What This Bill Does · Plain English
GovGreed Synthesis · AI extraction
This bill authorizes the appropriation of $2 billion for fiscal year 2025 to provide additional rental voucher assistance to public housing agencies serving high-population, high-growth areas. The funds are to be used for tenant-based assistance and are available for renewals in future years until expended.
Carveouts & Earmarks · 1 line items · $2.0B tagged
Specific dollar amounts in this bill that flow to identifiable companies or programs — the actual cash trail.
$2.00B
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"There are authorized to be appropriated to Secretary to carry out this paragraph $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2025, which shall be available for renewals in each fiscal year thereafter until expended."
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Action Timeline
2025-03-31
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
2025-03-31
Introduced in House
2025-03-31
Introduced in House
Frequently Asked Questions
Did HR.2525 pass?
HR.2525 is still alive. Current stage: COMMITTEE. Pass likelihood: 35%.
What does HR.2525 do?
This bill authorizes the appropriation of $2 billion for fiscal year 2025 to provide additional rental voucher assistance to public housing agencies serving high-population, high-growth areas. The funds are to be used for tenant-based assistance and are available for renewals in future years until expended.
Who sponsored HR.2525?
HR.2525 was sponsored by Dina Titus (D-Nevada).
How much money does HR.2525 spend?
HR.2525 contains $2.0B in identified line-item carveouts to specific programs and companies, across 1 earmarks.
Full Bill Text
119 HR 2525 IH: Housing Vouchers Fairness Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-03-31 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2525 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 31, 2025 Ms. Titus (for herself, Mr. Stanton , and Ms. Ansari ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To authorize the appropriation of $2,000,000,000 for rental vouchers for high population areas, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Housing Vouchers Fairness Act . 2. Rental vouchers for high growth population areas Section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f(o) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (23) Rental vouchers for high growth population areas (A) In general The Secretary shall, each year, using amounts appropriated pursuant to subparagraph (B), provide additional assistance in an equitable manner to each eligible public housing agency for tenant-based assistance, based on the population in the area served by the public housing agency, the extent to which existing voucher allocations of the eligible public housing agency do not meet its housing affordability needs, and historical shortfalls in providing assistance to such eligible public housing agency as a result of voucher formula allocations not keeping pace with population growth over the period identified in subparagraph (C)(ii). (B) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to Secretary to carry out this paragraph $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2025, which shall be available for renewals in each fiscal year thereafter until expended. (C) Eligible public housing agency defined For the purposes of this paragraph, the term eligible public housing agency means a public housing agency that administers Federal housing assistance for an area that, as determined by the Secretary— (i) has a population of greater than 100,000; and (ii) is one of 25 areas in the United States that experienced the highest population growth between 2012 to 2022. .
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