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Introduced 2026-01-14Topic: housing · criminal justice · social services

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This bill creates a federal grant program, run by the Attorney General with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to help people leaving or released from prisons, jails, juvenile facilities, or halfway houses find and keep housing. Grants may pay for up to 24 months of rental assistance, stipends to family members who house a formerly incarcerated person, and services such as housing counseling, case management, help with deposits, and payments to landlords. Law enforcement agencies cannot receive the grants, and grantees must tell denied applicants the reason within 15 days. The bill authorizes $100 million per year and also replaces the word "offender" with terms like "individual" in an existing reentry grant law.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-01-14	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-01-14	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-01-14		Introduced in House	introduce
2026-01-14		Introduced in House	introduce

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