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The bill clarifies which rental units are covered and funds a tenant eviction‑help hotline to reduce evictions and improve tenant supports, but it creates new federal spending and potential compliance costs and leaves some coverage ambiguities that could limit benefits if implementation is insufficient.
Renters — especially low-income tenants and those in HUD‑assisted or federally backed housing — gain access to a dedicated eviction‑help hotline that provides legal/tenant support, mediation, and navigation to emergency rental assistance, which can help prevent wrongful evictions and reduce housing instability.
Renters and property owners/managers gain clearer legal scope because the bill explicitly defines which rental units are 'covered', making tenant protections and owner compliance obligations easier to identify and plan for.
Taxpayers face a new ongoing federal expense because the hotline is supported by authorized annual appropriations, which could increase federal spending if funded each year.
Renters and low‑income households may see limited benefit if the hotline is poorly implemented or underfunded, because effectiveness depends on adequate staffing and execution.
Owners and small landlords may incur additional compliance costs because more rental units could be explicitly designated as 'covered' under HUD or federally backed programs.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Requires HUD to set up an eviction helpline for tenants in federally assisted or federally backed rental units and authorizes needed funding starting FY2026.
Introduced October 31, 2025 by Ayanna Pressley · Last progress October 31, 2025
Creates a HUD-run eviction helpline that must be set up within one year of enactment to provide eviction-related help to tenants living in federally assisted rental units or units with federally backed mortgages. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development must run the hotline, and the bill authorizes whatever funds are necessary beginning in FY2026 to operate it. The bill also defines the terms used: what kinds of rental units are covered (HUD-assisted programs and properties with federally backed mortgages) and what “assistance” can mean (grants, loans, subsidies, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other financial assistance, but not insurance or loan guarantees).