# 119-hr-10487: Recovery First Housing Act

119-hr-10487, Recovery First Housing Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2] (R-TN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-26).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-10487
- Congress: 119
- Title: Recovery First Housing Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-09-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2] (R-TN)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-26

## Summary

**The Recovery First Housing Act would require Title IV-funded homeless housing to offer** substance use disorder treatment to each resident with a substance use disorder. The mandate would cover emergency shelter, transitional housing, and permanent housing, and it includes a narrow exception for unaccompanied minors. - Housing project sponsors that receive federal funds would need to arrange treatment delivered by a licensed provider. Available care may include medically supervised withdrawal, residential treatment, intensive outpatient care, outpatient care, medication-assisted treatment, recovery housing with clinical support, and step-down treatment. - People experiencing homelessness with a substance use disorder would be offered an appropriate level of care while housed, including structured step-down services to move from intensive to community-based treatment. - Sponsors would determine who receives treatment and which modalities are used based on their assessments. Unaccompanied minors admitted by a sponsor are not subject to the treatment requirement.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Mandatory addiction treatment in funded shelters: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require project sponsors that get Title IV funds to offer substance use disorder treatment in emergency, transitional, and permanent housing. Sponsors would have to offer treatment to each person they admit who the sponsor determines has a substance use disorder. Treatmen…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3132: CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025
- 119-hr-687: MERIT Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4706: Protecting Our Farms and Homes from China Act
- 119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act
- 119-hr-7452: Air Quality Act
- 119-hr-2395: SHORT Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-10487 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10487)

## Related
- [119-hr-3132: CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3132)
- [119-hr-687: MERIT Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-687)
- [119-hr-4706: Protecting Our Farms and Homes from China Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4706)
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
- [119-hr-7452: Air Quality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7452)
- [119-hr-2395: SHORT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2395)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10487 (as of 2026-09-26).