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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7908 

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish 

a Commission on Youth Homelessness, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 9, 2024 

Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI (for himself, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LIEU, and 

Ms. TLAIB) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

to establish a Commission on Youth Homelessness, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commission on Youth 

5 Homelessness Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. COMMISSION ON YOUTH HOMELESSNESS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 

8 Urban Development shall, not later than 60 days after the 


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1 date of the enactment of this Act, establish a Commission 

2 on Youth Homelessness. 

3 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

4 (1) CHAIR.—The Commission established pur5 suant to subsection (a) shall be chaired by a person 

6 nominated by and representing the Secretary. 

7 (2) MEMBERS.—The Commission established 

8 pursuant to subsection (a) shall be comprised of— 

9 (A) not less than three persons, rec10 ommended to the Secretary for appointment by 

11 one or more of the members described in sub12 paragraphs (B) through (F), who have lived ex13 perience of homelessness, (as defined by section 

14 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist15 ance Act), including homeless children and 

16 youths (as such terms are defined in section 

17 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist18 ance Act); 

19 (B) a member representing the Depart20 ment of Education, nominated by the Secretary 

21 of Education; 

22 (C) a member representing the Depart23 ment of Health and Human Services, nomi24 nated by the Secretary of Health and Human 

25 Services; 


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1 (D) a representative from a national non2 profit homeless youth organization; 

3 (E) a representative from a national non4 profit civil rights organization representing his5 torically marginalized communities or socially 

6 disadvantaged groups; and 

7 (F) a national organization representing 

8 LGBTQIA+ populations. 

9 (c) MEETINGS.—The Commission on Youth Home10 lessness shall have a meeting not less than 90 days after 

11 all of the members of such Commission have been ap12 pointed by the Secretary. 

13 (d) REPORT.—The Commission on Youth Homeless14 ness shall, not later than 1 year after the date on which 

15 all members of such Commission have been appointed by 

16 the Secretary, submit a report to the Congress and to the 

17 President that includes the following: 

18 (1) A description of any ways in which Federal, 

19 State, Tribal, and local laws, regulations, and poli20 cies have harmed or otherwise impacted youth and 

21 young adults who are homeless or at-risk of home22 lessness. 

23 (2) A list of Federal, State, Tribal, and local 

24 laws, regulations, and policies that unnecessarily tar25 get youth and young adults who identify as Black, 


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1 Indigenous, people of color, or LGBTQIA+ causing 

2 the criminalization, institutionalization, or incarcer3 ation of historically and systemically marginalized 

4 people living in poverty. 

5 (3) Makes legislative recommendations to 

6 achieve the following: 

7 (A) Non-discriminatory housing applica8 tions based on credit and income history for 

9 youth and young adults. 

10 (B) Employment safeguards to avoid dis11 crimination on the absence of a permanent 

12 mailing address, housing history, or employ13 ment history. 

14 (C) Low- or no-barrier access to mental 

15 health and substance use services for youth and 

16 young adults. 

17 (D) The waiving of or assistance with mov18 ing expenses, including move-in fees and appli19 cation fees for youth and young adults. 

20 (E) Actions that Federal agencies may 

21 take in removing barriers to prevent and end 

22 youth and young adult homelessness. 

23 (F) Evidence-based solutions and rec24 ommendations to prevent and end youth and 

25 young adult homelessness. 


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1 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

2 (1) LIVED EXPERIENCE.—The term ‘‘lived ex3 perience’’ means persons who have lived experience 

4 of homelessness, as defined by section 103 of the 

5 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 11302) and includes homeless children and 

7 youths as defined in section 725 of such Act (42 

8 U.S.C. 11434a), or other youth-serving systems, as 

9 defined by agencies that serve children, youth, and 

10 families. Agencies may include the Department of 

11 Health and Human Services, Department of Edu12 cation, Child Welfare, Department of Juvenile Jus13 tice, and agencies serving homeless youth. 

14 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

15 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

16 (3) YOUTH.—The term ‘‘youth’’ means not 

17 older than 17 years old. 

18 (4) YOUNG ADULT.—The term ‘‘young adult’’ 

19 means— 

20 (A) 18 years or older but not older than 

21 30 years old; or 

22 (B) emancipated minors under applicable 

23 State law. 

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