I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3977 
To amend the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, 
the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations 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 
JUNE 12, 2025 
Mr. LANDSMAN (for himself, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BACON, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. 
NUNN of Iowa, Mr. CARSON, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. BROWN, Mrs. 
HOUCHIN, and Mr. EVANS of Pennsylvania) 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 stu-
dents at an institution of higher education, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Campus Housing Af-
fordability for Foster Youth Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF PROHIBITION ON HOUSING ASSIST-
ANCE TO STUDENTS. 
Section 327(a) of the Transportation, Treasury, 
Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2506) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(6) as (1) through (5), respectively. 
SEC. 3. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN STU-
DENTS. 
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) WAIVER
OF
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
CER-
TAIN STUDENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
waive any requirement under this subsection to 
provide tenant-based assistance under this sub-
section to an individual who— 
‘‘(i) is a student enrolled in an institu-
tion of higher education, as such term is 
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defined in section 101(a) of the Higher 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1001(a)) and including the institutions de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
section 102(a)(1) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
1002(a)(1)); 
‘‘(ii) lives in an on-campus student 
housing facility maintained by such institu-
tion; and 
‘‘(iii) is— 
‘‘(I) in foster care or was in fos-
ter care; or 
‘‘(II) a minor child declared 
emancipated by a court of competent 
jurisdiction. 
‘‘(B) TREATMENT
OF
ASSISTANCE.—As-
sistance received by an individuals though the 
waiver described in subparagraph (A) may not 
be considered a part of the income of such indi-
vidual for the purposes of— 
‘‘(i) determining eligibility for student 
financial assistance provided by the Fed-
eral Government or offered by an institu-
tion of higher education that receives Fed-
eral assistance; 
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‘‘(ii) calculating income earned from 
work under a cooperative education pro-
gram offered by an institution of higher 
education that receives Federal assistance; 
‘‘(iii) determining eligibility for any 
living allowance provided under a program 
established under the National and Com-
munity Service Act of 1990; or 
‘‘(iv) determining the amount of any 
child support the individual may owe.’’. 
Æ 
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