119-hr5889

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5889 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5889

 To create a hotline to provide eviction-related assistance.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 October 31, 2025

 Ms. Pressley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Financial Services

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 A BILL

 To create a hotline to provide eviction-related assistance.

 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 ``Eviction Helpline Act''.

SEC. 2. EVICTION INFORMATION.

    (a) Hotline.--The Secretary shall, not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, establish a hotline to provide 
assistance with regard to eviction-related matters to tenants of 
covered federally assisted rental dwelling units.

    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section such sums as 
may be necessary for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) For purposes of this Act:

    (1) Assistance.--The term ``assistance'' means any grant, 
 loan, subsidy, contract, cooperative agreement, or other form 
 of financial assistance, but such term does not include the 
 insurance or guarantee of a loan, mortgage, or pool of loans or 
 mortgages.

    (2) Covered federally assisted rental dwelling unit.--The 
 term ``covered federally assisted rental dwelling unit'' means 
 a residential dwelling unit that--
        (A) is made available for rental; and
        (B)
            (i) for which assistance is provided, or that is 
 part of a housing project for which assistance is 
 provided, under any program administered by the 
 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, including--
            (I) the public housing program under the 
 United States Housing Act of 1937 21 (42 U.S.C. 
 1437 et seq.);
            (II) the program for rental assistance 
 under 

section 8 of the United States Housing 
 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f);
            (III) the HOME Investment Partnerships 
 program under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
 National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
 12721 et seq.);
            (IV) title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et 
 seq.);
            (V) the Housing Trust Fund program under 
 

section 1338 of the Housing and Community 
 Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4568);
            (VI) the program for supportive housing for 
 the elderly under 

section 202 of the Housing 
 Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q);
            (VII) the program for supportive housing 
 for persons with disabilities under 

section 811 
 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
 Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013);
            (VIII) the AIDS Housing Opportunities 
 program under subtitle D of title VIII of the 
 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
 Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.);
            (IX) the program for Native American 
 housing under the Native American Housing 
 Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); and
            (X) the program for housing assistance for 
 Native Hawaiians under title VIII of the Native 
 American Housing Assistance and Self-
 Determination Act of 1996 7 (25 U.S.C. 4221 et 
 seq.); or
            (ii) is a property, or is on or in a property, that 
 has a federally backed mortgage loan or federally 
 backed multifamily mortgage loan, as 11 such terms are 
 defined in 

section 4024

    (a) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 
 9058

    (a) ).

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