Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 965 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 965

 To amend section 3(b)(4) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to 
  exclude certain disability benefits from income for the purposes of 
determining eligibility for the supported housing program under section 
                   8(o)(19), and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 2025

  Mr. Sherman (for himself, Ms. De La Cruz, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
 Carbajal, Mr. Gottheimer, Ms. Brownley, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. 
    Budzinski, Mr. Foster, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Meuser, and Mr. Bacon) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 3(b)(4) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to 
  exclude certain disability benefits from income for the purposes of 
determining eligibility for the supported housing program under section 
                   8(o)(19), 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 ``Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN DISABILITY BENEFITS.

    Section 3(b)(4)(B) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437a(b)(4)(B)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as clauses (vi) 
        and (vii), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after clause (iii) the following:
                            ``(iv) with respect to the supported 
                        housing program under section 8(o)(19), any 
                        disability benefits received under chapter 11 
                        or chapter 15 of title 38, United States Code, 
                        received by a veteran, except that this 
                        exclusion may not apply to the definition of 
                        adjusted income;
                            ``(v) with respect to any household 
                        receiving rental assistance under the supported 
                        housing program under section 8(o)(19) as it 
                        relates to eligibility for other types of 
                        housing assistance, any disability benefits 
                        received under chapter 11 or chapter 15 of 
                        title 38, United States Code, received by a 
                        veteran, except that this exclusion may not 
                        apply to the definition of adjusted income;''.

SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DISABILITY BENEFITS.

    (a) In General.--When determining the eligibility of a veteran to 
rent a residential dwelling unit constructed on Department property on 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act, for which assistance is 
provided as part of a housing assistance program administered by the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and not yet in existence at 
the time of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall exclude 
from income any disability benefits received under chapter 11 or 
chapter 15 of title 38, United States Code by such person.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Housing and Urban Development.
            (2) Department property.--The term ``Department property'' 
        has the meaning given the term in section 901 of title 38, 
        United States Code.
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