# 114-hr-3970: Housing Our Heroes Act

114-hr-3970, Housing Our Heroes Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by STEVE ISRAEL (D-NY); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-3970
- Congress: 114
- Title: Housing Our Heroes Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2015-11-05
- Sponsor: STEVE ISRAEL (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 38
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Housing Our Heroes Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to begin a three-year pilot grant program to assess the feasibility of awarding grants to eligible entities to purchase and renovate abandoned homes for homeless veterans. Eligible entities are: (1) veterans service agencies and organizations, (2) homeless organizations, and (3) other nongovernmental organizations. The Veterans Homelessness Grant Fund is established in the Treasury. The VA shall give grant priority to communities with the greatest need of homeless services, and may give grant priority to achieve geographic grant distribution.

## Cosponsors (38)

- Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-17] (R-FL), 2015-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] (R-OH), 2015-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2015-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2015-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- ROBERT BRADY (D-PA), 2015-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2015-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2015-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2015-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2015-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (R-NY), 2015-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2015-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2015-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY), 2015-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL), 2015-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- CHARLES RANGEL (D-NY), 2016-01-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2016-01-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] (D-NY), 2016-01-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ), 2016-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2016-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2016-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- JOHN CONYERS (D-MI), 2016-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA), 2016-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2016-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2016-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2016-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4] (D-CT), 2016-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ), 2016-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2016-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] (D-MD), 2016-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2016-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2016-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9] (D-AZ), 2016-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2016-02-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takai, Mark [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2016-02-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2016-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
- RICHARD NOLAN (D-MN), 2016-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10] (R-OH), 2016-04-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2016-12-07T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-3970 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3970)

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