To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance.
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Latest Action · July 2, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to recapture unused housing voucher funding from public housing agencies at the end of each fiscal year and reallocate it to agencies that fully spent their allotted tenant-based assistance funds. The bill affects public housing agencies across the country that administer housing vouchers to help low-income families afford rental housing. The legislation does not specify new funding amounts but instead redirects existing unobligated money within the current housing voucher program to ensure funds are used more efficiently. By reallocating unused vouchers from agencies with leftover money to high-need agencies, the bill aims to serve more low-income renters while reducing waste of federal housing assistance dollars. The reallocation would occur at the end of each fiscal year on an ongoing basis.
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