This bill prohibits housing authorities from denying residency or evicting tenants in federally assisted housing based on their legal use of marijuana under state law. Currently, federal housing rules treat marijuana the same as illegal drugs, allowing eviction even when someone complies with their state's marijuana laws. The legislation amends federal housing laws to carve out an exception for marijuana use, sale, distribution, possession, and manufacture that follows state law. The bill does not change existing smoking restrictions—HUD must issue new regulations within 90 days to apply the same tobacco smoking bans to marijuana smoking in public and federally assisted housing. This measure primarily affects low-income residents in public housing and federally subsidized rental programs in states where marijuana is legal.
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