Campus Housing Affordability for Foster Youth Act

This bill aims to make campus housing more affordable for certain college students. It removes a federal rule that blocked many students from getting housing help, and it lets the housing agency waive normal rules so some students can use federal housing assistance (Section 8) while living in on‑campus housing. To qualify, a student must be enrolled in a college or university, live in school‑run housing, and be in foster care now, have been in foster care before, or be an emancipated minor.

Any housing help given under this waiver would not be counted as income when figuring out a student’s federal financial aid, a co‑op job program’s earnings, an AmeriCorps living allowance, or how much child support the student owes.

• Who is affected: College students living in on‑campus housing who are current or former foster youth, or emancipated minors.
• What changes: Allows Section 8 housing help for these students and removes the old student ban; the aid won’t reduce other student aid or raise child support owed.