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Campus Housing Affordability for Foster Youth Act
To amend the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 and the United States Housing Act of 1937 to allow for housing assistance to certain individuals enrolled as students at an institution of higher education, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill would remove the prohibition on providing housing assistance to college students and allow the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide housing vouchers to students in foster care, formerly in foster care, or emancipated minors who live in on-campus housing. Housing assistance provided through this program would not count as income for purposes of Federal student financial aid eligibility, work-study calculations, living allowance determinations, or child support obligations. This waiver would allow foster youth and emancipated minors attending colleges and universities to receive housing support while maintaining their eligibility for other federal student assistance programs.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH)
15 cosponsors
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE)
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH)
- Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH)
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN)
- Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] (D-TX)
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA)
- Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2] (D-AL)
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA)
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT)
- Rep. Houchin, Erin [R-IN-9] (R-IN)
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY)
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI)
- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA)
- Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA)
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM)
Actions (2)
- Jun 12, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. · house
- Jun 12, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 12, 2025
Mr. Landsman (for himself, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Mr. Carson, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Brown, Mrs. Houchin, and Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To amend the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 and the United States Housing Act of 1937 to allow for housing assistance to certain individuals enrolled as students at an institution of higher education, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Campus Housing Affordability for Foster Youth Act”.
SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF PROHIBITION ON HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS.
Section 327(a) of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109-115; 119 Stat. 2506) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (1); and
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6) as (1) through (5), respectively.
SEC. 3. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS.
Section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(23) Waiver of requirements for certain students.—
“(A) In general.—The Secretary may waive any requirement under this subsection to provide tenant- based assistance under this subsection to an individual who—
“(i) is a student enrolled in an institution of higher education, as such term is defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)) and including the institutions described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 102(a)(1) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1002(a)(1));
“(ii) lives in an on-campus student housing facility maintained by such institution; and
“(iii) is—
“(I) in foster care or was in foster care; or
“(II) a minor child declared emancipated by a court of competent jurisdiction.
“(B) Treatment of assistance.—Assistance received by an individuals though the waiver described in subparagraph (A) may not be considered a part of the income of such individual for the purposes of—
“(i) determining eligibility for student financial assistance provided by the Federal Government or offered by an institution of higher education that receives Federal assistance;
“(ii) calculating income earned from work under a cooperative education program offered by an institution of higher education that receives Federal assistance;
“(iii) determining eligibility for any living allowance provided under a program established under the National and Community Service Act of 1990; or
“(iv) determining the amount of any child support the individual may owe.”. <all>
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