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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 3, 2025
No Free Rent for Freeloaders Act of 2025
This bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), on an annual basis, to
monitor the extent of noncompliance of public-housing tenants with certain community service and economic self-sufficiency requirements,
determine the aggregate amount provided in federal subsidies for all public-housing dwelling units that were occupied by noncompliant tenants, and
publish this amount in the Federal Register.
In each fiscal year, the amount as determined and published for the preceding fiscal year must be rescinded from funds made available for HUD's Management and Administration account.
People & committees
Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] · R–AZ
Legislative record
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Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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 Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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 · 2025-01-03 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.
This bill would require annual monitoring of public housing tenants’ compliance with requirements in an existing housing law. It would cancel funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) management and administration budget equal to the federal subsidies for housing units occupied by tenants who did not comply. The proposal links tenant compliance to reductions in HUD’s administrative funding.
The Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall, on an annual basis and for each public housing agency
(1) monitor the extent of noncompliance with the requirements under section 12(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437j(c)); and (2) determine the aggregate amount provided in Federal subsidies for all public housing dwelling units that were occupied by tenants who were not in compliance with such requirements.
there is rescinded, from amounts made available for such fiscal year for the Management and Administration account of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, an amount equal to the amount published pursuant to section 2(b) for the preceding fiscal year.
HUD’s Inspector General would have to monitor noncompliance annually for every public housing agency. The requirements being monitored are those in section 12(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.
The Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall, on an annual basis and for each public housing agency (as such term is defined in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)))— (1) monitor the extent of noncompliance with the requirements under section 12(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437j(c))
For each public housing agency, the Inspector General would also calculate the total federal subsidies provided for all public housing units occupied by tenants who were not complying with those requirements.
on an annual basis and for each public housing agency
(2) determine the aggregate amount provided in Federal subsidies for all public housing dwelling units that were occupied by tenants who were not in compliance with such requirements.
By September 30 of each federal fiscal year, the Inspector General would have to publish a statement of that year’s calculated subsidy amount in the Federal Register, the federal government’s official publication for notices and rules.
Not later than September 30 of each fiscal year, the Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall cause to be published in the Federal Register a statement of the amount determined for such fiscal year pursuant to subsection (a)(2).
Each fiscal year, the bill would rescind—cancel—funding from HUD’s Management and Administration account equal to the subsidy amount published for the preceding fiscal year.
In each fiscal year, on October 15 or the date specified in subsection (b), whichever occurs later, there is rescinded, from amounts made available for such fiscal year for the Management and Administration account of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, an amount equal to the amount published pursuant to section 2(b) for the preceding fiscal year.
The funding cancellation would occur on October 15, unless the general appropriations law providing that year’s HUD management and administration funding is enacted later. In that case, cancellation would occur when that funding law is enacted.
In each fiscal year, on October 15 or the date specified in subsection (b), whichever occurs later
In the case of any fiscal year for which a general appropriation Act for the Department of Housing and Urban Development that provides funds for the Management and Administration account of such Department has not been enacted before October 15, the date specified in this subsection shall be the date of the enactment of such a general appropriation Act.
The supplied actions snapshot, updated December 10, 2025, records introduction in the House on January 3, 2025, and referral that day to the Financial Services and Appropriations committees for consideration of provisions within their respective jurisdictions.
Source snapshot updated 2025-12-10T00:26:13Z.
2025-01-03: Introduced in House
2025-01-03: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.
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