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Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] · D–FL
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Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-07-30 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed bill would fund housing creation and services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. The Federal Emergency Management Agency would administer the grants. The bill would provide $70 billion for the program and permanently cancel the same amount of specified Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding that has not yet been obligated. These are proposed changes; the supplied record does not establish enactment.
The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, establish a program to provide grants to eligible entities to create housing units and provide direct homelessness response, supportive housing, and transitional services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness.
There is appropriated to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for fiscal year 2027 $70,000,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2032, to carry out this section.
Of the unobligated balances of amounts made available to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement by sections 90003 and 100052 of Public Law 119–21, $70,000,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded.
Source snapshot updated 2026-08-05T15:14:54Z. 2026-07-30: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency would have to establish the grant program within one year after enactment. Eligible recipients would include states, local governments, territories, Tribal governments, public housing agencies, nonprofit organizations, and consortia of these entities.
The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, establish a program to provide grants to eligible entities
In this section, the term eligible entity means a State, a unit of local government, a territory, a Tribal government, a public housing agency, a nonprofit organization, or a consortium of such entities.
At least $54 billion would fund grants to create affordable and market-rate housing. Eligible work would include construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, conversion, and preservation. The bill also permits modular and manufactured housing, related land and infrastructure work, environmental cleanup, accessibility changes, and reserves for project operating costs.
Not less than $54,000,000,000 shall be used for grants to eligible entities to build, acquire, rehabilitate, convert, preserve, or otherwise create new affordable and market-rate housing units.
Housing units under this section may be created through new construction, modular construction, manufactured housing, acquisition and rehabilitation of existing housing, conversion of hotels, motels, office buildings, or other vacant or underutilized properties, preservation of affordable housing, site acquisition, infrastructure, environmental remediation, accessibility modifications, accessibility modifications, and project operating reserves.
At least $14 billion would fund homelessness response, supportive housing, and transitional services. Permitted uses include emergency shelter, rental assistance, rapid rehousing, homelessness prevention, housing navigation and case management, behavioral health and substance use disorder services, employment and transportation assistance, document replacement, and services for domestic violence survivors, young people, veterans, and people with disabilities.
Not less than $14,000,000,000 shall be used for grants to eligible entities to provide direct homelessness response, supportive housing, and transitional services, including emergency shelter, rental assistance, rapid rehousing, homelessness prevention, housing navigation and case management, behavioral health and substance use disorder services, employment services, transportation assistance, services for survivors of domestic violence, youth services, veteran services, disability-related services, document replacement, and other services necessary to help homeless individuals and families obtain and maintain stable housing.
Up to $2 billion could be used to administer and oversee the program, including technical assistance, data systems, inspections, capacity building, and protecting proper use of program funds.
Not more than $2,000,000,000 may be used for administration, technical assistance, data systems, oversight, inspections, capacity building, and program integrity.
The agency could distribute grants through a formula, a competition, or both. It would have to prioritize communities with high numbers or rates of unsheltered homelessness, chronic homelessness, or severe housing cost burdens, including areas with substantial recent increases in average rent.
The Administrator may award grants under this section by formula, competition, or a combination of formula and competitive awards, and shall prioritize communities with high numbers or rates of unsheltered homelessness, chronic homelessness, or severe housing cost burdens, including areas with substantial recent increases in the average cost of rent.
A grant could cover up to the entire cost of a project or activity; full federal funding would be permitted, not guaranteed.
The Federal share of a project or activity carried out with a grant under this section may be up to 100 percent.
Program money would have to add to, rather than replace, other available federal, state, local, Tribal, territorial, or private funding for affordable housing, homelessness assistance, supportive housing, emergency shelter, or transitional services.
Amounts made available under this section shall supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, local, Tribal, territorial, or private funds otherwise available for affordable housing, homelessness assistance, supportive housing, emergency shelter, or transitional services.
Program funds could not be used for immigration enforcement, detention, removal operations, border wall construction, immigration enforcement surveillance, or reimbursement of immigration enforcement costs.
None of the funds made available under this section may be used for immigration enforcement, detention, removal operations, border wall construction, surveillance for immigration enforcement purposes, or reimbursement of costs related to immigration enforcement.
The bill would directly appropriate $70 billion for fiscal year 2027, rather than merely authorize possible future funding. The money would remain available through September 30, 2032.
There is appropriated to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for fiscal year 2027 $70,000,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2032, to carry out this section.
The bill would permanently cancel $70 billion in unobligated funding provided to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under sections 90003 and 100052 of Public Law 119–21. Those referenced sections are not supplied, so the affected activities and available balances cannot be established from this source set.
Of the unobligated balances of amounts made available to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement by sections 90003 and 100052 of Public Law 119–21, $70,000,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded.
The source snapshot updated August 5, 2026, records introduction in the House on July 30, 2026, and referral that day to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Judiciary Committee for provisions within their respective jurisdictions.
Source snapshot updated 2026-08-05T15:14:54Z. 2026-07-30: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2026-07-30: Introduced in House
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-07-30. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
Findings to examine
Review of the complete supplied introduced text identified one possible unrelated funding provision. This tentative classification is limited to that version and does not establish a documented attached rider.
The permanent $70 billion rescission of specified Immigration and Customs Enforcement funds warrants scrutiny as a possible unrelated funding provision alongside the housing grant program. Its amount matches the housing appropriation, providing a fiscal connection, but it changes a separate agency's funding. The referenced law is absent, so the detailed purposes of the rescinded funds remain uncertain. The supplied introduced text does not establish that this provision was attached by amendment.
The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, establish a program to provide grants to eligible entities to create housing units and provide direct homelessness response, supportive housing, and transitional services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness.
There is appropriated to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for fiscal year 2027 $70,000,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2032, to carry out this section.
Of the unobligated balances of amounts made available to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement by sections 90003 and 100052 of Public Law 119–21, $70,000,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No congressionally directed spending for particular recipients or places outside competitive or formula allocation was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion applies only to that version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials. The source set does not establish formal earmark status.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No materially narrow carve-out, special exemption, or preferential exception was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. Ordinary program eligibility and need-based priorities do not alone establish such a benefit. This conclusion applies only to the supplied version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
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