I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3133 
To amend certain Acts related to housing to adjust rental payments with 
respect to certain Federal rental assistance programs, to ban source 
of income discrimination in housing, to reform and expand the housing 
choice voucher program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2025 
Ms. ANSARI (for herself, Mr. CASAR, Mr. FIELDS, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, 
Mr. LIEU, Mrs. MCIVER, Ms. OMAR, and Ms. TLAIB) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 
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 con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To amend certain Acts related to housing to adjust rental 
payments with respect to certain Federal rental assist-
ance programs, to ban source of income discrimination 
in housing, to reform and expand the housing choice 
voucher program, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Housing Accessibility 
and Voucher Expansion Now Act’’ or the ‘‘HAVEN Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENTS TO RENTAL PAYMENTS WITH RE-
SPECT TO CERTAIN FEDERAL RENTAL AS-
SISTANCE PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) UNITED STATES HOUSING ACT OF 1937.— 
The United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437 et. seq.) is amended— 
(A) in section 3(a)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘30’’ 
and inserting ‘‘20’’; 
(B) in section 8(o)(2)(A)(i), by striking 
‘‘30’’ and inserting ‘‘20’’; and 
(C) in section 9(e)(2)(A)— 
(i) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) by redesignating clause (vii) as 
clause (viii) and by moving such clause 1 
em to the right; and 
(iii) by inserting after clause (vi) the 
following: 
‘‘(vii) the amount of public housing 
rental income forgone by the public hous-
ing agency as a result of lowering the per-
centage of monthly adjusted income for the 
calculation of rental payments; and’’. 
(2) HOUSING ACT OF 1949.—Section 521(a)(3) 
of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(3)) 
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is amended by striking ‘‘30’’ in each place it occurs 
and inserting ‘‘20’’. 
(3) HOUSING ACT OF 1959.—Section 202(c)(3) 
of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(c)(3)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘30’’ and inserting ‘‘20’’. 
(4) CRANSTON-GONZALEZ
NATIONAL
AFFORD-
ABLE
HOUSING
ACT.—Section 811(d)(3) of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘30’’ 
and inserting ‘‘20’’. 
(b) EFFECT ON RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—To 
the extent practicable, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall ensure that the adjustments 
made by subsection (a) do not reduce the number of recipi-
ents of the Federal rental assistance programs described 
in subsection (a). 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS WITH RE-
SPECT TO CERTAIN FEDERAL RENTAL AS-
SISTANCE PROGRAMS. 
(a) UNITED STATES HOUSING ACT OF 1937.—The 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et. 
seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 9(c)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘, and 
2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2003, 2026, and each fiscal 
year thereafter’’; and 
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(2) in section 9(c)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘, and 
2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2003, 2026, and each fiscal 
year thereafter’’. 
(b) HOUSING ACT OF 1959.—Section 202(m) of the 
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(m)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section.’’. 
(c) CRANSTON-GONZALEZ NATIONAL AFFORDABLE 
HOUSING ACT.—Subsection (m) of section 811 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013(m)) is amended by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘, and such sums as necessary for fiscal 
year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter’’. 
SEC. 4. UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SOURCE OF 
INCOME. 
The Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) in section 804, by striking ‘‘or national ori-
gin’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘national 
origin, or lawful source of income’’; 
(2) in section 805— 
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(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or na-
tional origin’’ and inserting ‘‘national origin, or 
lawful source of income’’; and 
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘or fa-
milial status’’ and inserting ‘‘familial status, or 
lawful source of income’’; 
(3) in section 806, by striking ‘‘or national ori-
gin’’ and inserting ‘‘national origin, or lawful source 
of income’’; 
(4) in section 807(a), by striking ‘‘or national 
origin’’ and inserting ‘‘national origin, or lawful 
source of income’’; and 
(5) in section 808(e)(6), by striking ‘‘and fam-
ily characteristics’’ and inserting ‘‘family character-
istics, and lawful sources of income,’’. 
SEC. 5. HOUSING NAVIGATION GRANT FOR HOUSING 
CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM. 
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) HOUSING NAVIGATION GRANT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this para-
graph, the Secretary shall establish a grant pro-
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gram to award housing navigation grants to 
public housing agencies. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE USES.—A public housing 
agency that is awarded a grant under this para-
graph shall use such grant to— 
‘‘(i) assist families receiving tenant- 
based assistance with the search to find a 
suitable dwelling unit; or 
‘‘(ii) engage with owners of dwelling 
units for the purpose of assisting such 
families in such search. 
‘‘(C) SUBGRANTS.—A public housing agen-
cy that is awarded a grant under this para-
graph may use such grant amounts to provide 
subgrants to nonprofit organizations to carry 
out the eligible uses described in subparagraph 
(B). 
‘‘(D) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 
to the Secretary to carry out this paragraph 
$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 and each fis-
cal year thereafter.’’. 
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SEC. 6. USE OF SMALL AREA FAIR MARKET RENTS FOR 
HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM. 
Section 8(o)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘subpara-
graph (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (D) and 
(F)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) USE OF SMALL AREA FAIR MARKET 
RENTS.—Effective for fiscal year 2026 and 
each fiscal year thereafter, the area fair market 
rents used for purposes of subparagraph (B) 
shall be established by the Secretary by zip code 
areas.’’. 
SEC. 7. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR APPLICANTS FOR AD-
MISSION TO A PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT. 
Section 9(h)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(h)(1)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘applicants for admission to a project,’’ after ‘‘organiza-
tions,’’. 
SEC. 8. EXPANSION OF HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) EXPANDED VOUCHERS.— 
(1) FUNDING.—There is appropriated, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for providing incremental vouchers for rent-
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al assistance under section 8(o) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in ac-
cordance with this section for each of fiscal years 
2026 through 2029, the amount necessary to fund— 
(A) the number of incremental vouchers 
required to be allocated under paragraph (2); 
(B) annual renewals of the vouchers allo-
cated under paragraph (2); and 
(C) administrative fees for vouchers allo-
cated under paragraph (2). 
(2) ALLOCATION.— 
(A) INCREMENTAL VOUCHERS.—The Sec-
retary shall allocate 500,000 incremental vouch-
ers in fiscal year 2026 and 1,500,000 incre-
mental vouchers in increments of 500,000 in 
each calendar year from 2027 through 2029 
under this section to public housing agencies 
pursuant to section 213(d) of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 1439(d)). 
(B) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary 
shall, by notice in the Federal Register, estab-
lish selection criteria under section 213(d) of 
the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1439(d)) that prioritizes 
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housing needs among eligible households and 
severe housing hardship, such as experiencing 
homelessness, overcrowding, or evictions. 
(b) ENTITLEMENT TO VOUCHERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that 
is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
any family that is otherwise eligible for tenant-based 
rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) 
shall be entitled to that rental assistance during any 
period that the family is an eligible household. 
(2) FUNDING.—There is appropriated, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, such sums as may be necessary— 
(A) to provide assistance under section 
8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in accordance with the en-
titlement under paragraph (1) of this sub-
section for each eligible household in the 
amount determined under such section 8(o); 
and 
(B) to provide administrative fees under 
section 8(q) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(q)) in connection 
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