I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4496 
To provide a path to end homelessness in the United States, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 16, 2021 
Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mrs. 
CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. GREEN of 
Texas, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. 
TLAIB, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. GARCIA of 
Texas, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. LIEU, Ms. LEE 
of California, Mr. SIRES, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. EVANS, Mr. 
ESPAILLAT, Ms. NORTON, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Ms. ROSS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Mr. VICENTE GON-
ZALEZ of Texas) introduced the following 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 juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide a path to end homelessness in the United States, 
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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Ending Homelessness Act of 2021’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Expansion of housing choice voucher program. 
Sec. 3. Entitlement program for housing choice vouchers. 
Sec. 4. Repeal of ineligibility criteria. 
Sec. 5. Prohibiting housing discrimination based on source of income. 
Sec. 6. Funding to address unmet need. 
Sec. 7. Housing Trust Fund. 
Sec. 8. Technical assistance funds to help States and local organizations align 
health and housing systems. 
Sec. 9. Permanent authorization of appropriations for McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act grants. 
Sec. 10. Permanent extension of United States Interagency Council on Home-
lessness. 
Sec. 11. Eligibility of private nonprofit organizations for funding. 
Sec. 12. Eligibility of faith-based organizations. 
Sec. 13. Conforming amendments. 
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) FUNDING.—There is appropriated out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 
providing incremental voucher assistance in accordance 
with this section for each of fiscal years 2022 through 
2025, the amount necessary to fund— 
(1) the number of incremental vouchers re-
quired to be allocated under subsection (c); 
(2) annual renewals of the vouchers allocated 
under subsection (c); and 
(3) administrative fees for vouchers allocated 
under subsection (c). 
(b) ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS.—Amounts made avail-
able under subsection (a) may be used only for providing 
rental housing assistance under section 8(o) of the United 
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States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for an 
eligible family who initially— 
(1) has an income that does not exceed 50 per-
cent of the maximum income limitation for ex-
tremely low-income families established by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) pursuant to 
section 3(b)(2)(C) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937; or 
(2) is an extremely low-income family that in-
cludes an individual who is an individual who is a 
recipient of supplemental security income benefits 
under title XVI of the Social Security Act. 
(c) ALLOCATION.— 
(1) INCREMENTAL VOUCHERS.—The Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development shall allocate 
500,000 incremental vouchers in fiscal year 2022 
and 1,000,000 incremental vouchers in increments 
of 500,000 in each calendar year from 2023 through 
2025 under this section to public housing agencies 
pursuant to section 213(d) of the Housing and Com-
munity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1439). 
(2) 
SELECTION
CRITERIA.—The 
Secretary 
shall, by notice in the Federal Register, establish se-
lection criteria under such section 213(d) that 
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prioritizes housing needs among families targeted 
under subsection (b) and severe housing hardship, 
such as experiencing homelessness, overcrowding or 
evictions. 
(3) RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—Vouchers allocated 
under this subsection shall be vouchers for rental as-
sistance under section 8(o) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937. 
SEC. 3. ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM FOR HOUSING CHOICE 
VOUCHERS. 
(a) ENTITLEMENT.—During fiscal year 2026 and 
each fiscal year thereafter, 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 such rental assistance in ac-
cordance with this section during such period that such 
family meets the requirements under subsection (c) or (d) 
as a qualified family. 
(b) FUNDING.—For fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal 
year thereafter, there is appropriated out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the amount 
necessary— 
(1) to provide assistance under section 8(o) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 in accord-
ance with the entitlement under subsection (a) of 
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this section for each qualified family in the amount 
determined under such section 8(o); and 
(2) to provide administrative fees under such 
section 8(q), as modified pursuant to subsection (i) 
of this section, in connection with each voucher for 
assistance provided pursuant to paragraph (1) of 
this subsection. 
(c) QUALIFIED FAMILIES.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘qualified family’’ means the following: 
(1) FISCAL YEAR 2026.—For fiscal year 2026, 
a family that meets the requirements under section 
2(b) of this Act. 
(2) FISCAL YEAR 2027.—For fiscal year 2027, 
a family having an income that— 
(A) meets the requirements under section 
2(b) of this Act; or 
(B) does not exceed 75 percent of the max-
imum income limitation for extremely low-in-
come families established by the Secretary pur-
suant to section 3(b)(2)(C) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937. 
(3) FISCAL YEAR 2028.—For fiscal year 2028, 
an extremely low-income family. 
(4) FISCAL YEAR 2029.—For fiscal year 2029, 
a very low-income family. 
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(5) FISCAL YEAR 2030 AND AFTER.—For fiscal 
year 2030 and each fiscal year thereafter, a low-in-
come family. 
(d) CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY.—A family shall meet 
the requirements under this subsection as a qualifying 
family if the family— 
(1) does not meet the requirements under sub-
section (c); and 
(2) was initially assisted under this section or 
section 2 of this Act and continues to be assisted. 
(e) REPEAL
OF
INCOME
TARGETING
REQUIRE-
MENT.—Effective October 1, 2028, section 16 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437n) 
is amended by striking subsection (b). 
(f) ADMINISTERING AGENCIES.— 
(1) REGIONAL
CONSORTIA.—The Secretary 
shall encourage and provide for public housing agen-
cies to form regional consortia to administer the pro-
gram for rental assistance under this section with 
respect to geographical areas. 
(2) PHA DESIGNATION.—The Secretary shall 
designate a public housing agency to administer as-
sistance under this section in any area where no ex-
isting public housing agency has jurisdiction or 
where no agency with jurisdiction is adequately ad-
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ministering such assistance, subject to public com-
ment and after consultation with States, public 
housing agencies, local governments, Indian tribes, 
and tribally designated housing agencies. 
(g) USE OF SMALL AREA FAIR MARKET RENTS.— 
Paragraph (1) of section 8(o) of the United States Hous-
ing 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 new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(F) USE OF SMALL AREA FAIR MARKET 
RENTS.—Effective for fiscal year 2022 and 
each fiscal year thereafter, the area fair market 
rents used for purposes of subparagraph (B) 
shall be stablished by the Secretary for zip code 
areas.’’. 
(h) PROJECT-BASING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subpara-
graph (A) of paragraph (13) of section 8(o) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)(13)(A)), a public housing agency admin-
istering assistance under this section may enter into 
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amount of such assistance used pursuant to this 
subsection and for each authorized purpose under 
this subsection. 
(2) RECAPTURE.—The Secretary shall require 
the return to the Secretary of any amounts used for 
a security deposit with respect to a dwelling unit 
upon the termination of the residence in such unit 
by an assisted family. 
(j) ADMINISTRATIVE FEES.—Notwithstanding the 
administrative fee with respect to tenant-based assistance 
in effect on October 1, 2021, pursuant section 8(q) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(q)), 
the Secretary shall, by regulation, establish a new admin-
istrative fee for such assistance, applicable to fiscal year 
2022 and thereafter, that reflects local variation in the 
cost of administering a well-run housing choice voucher 
program and which encourages public housing agencies to 
expand housing choice for assisted families and increase 
the rate at which families issued vouchers use them suc-
cessfully to lease housing. 
(k) PROHIBITION OF USE UNDER MOVING TO WORK 
PROGRAM.—None of the amounts made available by sub-
section (b) of this section or by section 2 of this Act may 
be used under, to carry out, or otherwise in connection 
with the Moving to Work demonstration program author-
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ized by section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Af-
fairs and Housing and Urban Development and Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 
104–134; 110 Stat. 1321), as expanded by section 239 
of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (division 
L of Public Law 114–113; 129 Stat. 2897) or any other 
provision of law. 
(l) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 
following definitions shall apply: 
(1) INDIAN
TRIBE; 
TRIBALLY
DESIGNATED 
HOUSING AGENCY.—The terms ‘‘Indian tribe’’ and 
‘‘tribally designated housing agency’’ have the mean-
ings given such terms in section 4 of the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determina-
tion Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103). 
(2) LOW-INCOME
FAMILY; VERY
LOW-INCOME 
FAMILY; EXTREMELY
LOW-INCOME
FAMILY.—The 
terms ‘‘low-income family’’, ‘‘very low-income fam-
ily’’, and ‘‘extremely low-income family’’ have the 
meanings given such terms in section 3(b) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437a(b)). 
(3) PUBLIC
HOUSING
AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘public housing agency’’ has the meaning given such 
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term in section 3(b) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 3(b) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 
SEC. 4. REPEAL OF INELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. 
(a) UNITED STATES HOUSING ACT OF 1937.—Effec-
tive October 1, 2025, section 6 of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (q)(1), by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) INAPPLICABILITY.—This subsection 
shall not apply to applicants for, or families as-
sisted under, the entitlement program for hous-
ing choice vouchers under section 3 of the End-
ing Homelessness Act of 2021.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (s), by striking ‘‘or assisted 
housing program’’. 
(b) QUALITY HOUSING AND WORK RESPONSIBILITY 
ACT OF 1998.—The Quality Housing and Work Responsi-
bility Act of 1998 is amended— 
(1) in section 576 (42 U.S.C. 13661)— 
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(A) by inserting ‘‘covered’’ before ‘‘feder-
ally assisted housing’’ each place such term ap-
pears; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(f) DEFINITION
OF COVERED FEDERALLY AS-
SISTED HOUSING.—The term ‘covered federally assisted 
housing’ has the meaning given the term ‘federally as-
sisted housing’ in section 579, except that the former term 
shall not include housing specified in subsection (a)(2)(B) 
of such section.’’; and 
(2) in section 577(a) (42 U.S.C. 13662(a)), by 
adding after and below paragraph (2) the following 
new flush material: 
‘‘This subsection shall not apply to applicants for, or fami-
lies assisted under, the entitlement program for housing 
choice vouchers under section 3 of the Ending Homeless-
ness Act of 2021.’’. 
SEC. 5. PROHIBITING HOUSING DISCRIMINATION BASED 
ON SOURCE OF INCOME. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
3601 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 802 (42 U.S.C. 3602), by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(p) ‘Source of income’ includes— 
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‘‘(1) current and future use of a tenant- or 
project-based housing voucher under section 8 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f) and any form of Federal, State, or local 
housing assistance provided to a person or family or 
provided to a housing owner on behalf of a person 
or family, including rental vouchers, rental assist-
ance, down payment assistance, other homeowner-
ship assistance, assistance to cover housing costs, 
and other rental and homeownership subsidies, or 
guarantees or financial assistance provided through 
government and nongovernment organizations, in-
cluding both receipt of such assistance and compli-
ance with its terms thereof; 
‘‘(2) income received as a monthly benefit 
under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
401 et seq.), as a supplemental security income ben-
efit under title XVI of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1381 et seq.), or as a benefit under the Rail-
road Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231 et 
seq.) or income provided through Federal, State, or 
local governments or nongovernment organizations, 
or through any public or State-supported general or 
disability income assistance program or the terms of 
such income; 
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‘‘(3) income received by court order, including 
spousal support and child support; 
‘‘(4) any payment from a trust, guardian, con-
servator, co-signer, or relative; and 
‘‘(5) any other source of income or funds, in-
cluding savings accounts and investments.’’; 
(2) in section 804 (42 U.S.C. 3604)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘source of income,’’ after 
‘‘familial status,’’ each place that term appears; 
and 
(3) in section 805 (42 U.S.C. 3605)— 
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘source 
of income,’’ after ‘‘familial status,’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘source 
of income,’’ after ‘‘handicap,’’; 
(4) in section 806 (42 U.S.C. 3606), by insert-
ing ‘‘source of income,’’ after ‘‘familial status,’’; 
(5) in section 807 (42 U.S.C. 3607), by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) Nothing under this title shall be construed to 
prohibit any entity from providing a preference for vet-
erans or based on veteran status in the sale or rental of 
a dwelling or in the provision of services or facilities in 
connection therewith.’’; 
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(6) in section 808(e)(6) (42 U.S.C. 3608(e)(6)), 
by inserting ‘‘source of income,’’ after ‘‘handicap,’’; 
and 
(7) in section 810(f) (42 U.S.C. 3610(f)), by 
striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(4) During the period beginning on the date of en-
actment of the Ending Homelessness Act of 2021 and 
ending on the date that is 40 months after such date of 
enactment, each agency certified for purposes of this title 
on the day before such date of enactment shall, for pur-
poses of this subsection, be considered certified under this 
subsection with respect to those matters for which the 
agency was certified on that date. If the Secretary deter-
mines in an individual case that an agency has not been 
able to meet the certification requirements within this 40- 
month period due to exceptional circumstances, such as 
the infrequency of legislative sessions in that jurisdiction, 
the Secretary may extend such period by not more than 
6 months.’’. 
(b) PREVENTION OF INTIMIDATION IN FAIR HOUS-
ING CASES.—Section 901 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 3631) is amended by inserting ‘‘source of in-
come (as defined in section 802),’’ before ‘‘or national ori-
gin’’ each place that term appears. 
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(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR EN-
FORCEMENT.—There is authorized to be appropriated for 
contracts, grants, and other assistance— 
(1) $90,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2031 for the Fair Housing Initiatives Pro-
gram under section 561 of the Housing and Com-
munity Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 
3616a); 
(2) $47,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2031 for the Fair Housing Assistance Pro-
gram under the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 
et seq.); and 
(3) $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2024 to the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development for a carrying out national 
media campaign to raise public awareness to help in-
dividuals understand their expanded rights under 
the Fair Housing Act and learn how to report inci-
dents of housing discrimination. 
SEC. 6. FUNDING TO ADDRESS UNMET NEED. 
Title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 491 (42 U.S.C. 
11408; relating to rural housing stability grant pro-
gram) as section 441; 
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(2) by redesignating section 592 (42 U.S.C. 
11408a; relating to use of FMHA inventory for 
transitional housing for homeless persons and for 
turnkey housing) as section 442; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
title: 
‘‘Subtitle E—Emergency Funding 
To Address Unmet Need 
‘‘SEC. 451. FUNDING TO ADDRESS UNMET NEEDS. 
‘‘(a) DIRECT APPROPRIATIONS.—There is appro-
priated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, 
$1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
emergency relief grants under this section to address the 
unmet needs of homeless populations in jurisdictions with 
the highest need. 
‘‘(b) FORMULA GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) 
ALLOCATION.—Amounts 
appropriated 
under subsection (a) for a fiscal year shall be allo-
cated among collaborative applicants that comply 
with section 402, in accordance with the funding for-
mula established under paragraph (2) of this sub-
section. 
‘‘(2) FORMULA.—The Secretary shall, in con-
sultation with the United States Interagency Council 
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on Homeless, establish a formula for allocating 
grant amounts under this section to address the 
unmet needs of homeless populations in jurisdictions 
with the highest need, using the best currently avail-
able data that targets need based on key structural 
determinants of homelessness in the geographic area 
represented by a collaborative applicant, which shall 
include data providing accurate counts of— 
‘‘(A) the poverty rate in the geographic 
area represented by the collaborative applicant; 
‘‘(B) shortages of affordable housing for 
low-, very low-, and extremely low-income 
households in the geographic area represented 
by the collaborative applicant; 
‘‘(C) the number of overcrowded housing 
units in the geographic area represented by the 
collaborative applicant; 
‘‘(D) the number of unsheltered homeless 
individuals and the number of chronically home-
less individuals; and 
‘‘(E) any other factors that the Secretary 
considers appropriate. 
The formula shall provide priority to (i) collaborative 
applicants for which the local governments, within 
the area served by the applicant, have adopted local 
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policies, such as through zoning and regulation, that 
leverage the private sector’s participation to provide 
housing that is reserved and affordable to low-, very 
low-, and extremely low-income households, as de-
fined by the Secretary, for a minimum term of 15 
years, and (ii) collaborative applicants for which the 
local governments have adopted policies that de-
criminalize homelessness. The Secretary shall estab-
lish by regulation the process and manner that local 
governments will be evaluated. The Secretary shall 
ensure that local governments are not incentivized or 
otherwise rewarded for eliminating or undermining 
the intent of zoning regulations or other regulations 
or policies that establish fair wages for laborers, en-
sure health and safety of buildings for residents and 
the general public, protect fair housing, establish en-
vironmental protections, establish standards for re-
siliency, prevent tenant displacement, or any other 
requirements that the Secretary determines it is in 
the public interest to preserve. 
‘‘(3) GRANTS.—For each fiscal year for which 
amounts are made available under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall make a grant to each collabo-
rative applicant for which an amount is allocated 
pursuant to application of the formula established 
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