Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act

Bill: 119-s-1714
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2025-05-12
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Latest action: action_date: 2025-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1714 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 12, 2025 Mr. Crapo (for himself and Mr. Reed ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to require the exclusion of service-connected disability compensation when determining whether a person is a person of low and moderate income, a person of low income, or a person of moderate income, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act . 2. Service-connected disability compensation Section 102(a)(20) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(20) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (C) Service-connected disability compensation When determining whether a person is a person of low and moderate income, a person of low income, or a person of moderate income under this paragraph, a State, unit of general local government, or Indian tribe shall exclude any service-connected disability compensation received by the person from the Department of Veterans Affairs. . 3. Report Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report that— (1) examines how service-connected disability compensation is treated for the purposes of determining eligibility for all programs administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; (2) identifies any instances where service-connected disability compensation is treated in a manner inconsistent with the amendment made by section 2; and (3) with respect to each program administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in which service-connected disability compensation is treated inconsistently with the amendment made by section 2, provides legislative recommendations relating to how that program could better serve veteran populations and underserved communities.