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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 5997

Helping Homeless Veterans Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-11-10Topic: veterans military · housing · social services

Summary

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This bill would change federal veterans law so that several Department of Veterans Affairs programs for homeless veterans no longer have end dates. It removes expiration provisions for treatment programs for seriously mentally ill and homeless veterans, a housing assistance program for homeless veterans, and the Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans. It would authorize $420 million each year after fiscal year 2026 for supportive services grants to very low-income veteran families in permanent housing. It would also fund a grant program for homeless veterans with special needs each fiscal year, instead of only through fiscal year 2024.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-11-17HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.refer
2025-11-10HouseReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.refer
2025-11-10Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-11-10Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-22. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.