Campus Housing Affordability for Foster Youth Act
Sponsored By: Representative Landsman
Introduced
Summary
Would allow campus housing support for students who are or were in foster care. The bill would remove a long-standing ban and create a waiver so tenant-based housing aid can serve eligible students living in institution-maintained on-campus housing without that assistance being counted as income for certain federal purposes.
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- Students and foster youth: Eligible students who are or were in foster care or who were emancipated could receive tenant-based housing assistance while living in on-campus housing. That aid would not count as income for federal student financial aid, cooperative education program earnings, National and Community Service living allowances, or child support calculations.
- Housing agencies: The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development would get explicit waiver authority to let tenant-based assistance be provided to these students by waiving applicable Section 8(o) requirements.
- Colleges and campus housing: The waiver applies only to students enrolled at institutions of higher education as defined in the Higher Education Act and living in on-campus housing maintained by their institution.
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Campus housing help for foster students
This bill would remove a federal restriction that blocks housing aid for students. HUD could waive normal rules so a college student in school-run on-campus housing could get tenant-based assistance. The student would need to be a current or former foster youth, or an emancipated minor. That housing help would not count as income for federal or school financial aid, co-op work programs, living allowances under national service programs, or child support calculations. If enacted, this would take effect upon enactment.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Landsman
OH • D
Cosponsors
Beatty
OH • D
Sponsored 6/12/2025
Bacon
NE • R
Sponsored 6/12/2025
Lawler
NY • R
Sponsored 6/12/2025
Nunn (IA)
IA • R
Sponsored 6/12/2025
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 6/12/2025
Moore (WI)
WI • D
Sponsored 6/12/2025
Brown
OH • D
Sponsored 6/12/2025
Houchin
IN • R
Sponsored 6/12/2025
Evans (PA)
PA • D
Sponsored 6/12/2025
Fitzpatrick
PA • R
Sponsored 6/17/2025
Stansbury
NM • D
Sponsored 6/23/2025
Hayes
CT • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Simon
CA • D
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Escobar
TX • D
Sponsored 8/22/2025
Figures
AL • D
Sponsored 3/27/2026
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