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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 965 
To amend section 3(b)(4) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to 
exclude certain disability benefits from income for the purposes of deter-
mining eligibility for the supported housing program under section 
8(o)(19), and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 4, 2025 
Mr. SHERMAN (for himself, Ms. DE LA CRUZ, Mr. LIEU, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCOR-
MICK, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. MEUSER, and 
Mr. BACON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend section 3(b)(4) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 to exclude certain disability benefits from 
income for the purposes of determining eligibility for 
the supported housing program under section 8(o)(19), 
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 Unhoused 
Disabled Veterans Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN DISABILITY BENEFITS. 
Section 3(b)(4)(B) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(4)(B)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as 
clauses (vi) and (vii), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after clause (iii) the following: 
‘‘(iv) with respect to the supported 
housing program under section 8(o)(19), 
any disability benefits received under chap-
ter 11 or chapter 15 of title 38, United 
States Code, received by a veteran, except 
that this exclusion may not apply to the 
definition of adjusted income; 
‘‘(v) with respect to any household re-
ceiving rental assistance under the sup-
ported housing program under section 
8(o)(19) as it relates to eligibility for other 
types of housing assistance, any disability 
benefits received under chapter 11 or chap-
ter 15 of title 38, United States Code, re-
ceived by a veteran, except that this exclu-
sion may not apply to the definition of ad-
justed income;’’. 
SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DISABILITY BENEFITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—When determining the eligibility 
of a veteran to rent a residential dwelling unit constructed 
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on Department property on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, for which assistance is provided as part 
of a housing assistance program administered by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development and not yet 
in existence at the time of the enactment of this section, 
the Secretary shall exclude from income any disability ben-
efits received under chapter 11 or chapter 15 of title 38, 
United States Code by such person. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
(2) DEPARTMENT PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘De-
partment property’’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 901 of title 38, United States Code. 
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