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The bill secures stable, ongoing federal funding and grant authority to support permanent housing for very low-income veterans, at the cost of a substantial recurring federal appropriation and potential reductions in statutory clarity and external oversight.
Very low-income veteran families will receive stable, dedicated permanent housing support funding of $420 million annually beginning after FY2026.
Veteran homelessness programs and state partners gain ongoing grant-making authority (no longer limited to 2007–2024), allowing grants under §2061 to be made on a continuing yearly basis.
Taxpayers and the federal budget will face a $420 million annual increase in appropriations, creating potential budget trade-offs or the need for offsets elsewhere.
Removing statutory subsections and eliminating the Advisory Committee may reduce statutory clarity and external oversight of homeless-veteran programs, which could weaken accountability and program review.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Adds a recurring $420 million annual appropriation (after FY2026) for supportive services to very low-income veteran families in permanent housing and makes targeted statutory edits to homelessness programs.
Introduced November 10, 2025 by Julia Brownley · Last progress November 10, 2025
Makes targeted changes to federal veterans homelessness laws and creates a new recurring appropriation to fund supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing. It removes and reorganizes certain statutory subsections governing treatment and housing assistance and changes grant-authority language so grants may be made each fiscal year. Adds a recurring $420,000,000 appropriation for each fiscal year after FY2026 to support financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing; one section only provides the Act's short title and has no substantive effect.