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US HR4496

US HR4496
Ending Homelessness Act of 2021

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Introduced
07/16/2021
In Committee
11/01/2022
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2023

Introduced Session

117th Congress

Bill Summary

A BILL To provide a path to end homelessness in the United States, and for other purposes.

AI Summary

This bill, the Ending Homelessness Act of 2021, aims to provide a path to end homelessness in the United States. The key provisions include: 1. Expanding the Housing Choice Voucher program by appropriating funding to allocate 500,000 incremental vouchers in fiscal year 2022 and another 1,000,000 incremental vouchers in increments of 500,000 from 2023 to 2025, targeting extremely low-income households and those with severe housing hardship. 2. Establishing an entitlement program for Housing Choice Vouchers starting in fiscal year 2026, where any eligible family will be entitled to rental assistance, with the income eligibility criteria gradually expanding from extremely low-income to low-income over the following years. 3. Repealing certain ineligibility criteria for federally assisted housing programs, so they do not apply to the new entitlement program. 4. Prohibiting housing discrimination based on source of income, including housing vouchers and other forms of public or private housing assistance. 5. Providing additional funding to address unmet needs for homeless populations, including $1 billion per year from 2022 to 2026 for emergency relief grants and $100 million per year for outreach and service coordination. 6. Increasing funding for the Housing Trust Fund and requiring that a certain percentage of dwelling units be prioritized for persons and households who are homeless. 7. Authorizing permanent appropriations for the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act grants and making the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness a permanent entity. Overall, the bill aims to expand access to affordable housing and provide comprehensive support to address homelessness in the United States.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry, Justice

Sponsors (75)

Maxine Waters (D)*,  Alma Adams (D),  Pete Aguilar (D),  Jake Auchincloss (D),  Karen Bass (D),  Joyce Beatty (D),  Don Beyer (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Suzanne Bonamici (D),  Jamaal Bowman (D),  Anthony Brown (D),  Shontel Brown (D),  Tony Cárdenas (D),  Judy Chu (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Emanuel Cleaver (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Danny Davis (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Michael Doyle (D),  Anna Eshoo (D),  Adriano Espaillat (D),  Dwight Evans (D),  Teresa Fernandez (D),  Ruben Gallego (D),  Sylvia Garcia (D),  Chuy García (D),  Vicente Gonzalez (D),  Al Green (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Jahana Hayes (D),  Steven Horsford (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Sara Jacobs (D),  Mondaire Jones (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Brenda Lawrence (D),  Al Lawson (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Mike Levin (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Carolyn Maloney (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Gregory Meeks (D),  Grace Meng (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Jerry Nadler (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),  Ilhan Omar (D),  Donald Payne (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Ayanna Pressley (D),  Deborah Ross (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  Tim Ryan (D),  Michael San Nicolas (D),  Mary Gay Scanlon (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Adam Schiff (D),  Albio Sires (D),  Adam Smith (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Melanie Stansbury (D),  Haley Stevens (D),  Marilyn Strickland (D),  Tom Suozzi (D),  Dina Titus (D),  Rashida Tlaib (D),  Ritchie Torres (D),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  Nikema Williams (D), 

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. (on 11/01/2022)

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