H.R. 6753

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6753 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6753

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 
students at an institution of higher education, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 16, 2025

Mr. Landsman (for himself, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, and Mrs. Beatty) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Financial Services

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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 
students at an institution of higher education, and for other purposes.

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 ``Campus Housing Affordability Act''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF PROHIBITION ON HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS.

Section 327(a) of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban 
Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations 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 STUDENTS.

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 certain students.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary may waive any 
requirement under this subsection to provide tenant-
based assistance under this subsection to any eligible 
student.
``(B) Treatment of assistance.--Assistance received 
by an individuals through the waiver described in 
subparagraph (A) may not be considered a part of the 
income of such individual for the purposes of--
``(i) determining eligibility for student 
financial assistance provided by the Federal 
government or offered by an institution of 
higher education that receives Federal 
assistance;
``(ii) calculating income earned from work 
under a cooperative education program 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 Community 
Service Act of 1990; or
``(iv) determining the amount of any child 
support the individual may owe.
``(C) Eligible student defined.--In this paragraph, 
the term `eligible student' means a person who--
``(i) is a student enrolled in an 
institution of higher education, as such term 
is defined in section 101(a) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)) and 
including the institutions described in 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 102(a)(1) 
of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1002(a)(1));
``(ii) lives in student housing facility 
maintained by such institution; and
``(iii) is eligible to receive tenant-based 
assistance under this subsection.''.
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