governments are not 
 incentivized or otherwise rewarded for eliminating or 
 undermining the intent of zoning regulations or other 
 regulations or policies that establish fair wages for laborers, 
 ensure health and safety of buildings for residents and the 
 general public, protect fair housing, establish environmental 
 protections, establish standards for resiliency, prevent tenant 
 displacement, or any other requirements that the Secretary 
 determines it is in the public interest to preserve.
 ``

    (3) Grants.--For each fiscal year for which amounts are 
 made available under subsection

    (a) , the Secretary shall make a 
 grant to each collaborative applicant for which an amount is 
 allocated pursuant to application of the formula established 
 pursuant to paragraph

    (2) of this subsection in an amount that 
 is equal to the formula amount determined for such 
 collaborative applicant.
 ``

    (4) Timing.--The funding formula required under paragraph

    (2) shall be established by regulations issued, after notice 
 and opportunity for public comment, not later than 6 months 
 after the date of enactment of this section.
 ``
            (c) Use of Grants.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs

    (2) through

    (4) , a 
 collaborative applicant that receives a grant under this 
 section may use such grant amounts only for eligible activities 
 under 

section 415, 423, or 441

    (b) .
 ``

    (2) Permanent supportive housing requirement.--
 ``
        (A) Requirement.--Except as provided in 
 subparagraph
        (B) , each collaborative applicant that 
 receives a grant under this section shall use not less 
 than 75 percent of such grant amount for permanent 
 supportive housing, including capital costs, rental 
 subsidies, and services.
 ``
        (B) Exemption.--The Secretary shall exempt a 
 collaborative applicant from the applicability of the 
 requirement under subparagraph
        (A) if the applicant 
 demonstrates, in accordance with such standards and 
 procedures as the Secretary shall establish, that--
 ``
            (i) chronic homelessness has been 
 functionally eliminated in the geographic area 
 served by the applicant; or
 ``
            (ii) the permanent supportive housing 
 under development in the geographic area served 
 by the applicant is sufficient to functionally 
 eliminate chronic homelessness once such units 
 are available for occupancy.
 The Secretary shall consider and make a determination 
 regarding each request for an exemption under this 
 subparagraph not later than 60 days after receipt of 
 such request.
 ``

    (3) Limitation on use for administrative expenses.--Not 
 more than 5 percent of the total amount of any grant under this 
 section to a collaborative applicant may be used for costs of 
 administration.
 ``

    (4) Housing first requirement.--The Secretary shall 
 ensure that each collaborative applicant that receives a grant 
 under this section is implementing, to the extent possible, and 
 will use such grant amounts in accordance with, a Housing First 
 model for assistance for homeless persons.
 ``
            (d) Renewal Funding.--Expiring contracts for leasing, rental 
assistance, or permanent housing shall be treated, for purposes of 

section 429, as expiring contracts referred to in subsection

    (a) of 
such section.
 ``

    (e) Reporting to Congress.--
 ``

    (1) Annual reports.--Not later than the expiration of the 
 12-month period beginning upon the first allocation of amounts 
 made after the date of the enactment of this Act pursuant to 
 subsection

    (b)

    (1) , and annually thereafter, the Secretary and 
 the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness shall 
 submit a report to the Committees on Financial Services and 
 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
 Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and 
 Appropriations of the Senate providing detailed information 
 regarding the grants made under this section during the 
 preceding year, the activities funded with such grant amounts, 
 and the impact of such activities on the communities where such 
 activities took place.
 ``

    (2) Collection of information by secretary.--The 
 Secretary shall require each collaborative applicant that 
 receives a grant under this section to submit such information 
 to the Secretary as may be necessary for the Secretary to 
 comply with the reporting requirement under paragraph

    (1) .

``

SEC. 452. OUTREACH FUNDING.

 ``

    (a) Direct Appropriation.--There is appropriated out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for each of fiscal years 
2025 through 2029, $100,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
the Secretary for grants under this section to provide outreach and 
coordinate services for persons and households who are homeless or 
formerly homeless.
 ``

    (b) Grants.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants under 
 this section on a competitive basis only to collaborative 
 applicants who comply with 

section 402.
 ``

    (2) Priority.--The competition for grants under this 
 section shall provide priority--
 ``
        (A) to collaborative applicants who submit plans 
 to make innovative and effective use of staff funded 
 with grant amounts pursuant to subsection
            (c) ;
 ``
        (B) to collaborative applicants for which the 
 local governments, within the area served by the 
 applicant, have adopted local policies, such as through 
 zoning and regulation, that leverage the private 
 sector's participation to provide housing that is 
 reserved and affordable to low-, very low-, and 
 extremely low-income households, as defined by 
 Secretary, for a minimum term of 15 years; and
 ``
            (C) to collaborative applicants for which the 
 local governments have adopted policies that 
 decriminalize homelessness.
 The Secretary shall establish by regulation the process and 
 manner that local governments will be evaluated. The Secretary 
 shall ensure that local governments are not incentivized or 
 otherwise rewarded for eliminating or undermining the intent of 
 zoning regulations or other regulations or policies that 
 establish fair wages for laborers, ensure health and safety of 
 buildings for residents and the general public, protect fair 
 housing, establish environmental protections, establish 
 standards for resiliency, prevent tenant displacement, or any 
 other requirements that the Secretary determines it is in the 
 public interest to preserve.
 ``
            (c) Use of Grants.--A collaborative applicant that receives a 
grant under this section--
 ``

    (1) may use such grant amounts only for providing case 
 managers, social workers, or other staff who conduct outreach 
 and coordinate services for persons and households who are 
 homeless or formerly homeless; and
 ``

    (2) shall not use grant amounts for any law enforcement 
 purposes.
 ``
            (d) Timing.--The Secretary shall establish the criteria for the 
competition for grants under this section required under subsection

    (b) by regulations issued, after notice and opportunity for public comment, 
not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this section.''.

SEC. 7. HOUSING TRUST FUND.

    (a) Funding.--

    (1) Annual funding.--There is appropriated, out of any 
 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for each of 
 fiscal years 2025 through 2029, $1,000,000,000, to remain 
 available until expended, which shall be credited to the 
 Housing Trust Fund established pursuant to 

section 1338 of the 
 Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act 
 of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4568) for use under such section.

    (2) Priority for housing the homeless.--
        (A) Priority.--During the first 5 fiscal years that 
 amounts are made available under this subsection, the 
 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall ensure 
 that priority for occupancy in dwelling units described 
 in subparagraph
        (B) that become available for occupancy 
 shall be given to persons and households who are 
 homeless (as such term is defined in 

section 103 of the 
 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
 11302)).
        (B) Covered dwelling units.--A dwelling unit 
 described in this subparagraph is any dwelling unit 
 that--
            (i) is located in housing that was at any 
 time provided assistance with any amounts from 
 the Housing Trust Fund referred to paragraph

    (1) that were credited to such Trust Fund by 
 such paragraph; or
            (ii) is receiving assistance described in 
 paragraph

    (2) with amounts made available under 
 such paragraph.

    (b) Tenant Rent Contribution.--

    (1) Limitation.--Subparagraph
        (A) of 

section 1338
            (c) (7) of 
 the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness 
 Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4568
            (c) (7)
        (A) ) is amended--
        (A) by striking ``except that not less than 75 
 percent'' and inserting the following: ``except that--
 ``
            (i) not less than 75 percent'';
        (B) by adding at the end the following new clause:
 ``
            (ii) notwithstanding any other provision 
 of law, all rental housing dwelling units shall 
 be subject to legally binding commitments that 
 ensure that the contribution toward rent by a 
 family residing in the dwelling unit shall not 
 exceed 30 percent of the adjusted income (as 
 such term is defined in 

section 3

    (b) of the 
 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
 1437a

    (b) )) of such family; and''.

    (2) Regulations.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
 Development shall issue regulations to implement 

section 1338
            (c) (7)
        (A)
            (ii) of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial 
 Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, as added by the amendment 
 made by paragraph

    (1)
        (B) of this section, not later than the 
 expiration of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the 
 enactment of this Act.

SEC. 8. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FUNDS TO HELP STATES AND LOCAL 
 ORGANIZATIONS ALIGN HEALTH AND HOUSING SYSTEMS.

    (a) Funding.--There is hereby made available to the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development $20,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for providing technical assistance under 

section 405 of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361

    (b) ) to 
integrate and coordinate assistance provided under the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.) with health care 
funded by Federal programs, in collaboration with the United States 
Interagency Council on Homelessness and the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services.

    (b) Use.--In allocating amounts made available by subsection

    (a) , 
the Secretary shall seek to--

    (1) assist States and localities in integrating and 
 aligning policies and funding between Medicaid programs, 
 behavioral health providers, and housing providers to create 
 supportive housing opportunities; and

    (2) engage State Medicaid program directors, Governors, 
 State housing and homelessness agencies, any other relevant 
 State offices, and any relevant local government entities, to 
 assist States in increasing use of their Medicaid programs to 
 finance supportive services for homeless persons.
            (c) Priority.--In using amounts made available under this section, 
the Secretary shall give priority--

    (1) to use for States and localities having the highest 
 numbers of chronically homeless persons; and

    (2) to assist localities that have adopted local policies, 
 such as through zoning and regulation, that leverage the 
 private sector's participation to provide and make housing 
 affordable for low-, very low-, and extremely low-income 
 household, as defined by the Secretary, for a minimum of 15 
 years. The Secretary shall establish by regulation the process 
 and manner that local governments will be evaluated. The 
 Secretary shall ensure that local governments are not 
 incentivized or otherwise rewarded for eliminating or 
 undermining the intent of zoning regulations or other 
 regulations or policies that establish fair wages for laborers, 
 ensure health and safety of buildings for residents and the 
 general public, protect fair housing, establish environmental 
 protections, establish standards for resiliency, prevent tenant 
 displacement, or any other requirements that the Secretary 
 determines it is in the public interest to preserve.

SEC. 9. PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR MCKINNEY-VENTO 
 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT GRANTS.

 

Section 408 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11364) is amended to read as follows:

``

SEC. 408. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

 ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title 
such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year.''.

SEC. 10. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON 
 HOMELESSNESS.

 

Section 209 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11319) is hereby repealed.

SEC. 11. ELIGIBILITY OF PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR FUNDING.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall provide that private nonprofit 
organizations (as such term is defined in 

section 401 of the McKinney-
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360)) that are eligible 
entities (as such term is defined in such 

section 401), including 
faith-based such organizations that are eligible entities, shall be 
eligible for assistance made available or authorized by this Act or by 
the amendments made by this Act (but not including assistance under 

section 452 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as added by 

section 3 of this Act), and shall be eligible to be subgrantees for 
entities receiving amounts made available or authorized by this Act or 
by the amendments made by this Act.

SEC. 12. ELIGIBILITY OF FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in determining 
eligibility for assistance made available by this Act or the amendments 
made by this Act or for which appropriations are authorized by this Act 
or the amendments made by this Act, the status of an entity as faith-
based or the possibility that an entity may be faith-based may not be a 
basis for any discrimination against such entity in any manner or for 
any purpose.

SEC. 13. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

 The table of sections in 

section 101

    (b) of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act is amended--

    (1) in the item relating to title II, by striking 
 ``INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON THE HOMELESS'' and inserting ``UNITED 
 STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS'';

    (2) by striking the item relating to 

section 209;

    (3) in the item relating to 

section 491, by striking 
 ``491'' and inserting ``441'';

    (4) in the item relating to 

section 492, by striking 
 ``492'' and inserting ``442''; and

    (5) by inserting before the item relating to title V the 
 following:

 ``Subtitle E--Emergency Funding To Address Unmet Need

``

Sec. 451. Funding to address unmet needs.
``

Sec. 452. Outreach funding.''.

SEC. 14. FUNDING PRIORITY.

 In selecting entities to receive amounts authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act and amounts made available by this Act, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall provide priority to 
entities serving areas for which the local governments having 
jurisdiction have adopted policies that decriminalize homelessness.
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