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HUD Data Privacy Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
Introduced
Summary
Strict limits on sharing personal data about people in HUD housing programs. This bill would require HUD to allow other agencies or private entities to access information about beneficiaries only to check eligibility or determine benefits, with narrow exceptions for research and urgent criminal or safety needs.
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- Families and tenants in HUD-assisted housing would see their personal information restricted to use for benefit verification or benefit decisions. This covers Section 9 federal assistance and Section 8 tenant- and project-based rental aid.
- HUD, other agencies, and third-party vendors could receive data only to verify eligibility or determine benefits and could not reuse it for other purposes.
- Researchers and statisticians could get deidentified HUD data for statistical or research projects.
- Law enforcement could receive HUD data when it is part of an ongoing criminal investigation or to prevent an imminent threat to life.
- The bill bars using HUD-shared information for civil immigration enforcement purposes under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Stronger privacy for HUD renters
This bill would require the HUD Secretary to adopt a policy limiting how HUD shares information collected from people who get HUD housing assistance. Housing assistance would mean federal financial help under section 9 or tenant‑based or project‑based rental assistance under section 8 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937. The policy would let HUD share that information only to verify a person's eligibility or to determine their benefit amount. Any agency or third party that receives the information would be barred from using it for other purposes. The bill would allow two exceptions: HUD would be able to share deidentified data for research or statistics, and HUD would be able to share information for an ongoing criminal investigation or to prevent an imminent threat to life. The bill would also say that nothing in it would allow HUD data to be used for civil immigration enforcement.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
NY • D
Sponsored 5/14/2026
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 5/14/2026
Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
NY • D
Sponsored 5/14/2026
Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
CA • D
Sponsored 5/14/2026
Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7]
IN • D
Sponsored 5/14/2026
Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large]
PR • D
Sponsored 5/14/2026
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 5/14/2026
Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
NJ • D
Sponsored 5/14/2026
Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
CT • D
Sponsored 5/14/2026
Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
IL • D
Sponsored 5/15/2026
Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
CA • D
Sponsored 5/15/2026
Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16]
NY • D
Sponsored 6/8/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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