Expanding Service Coordinators Act of 2025

This bill expands “service coordinators” at affordable housing sites so residents can get help with health care, benefits, and other supports. It stops the housing agency from adding extra strings for properties that already qualify for this funding, while still allowing basic reporting and oversight. It requires owners to set aside at least $2,500 each year for service coordinator training and to report yearly on that training. It also authorizes $225 million a year from 2026–2030 to run these programs and continue existing service grants for residents in federally assisted housing.

It creates several new or expanded grant programs. For senior housing, it sets up competitive grants to hire service coordinators who assess resident needs, connect people to services, and support aging in place; funds can cover salaries, training, and related costs; grants last three years, and priority goes to buildings serving older adults or people with disabilities and to properties in high-poverty or underserved rural areas; residents cannot be forced to accept services. It boosts funds for services in public and Indian housing by $45 million each year from 2026–2030. It directs the health agency to award 150 grants to affordable housing properties that used the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, with three-year grants and $37 million authorized in 2026. For rural rental housing, it creates a similar three-year grant program through the agriculture department, with $10 million per year, priorities for elderly/disabled residents and high-poverty or underserved rural areas, and no requirement that tenants accept services. It also makes a change to Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility, though details are not specified in the provided text.

Key points

• Who is affected: Residents in public and Indian housing, senior housing, rural rental housing, and Low-Income Housing Tax Credit properties; service coordinators; housing owners/operators .
• What changes: More funding; new grants across multiple agencies; required training dollars for coordinators; simpler grant rules; protections so residents aren’t forced to use services; limit on adding extra requirements to get funds .
• When: Authorizations mostly start in fiscal year 2026; some run through 2030, and one rural program is funded each year going forward .