HR 5618
Housing PLUS Act of 2025
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Bill overview
The Housing PLUS Act of 2025 aims to increase the flexibility and funding available for the Continuum of Care program, which provides assistance to homeless individuals and families. Specifically, it allows grantees to receive funding even if they require wraparound services like counseling or job training, and it mandates that at least 50% of funds be directed towards organizations offering such services. The bill also requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to report on how funding opportunities reflect compliance with these requirements.
Key provisions
- Allows grantees to receive funding for wraparound services.
- Requires at least 50% of Continuum of Care funds to support wraparound services.
- Permits funding for organizations that require prerequisites for participation (e.g., sobriety).
- Authorizes funding for faith-based organizations.
- Mandates reporting on compliance with funding requirements.
Who is affected
- Homeless individuals and families
- Continuum of Care grantees
- Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- Nonprofit organizations providing supportive services
- Faith-based organizations
Notable changes
- Increases flexibility in how Continuum of Care funds can be used.
- Establishes a minimum funding requirement for wraparound services (50%).
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 5618
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To allow amounts made available for the Continuum of Care program of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
This Act may be cited as the Housing Promotes Livelihood and Ultimate Success Act of 2025 Housing PLUS Act of 2025
or the
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Subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
that require the provision of supportive services, such as counseling, job training, or addiction treatment, for individuals served by a program, project, or activity assisted with such amounts;
that require, as a condition for occupancy in a project, or assistance from a program, project, or activity, assisted with such amounts that individuals meet certain prerequisites, such as sobriety or lack of drug use; or
faith-based organizations.
a written certification that the amounts made available for carrying out this subtitle were made available in compliance with subsections (a) and (b) of this section; and
a report specifying how the Notices of Funding Opportunity for such fiscal year for amounts made available for carrying out this subtitle evidence such compliance.