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119-s-5405119th CongressWALLET

Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Senator Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]

Introduced

Summary

Family stability and opportunity vouchers creates a targeted voucher program to help young and vulnerable families move to neighborhoods with better schools and child care. It pairs new incremental vouchers with optional mobility services to support those moves.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

More housing vouchers for families

If enacted, the bill would create a new Housing Choice Voucher called Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers. HUD would competitively award funds to public housing agencies to provide up to 50,000 incremental vouchers each fiscal year from 2027 through 2032 and fees to cover administration and mobility services. For the first year with appropriations, HUD would allocate amounts to awardees within two years; for later years allocations would occur within 180 days after appropriation. PHAs would have to offer mobility-related services to each eligible family, but families could not be forced to take those services to keep their voucher. HUD would publish required definitions within 180 days after enactment, could recapture unobligated assistance, and PHAs would reissue vouchers that turn over to another eligible family.

Who qualifies for new vouchers

If enacted, the bill would set who can get the new vouchers. A family would qualify if it expects a child within 300 days or already has a child under age 6 and meets other section 8(o) rules. The family would also need to be homeless, unstably housed, living in a census tract with at least 30% poverty, or at risk of displacement from an opportunity area for children. The bill would define "unstably housed" to include moving twice in the prior 12 months, a unit not accessible to a disabled family member, fleeing violence, or living in dangerous housing. HUD would use McKinney‑Vento Act definitions for homelessness and would set criteria for high-performing schools and opportunity areas using best available evidence.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]

MD • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]

    IN • R

    Sponsored 9/16/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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