H.R. 5889

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5889 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5889

To create a hotline to provide eviction-related assistance.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 31, 2025

Ms. Pressley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services

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A BILL

To create a hotline to provide eviction-related assistance.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Eviction Helpline Act''.

SEC. 2. EVICTION INFORMATION.

(a) Hotline.--The Secretary shall, not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, establish a hotline to provide 
assistance with regard to eviction-related matters to tenants of 
covered federally assisted rental dwelling units.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section such sums as 
may be necessary for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

(a) For purposes of this Act:
(1) Assistance.--The term ``assistance'' means any grant, 
loan, subsidy, contract, cooperative agreement, or other form 
of financial assistance, but such term does not include the 
insurance or guarantee of a loan, mortgage, or pool of loans or 
mortgages.
(2) Covered federally assisted rental dwelling unit.--The 
term ``covered federally assisted rental dwelling unit'' means 
a residential dwelling unit that--
(A) is made available for rental; and
(B)(i) for which assistance is provided, or that is 
part of a housing project for which assistance is 
provided, under any program administered by the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, including--
(I) the public housing program under the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 21 (42 U.S.C. 
1437 et seq.);
(II) the program for rental assistance 
under section 8 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f);
(III) the HOME Investment Partnerships 
program under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
12721 et seq.);
(IV) title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et 
seq.);
(V) the Housing Trust Fund program under 
section 1338 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4568);
(VI) the program for supportive housing for 
the elderly under section 202 of the Housing 
Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q);
(VII) the program for supportive housing 
for persons with disabilities under section 811 
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013);
(VIII) the AIDS Housing Opportunities 
program under subtitle D of title VIII of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.);
(IX) the program for Native American 
housing under the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); and
(X) the program for housing assistance for 
Native Hawaiians under title VIII of the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 7 (25 U.S.C. 4221 et 
seq.); or
(ii) is a property, or is on or in a property, that 
has a federally backed mortgage loan or federally 
backed multifamily mortgage loan, as 11 such terms are 
defined in section 4024(a) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 
9058(a)).
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.
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