The Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2025 seeks to expand landlord participation in the Housing Choice Voucher program—the federal government's largest rental assistance initiative for low-income families, seniors, and people with disabilities—through financial incentives and program reforms. The bill offers one-time payments to landlords in low-poverty neighborhoods who accept vouchers, federal funding for security deposits, annual bonuses to housing agencies that hire landlord liaisons, and a $100 million Housing Partnership Fund (through 2029) to support recruitment and retention efforts. To streamline leasing, the legislation allows landlords to request early unit inspections and expands ZIP Code-level rent standards in more metropolitan areas to give voucher holders more housing options. The bill also requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to reform how it evaluates housing agencies' performance and mandates annual congressional reports for five years measuring the effectiveness of these changes in attracting landlords, particularly in high-opportunity neighborhoods.
Take Action
Your position
Add a comment
to comment on this bill.
Annotate the text
Highlight any passage on the Summary or Full Text tab to attach a note. Annotations appear on the Annotations tab.