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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8925 

To amend the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, 

the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 and the United States Housing Act of 1937 to 

allow for housing assistance to certain individuals enrolled as students 

at an institution of higher education, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 2, 2024 

Mr. LANDSMAN (for himself, Mr. LAWLER, Mrs. BEATTY, and Mr. BACON) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To amend the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban 

Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, 

and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 and 

the United States Housing Act of 1937 to allow for 

housing assistance to certain individuals enrolled as students at an institution of higher education, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Campus Housing Af3 fordability Act of 2024’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF PROHIBITION ON HOUSING ASSIST5 ANCE TO STUDENTS. 

6 Section 327(a) of the Transportation, Treasury, 

7 Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis8 trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria9 tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2506) 

10 is amended— 

11 (1) by striking paragraph (1); and 

12 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 

13 (6) as (1) through (5), respectively. 

14 SEC. 3. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN STU15 DENTS. 

16 Section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 

17 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), is amended by adding at the 

18 end the following: 

19 ‘‘(23) WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CER20 TAIN STUDENTS.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

22 waive any requirement under this subsection to 

23 provide tenant-based assistance under this sub24 section to an individual who— 

25 ‘‘(i) is a student enrolled in an institu26 tion of higher education, as such term is 


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1 defined in section 101(a) of the Higher 

2 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

3 1001(a)) and including the institutions de4 scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 

5 section 102(a)(1) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 

6 1002(a)(1)); 

7 ‘‘(ii) lives in an on-campus student 

8 housing facility maintained by such institu9 tion; and 

10 ‘‘(iii) is— 

11 ‘‘(I) in foster care or was in fos12 ter care; or 

13 ‘‘(II) a minor child declared 

14 emancipated by a court of competent 

15 jurisdiction. 

16 ‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF ASSISTANCE.—As17 sistance received by an individuals though the 

18 waiver described in subparagraph (A) may not 

19 be considered a part of the income of such indi20 vidual for the purposes of— 

21 ‘‘(i) determining eligibility for student 

22 financial assistance provided by the Fed23 eral government or offered by an institu24 tion of higher education that receives Fed25 eral assistance; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) calculating income earned from 

2 work under a cooperative education pro3 gram offered by an institution of higher 

4 education that receives Federal assistance; 

5 ‘‘(iii) determining eligibility for any 

6 living allowance provided under a program 

7 established under the National and Com8 munity Service Act of 1990; or 

9 ‘‘(iv) determining the amount of any 

10 child support the individual may owe.’’. 

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