# 119-s-885: Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2025

119-s-885, Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-20).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-885
- Congress: 119
- Title: Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-06
- Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-20

## Summary

**Preserve and revitalize affordable rural multifamily housing.** This bill would create a permanent Housing Preservation and Revitalization Program in Title V of the Housing Act of 1949 to protect properties financed under sections 514, 515, and 516 and to keep units safe and affordable for residents.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] (R-KS), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Help to preserve rural apartments: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would create a permanent USDA program to preserve rural multifamily rental buildings. The Secretary could restructure loans — lower or cut interest, defer or reamortize payments, and give other financial help — to keep units affordable. Owners who accept help would sign recorde…
- Funding and admin limits for preservation: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would authorize $200 million per year for FY2026 through FY2030 for the preservation program, subject to later appropriations. It would also authorize $50 million for fiscal year 2026 to upgrade USDA multifamily loan and housing technology, with work finished within five years.…
- New rural housing vouchers: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would let USDA give rural housing vouchers to low‑income households who lived (for the remaining term of their lease) in certain 514/515/516 properties that were prepaid without restrictions, foreclosed, or matured after Sept. 30, 2005 and are not getting other preservation hel…
- Tenant notices and help to stay: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require USDA and owners to send yearly written notices to owners and tenants before loans mature. Tenant notices must start at least 3 years before maturity and be in plain English and translated where needed. The Secretary would build faster processes to transfer rental…
- Agency gets more discretion: cost, low. If enacted, the bill would change one sentence in existing law from 'shall' to 'may', giving the Agriculture Secretary discretion instead of a required duty in that specific paragraph. This could reduce guaranteed actions for owners or tenants in some cases.

## Related bills

- 119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-3257: John A. Hauser Mental Health in Aviation Act
- 119-s-1260: Rural Housing Service Reform Act of 2025
- 119-s-697: Air Traffic Control Workforce Development Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-885 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/885)

## Related
- [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923)
- [119-s-3257: John A. Hauser Mental Health in Aviation Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3257)
- [119-s-1260: Rural Housing Service Reform Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1260)
- [119-s-697: Air Traffic Control Workforce Development Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-697)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-885 (as of 2026-09-20).