To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 and the Housing Act of 1949 to make financial assistance available to DACA recipients, and for other purposes.
This bill would expand eligibility for federal housing assistance programs to include DACA recipients, individuals who received deferred action status under a 2012 Department of Homeland Security program that allows certain people who arrived in the United States as children to remain in the country. Currently, most federal housing programs limit assistance to U.S. citizens and certain authorized immigrants, effectively excluding DACA recipients despite their legal permission to work and reside in the country. The bill amends two major housing laws—the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 and the Housing Act of 1949—to add DACA recipients as eligible for financial assistance under these programs. The bill does not specify new funding amounts or implementation timelines. If enacted, this change would allow DACA recipients to access housing vouchers, rental assistance, and other housing support programs that are currently unavailable to them.
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