Homes for Young Adults Act of 2025

This bill aims to help youth and young adults who don’t have stable housing. It would guarantee housing vouchers for households that include a youth or young adult, as long as they otherwise qualify, starting in fiscal year 2027. It also adds support like housing navigation, job-skill training, help with college, tenant legal help, and safety planning, including for migrant youth. Families could choose where to live based on what matters to them—like cost of living, being near grocery stores or healthcare, or whether they want shared or individual housing. Each local housing agency would have an ombudsman to mediate landlord issues and an appeal process, and HUD must protect families’ privacy. The bill recognizes that millions of young people experience homelessness each year, especially youth of color and LGBTQ+ youth, and seeks to remove barriers that keep them from getting help .

To make programs easier to use, HUD would set up language access supports: translate key documents, run a 24/7 toll-free interpretation line, and create a clearinghouse of forms and resources. HUD would also study best practices and report on progress. Funding would be provided each year starting in 2027 to cover the vouchers and administration, and HUD must issue updated housing quality rules within a year, with those rules taking effect 90 days after they’re issued .

Key points

• Who is affected: Youth and young adults without stable housing, their households, public housing agencies, landlords, and people with limited English proficiency .
• What changes: Guaranteed access to housing vouchers for eligible households with youth; added support services; free choice of where to rent; an ombudsman and appeals; stronger language access; privacy protections; and incentives for agencies and landlords to support youth voucher holders .
• When: Starting in fiscal year 2027 for vouchers and funding; HUD convenes a language access task force within 90 days; translations within 6 months; a report within 6 months and then yearly; and new housing quality rules within 12 months (effective 90 days after issuance) .