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Reforms how Federal homelessness programs operate by removing paperwork barriers, improving data sharing and technology, updating McKinney‑Vento and Continuum of Care rules, and testing housing‑and‑health partnerships. It requires studies and reports (GAO and National Academies), authorizes pilots and modest IT funding, raises certain administrative flexibilities and caps, and creates a HUD advisory committee that includes people with lived experience.
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment, the Comptroller General of the United States must submit to the Secretary and the appropriate congressional committees a report that assesses the Department's documentation requirements (beyond photo identification) used to determine eligibility and resource prioritization for homelessness assistance programs.
The Comptroller General's report must assess how the documentation requirements influence housing access and resource access for people seeking homelessness assistance.
The Comptroller General's report must include recommendations for reducing documentation barriers to the Department's homelessness assistance programs and evaluate the opportunity to use State-issued existing forms of digital identification that States provide to all residents and that are not specific to people experiencing homelessness.
The Secretary must evaluate the assessment produced by the Comptroller General under subsection (a).
The Secretary must publish a request for information from continuums of care and public housing agencies about the matters described in the Comptroller General's assessment (documentation requirements, their influence on access, and recommendations for reducing barriers).
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Amends the administrative cost allowance in 42 U.S.C. 11378 by replacing the allowed percentage of grant funds that may be used for administrative purposes from 7.5 percent to 10 percent.
Redesignates existing paragraph (2) as paragraph (3) and inserts a new paragraph (2) establishing time limits and renewal authorities for designation of unified funding agencies (annual or biennial application/renewal; designation effective for not more than 2 years).
Revises subsection (b) to add a new paragraph permitting the Secretary, subject to appropriations, to issue notifications of funding availability that provide funding for two successive fiscal years and to specify processes for year-2 funding, replacements, renewals, allocation of excess second-year funds, and 1-year transition grants; modifies related language in subsection (c)(2) and changes a one-year reference to two years in subsection (e).
Makes minor textual/punctuation edits in paragraph (4) and (7) and replaces the '3 percent' amount in paragraph (10) with 'the greater of $70,000 or 5 percent'.
Adds a new subsection (f) requiring the Comptroller General to study workforce hiring, retention, and compensation for supportive services staff, submit findings to congressional committees and recommendations to the Secretary, and permitting use of the Consumer Price Index or similar surveys in the study.
Adds a new subsection (h) permitting certain inspection flexibilities for housing units assisted under the subtitle, including pre-inspections up to 60 days before leasing, remote/video inspections, and allowing leasing prior to inspection if an alternative Federal inspection passed within the prior 12 months provided an inspection occurs within 15 days after lease start.
Adds a new subsection (d) allowing costs paid by program income of a grant recipient to count toward contribution requirements if the costs are eligible expenses, meet Secretary-determined standards, and supplement activities under the subtitle.
Adds a new section (Section 410, Advisory Committee on Homelessness) to Subtitle A of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.), establishing the Advisory Committee on Homelessness, specifying membership, duties, powers, reporting requirements, personnel matters, and authorizing appropriations.
Amends the table of contents provision in section 101(b) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act by inserting a new table-of-contents item for the newly added section (Section 410) after the item relating to section 409.
Amends subsection (o) of 42 U.S.C. 1437f (the Housing Choice Voucher program) by adding an exceptions clause to paragraph (5) permitting PHAs to accept recent third-party income verifications in specified circumstances; revising inspection-related language in paragraph (8) (including references to alternative inspection methods and reliance on prior inspections); and adding a new paragraph (23) authorizing use of housing assistance funds for security deposits and holding fees, setting a maximum equivalent to one month's rent, requiring inclusion of such funds in the allocation baseline, and directing the Secretary to establish a cap on the percentage of contract funds that may be used for these purposes.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Introduced July 9, 2025 by Marion Michael Rounds · Last progress July 9, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Introduced in Senate