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The bill helps formerly homeless Americans obtain and keep furnished homes and generates data to improve policy, but it increases federal spending, adds administrative requirements, and is only temporarily authorized for five years, limiting long-term certainty for providers.
People exiting homelessness (low-income and formerly homeless individuals) receive delivered and assembled household furnishings that help them set up stable homes and reduce barriers to housing retention.
Recipients own the furnishings outright, which reduces future replacement costs and the risk of losing household goods, improving household economic stability for vulnerable families.
HUD must collect and report data on furniture poverty and program impact (initial report within 3 years and annual reporting), improving oversight and informing future policymaking and program design.
Federal funds can be used to purchase, deliver, and assemble furniture, which will increase HUD program costs and raise taxpayer spending over the 5-year authorization window.
The program is authorized only for a temporary 5-year period, creating short-term program instability and limiting long-term planning and sustainability for Continuums of Care, furniture banks, and local providers.
New reporting requirements add administrative burden for HUD and Continuums of Care providers, potentially diverting staff time and resources away from direct services.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Makes CoC program payments eligible to pay furniture banks for furnishings and related services for people exiting or experiencing homelessness, adds HUD reporting requirements, and sunsets after five years.
Introduced December 4, 2025 by Andrea Salinas · Last progress December 4, 2025
Makes payments from the Continuum of Care (CoC) program eligible to pay furniture banks for household furnishings and related services (delivery, installation, assembly) for people who are currently homeless, those who were homeless within the prior six months and are now in permanent housing, or those who were homeless and are now in permanent supportive housing. Requires HUD to report to Congress within three years on impacts and to publish a “furniture poverty” report within three years and annually thereafter; the law and its changes expire five years after enactment.