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Home for the Brave Act of 2025
To exclude from consideration as income under the housing assistance programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development amounts received by a family from the Department of Veterans Affairs for service-related disabilities of a member of the family, and for other purposes.
Summary
The Home for the Brave Act of 2025 amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to exclude veterans disability benefits from consideration as income in HUD housing assistance programs. Specifically, disability compensation received under chapter 11 of title 38 and dependency and indemnity compensation received under chapter 13 of title 38 shall not be counted as income. This exclusion applies to determining eligibility for HUD housing assistance, calculating the amount of benefits payable, and determining the rent owed by the family or household. The change means that veterans and their families receiving disability or survivor compensation will not have those amounts reduce their eligibility for or increase their contributions to HUD housing assistance programs. This provision applies to all housing assistance programs administered by the HUD Secretary.
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Sponsor (1)
9 cosponsors
- Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large] (R-GU)
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC)
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA)
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA)
- Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13] (R-FL)
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE)
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO)
- Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11] (R-PA)
- Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Salud O. Carbajal’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $39,900
- TIGER MOON GROUP $13,200
- JENNINGS AERONAUTICS INC. $9,900
- WINDOW WORLD $9,900
- CHUMASH $8,400
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Actions (2)
- Nov 7, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. · house
- Nov 7, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 7, 2025
Mr. Carbajal (for himself and Mr. Smucker) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To exclude from consideration as income under the housing assistance programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development amounts received by a family from the Department of Veterans Affairs for service-related disabilities of a member of the family, 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 “Home for the Brave Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF VETERANS DISABILITY BENEFITS FROM INCOME.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3531 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
“SEC. 15. EXCLUSION OF VETERANS DISABILITY BENEFITS FROM INCOME.
“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amounts received by any member of a household or family as disability compensation under chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code, or dependency and indemnity compensation under chapter 13 of such title, shall not be considered as income of such household or family for purposes of—
“(1) determining the eligibility of such family or household for assistance under any program for housing assistance administered by the Secretary;
“(2) the amount of benefits payable to or on behalf of such family or household under such program; or
“(3) the amount of rent paid by such family or household for occupancy of a dwelling unit assisted under any such program.”. <all>
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