# 119-hr-4872: Ending Homelessness Act of 2025 119-hr-4872, Ending Homelessness Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-07). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4872 - As of: 2026-10-07 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-4872 - Congress: 119 - Title: Ending Homelessness Act of 2025 - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2025-08-05 - Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] (D-CA) - Cosponsors: 26 - Policy area: Housing and Community Development - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-10-07 ## Summary **Creates a national entitlement for tenant‑based rental assistance by phasing in hundreds of thousands of new vouchers and restructuring HUD programs to make rental aid broadly available.** It also pairs that expansion with new emergency and trust fund dollars and stronger source‑of‑income and fair housing protections. ## Cosponsors (26) - Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3] (D-KY), 2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Blair, Everton [D-GA-13] (D-GA), 2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] (D-NY), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] (D-NY), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2025-11-25T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3] (D-AZ), 2025-11-25T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35] (D-TX), 2025-11-28T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO), 2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7] (D-CO), 2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - More Housing Trust Fund homes and rent cap: benefit, high. If enacted, $1 billion a year from 2025 to 2029 would go into the Housing Trust Fund. For the first five years, available units paid for with this money would prioritize people who are homeless. In all Housing Trust Fund rental units, your rent share could not be more than 30% of your adjusted inco… - More vouchers now, vouchers become a right: benefit, high. If enacted, HUD would add 500,000 new housing vouchers in 2025 and 1,000,000 more each year from 2026 through 2028. Starting in 2029, tenant-based vouchers would become an entitlement that grows each year to include more low-income families, reaching all low-income families by 2033 and after. Some… - Easier to use vouchers and lease homes: benefit, medium. If enacted, housing agencies could attach vouchers to certain buildings, and families could switch back to tenant-based help at any time. Agencies could pay security deposits and broker or application fees within HUD limits; deposits paid with program funds would be returned to HUD when the family… - Five-year grants for homelessness and outreach: benefit, medium. If enacted, the government would provide $1 billion a year from 2025 to 2029 for emergency grants to meet unmet housing needs. At least 75% must fund permanent supportive housing unless HUD grants an exemption; no more than 5% could cover admin costs. HUD would set the formula and rules within six… - Ban income-source bias; boost fair housing: benefit, medium. If enacted, it would be illegal to deny housing because of how you pay rent. Protected income would include vouchers, Social Security, SSI, child or spousal support, trust or family help, and savings. The bill would also authorize $90 million a year for FHIP and $47 million a year for FHAP from 202… - HUD help to link Medicaid and housing: benefit, low. If enacted, HUD would get $20 million for technical help to connect Medicaid and housing for supportive services. The money would stay available until spent and focus on places with many chronically homeless people and long‑term affordable housing efforts. HUD would set rules to avoid rewarding rol… - Grant priority and faith-based access rules: benefit, low. If enacted, HUD would give priority for grants to applicants serving areas that have decriminalized homelessness. The bill would also bar HUD and others from excluding groups from funding just because they are faith-based. These rules could influence where Act dollars go, but they do not add new fu… - Ongoing funding authority for homeless aid: benefit, low. If enacted, Congress would be allowed to appropriate whatever sums are needed each year for McKinney‑Vento homeless programs. The bill would also repeal a McKinney‑Vento section that governs coordination rules. This change itself would not provide money; it sets the authority to fund programs in fu… - Income targeting rule ends in 2030: mixed, medium. If enacted, the law would remove a statutory income‑targeting rule for public housing and vouchers on October 1, 2030. This could change how agencies prioritize which low‑income renters get help. The exact effects would depend on future HUD rules and local housing agency policies. ## Related bills - 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act - 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act - 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025 - 119-hr-15: Equality Act - 119-hr-1810: Safe Schools Improvement Act - 119-hr-4611: EACH Act of 2025 ## Sources - [119-hr-4872 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4872) ## Related - [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973) - [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51) - [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20) - [119-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-15) - [119-hr-1810: Safe Schools Improvement Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1810) - [119-hr-4611: EACH Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4611) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4872 (as of 2026-10-07).