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Incentivizing Local Solutions to Homelessness Act
To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to incentivize local solutions to homelessness.
Summary
This bill amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to allow recipients of federal homelessness assistance funding to request waivers to expenditure limits for fiscal years 2027 through 2030. Recipients seeking waivers must submit a demonstration of local needs, a detailed plan for fund use, justification for the proposal, and public input. The bill requires recipients to notify subrecipients and local Continuums of Care and solicit public input before submitting waiver requests, and requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make all waiver requests publicly available. The Secretary has 60 days to approve or deny waiver requests and must deny waivers from recipients who relocate or threaten to relocate individuals without providing alternative housing options. Approved waivers remain in effect through fiscal year 2030 unless the recipient chooses to revoke them with notice to subrecipients.
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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Sylvia R. Garcia’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- HILLCO PARTNERS LLC $9,900
- THE GOODMAN CORPORATION $6,800
- LANIER LAW FIRM $6,609
- ARNOLD & ITKIN LLP $6,600
- MEM &ASSOCIATES, INC. $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Sylvia R. Garcia → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- May 19, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. · house
- May 19, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 19, 2026
Ms. Garcia of Texas (for herself and Ms. Bynum) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to incentivize local solutions to homelessness.
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 “Incentivizing Local Solutions to Homelessness Act”.
SEC. 2. INCENTIVIZING LOCAL SOLUTIONS TO HOMELESSNESS.
Section 414 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11373) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(f) Funding Cap Waiver Authority.—
“(1) In general.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, a recipient may request a waiver to the expenditure limit established pursuant to section 415(b) for amounts provided for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2030.
“(2) Waiver request.—
“(A) In general.—A recipient seeking a waiver described in paragraph (1) shall submit to the Secretary a waiver request that includes not more than the following:
“(i) A demonstration of local needs and circumstances that necessitate a waiver.
“(ii) A detailed plan for how the recipient intends to use funds.
“(iii) A justification for how the proposed use of funds supports the most recent Consolidated Plan submitted by the recipient.
“(iv) Any public input solicited under subparagraph (B)(ii).
“(B) Notification.—Each recipient shall—
“(i) notify all subrecipients and local Continuums of Care that serve the recipient’s geographic area of the availability of waivers under this subsection; and
“(ii) prior to the submission of a waiver request under subparagraph (A), solicit public input regarding the potential need for and proposed uses of such waiver.
“(C) Approval; publication.—The Secretary shall—
“(i) make all waiver requests submitted under subparagraph (A) publicly available on the website of the Department of Housing and Urban Development;
“(ii) not later than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a waiver request under subparagraph (A), approve or deny the request; and
“(iii) deny any waiver request submitted under subparagraph (A) by a recipient that relocates or threaten to relocate individuals or their property without providing emergency shelter, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, or other permanent housing options.
“(3) Revocation.—
“(A) In general.—A waiver approved under this subsection shall remain in effect for the duration of the period of performance of fiscal year 2027 through 2030 grants, unless the recipient notifies the Secretary in writing that the recipient wishes to revoke the waiver.
“(B) Notification.—If a recipient intends to revoke a waiver under subparagraph (A), the recipient shall—
“(i) solicit input from subrecipients regarding the revocation before submitting the revocation; and
“(ii) provide subrecipients with a summary of the input and the justification for the revocation in its submittal prior to notifying the Secretary in writing.
“(C) Publication.—The Secretary shall publish any revocation of a waiver under subparagraph (A) and the justification of the recipient for the waiver on the website of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.”. <all>
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