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The bill pilots substantial, evidence‑focused cash housing assistance and supportive services for homeless youth—potentially improving stability and informing national policy—while creating significant federal costs, privacy risks, and administrative complexity that could slow rollout or divert resources.
Young adults (ages 18–29 and emancipated minors) experiencing homelessness would receive direct monthly housing payments for up to 36 months (roughly $1,400 or adjusted 2‑bedroom fair market rent), increasing short‑term housing stability.
Participants would get supportive services (housing navigation, financial coaching, workforce and educational supports) and the pilot would be designed with expert input and equity representation, improving chances of long‑term self‑sufficiency and targeting supports to marginalized youth.
The pilot will produce interim and final reports and generate evidence on costs and outcomes (health, education, employment, childcare) to inform policymakers about the effectiveness and fiscal impacts of direct cash housing assistance.
The program entails substantial federal spending for monthly payments and supportive services (potentially tens of thousands of participants for 36 months), which could raise taxes or require reallocating funds from other programs.
Centralizing personal data (national database, external partner access, required tax‑return consents) creates significant privacy and data‑security risks for vulnerable participants if safeguards are insufficient.
Cross‑referenced statutory definitions, procurement timelines for an external partner, and added reporting requirements could slow program start‑up and impose administrative burdens on schools, service providers, and state/local agencies.
Based on analysis of 6 sections of legislative text.
Creates an HHS-run guaranteed-income pilot with up to 105,000 youth participants for 36 months, plus a national homeless Database, evaluation, and advisory council.
Official title: To establish a pilot program to provide financial and non-financial housing assistance to certain homeless individuals, to provide for a study of the effects of the pilot program, and for other purposes.
Introduced March 27, 2025 by Rashida Tlaib · Last progress March 27, 2025
Creates a Youth Homelessness Guaranteed Income Pilot Program to deliver time-limited direct cash housing assistance to youth and young adults who are homeless or recently emancipated. The bill directs the HHS Secretary to build a privacy-protected national database of homeless individuals, select up to 105,000 eligible participants for a 36-month pilot, contract an external research partner to evaluate outcomes, and form a National Youth Economic Advisory Council to advise program design and evaluation. The law requires safeguards on personally identifying information, forbids using citizenship or immigration status to determine participation, directs interim and final studies of housing, economic, health, and public-cost outcomes, and authorizes coordination with Education, Agriculture, and HUD for identification and data sharing for program administration.