Ending Homelessness Act of 2025

The Ending Homelessness Act of 2025 aims to dramatically expand and eventually guarantee housing assistance for people experiencing homelessness or with very low incomes, while also strengthening the legal and funding framework to prevent and address homelessness. The bill would substantially increase Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) rental assistance, create an entitlement to vouchers beginning in 2029, revoke certain eligibility restrictions, and broaden protections against discrimination based on source of income. It also creates new, dedicated funding streams for unmet housing needs and homeless services (including a Housing Trust Fund emphasis on homeless housing), funds interoperability between health care and housing systems, and solidifies the role and permanence of the federal homelessness apparatus (including the US Interagency Council on Homelessness and McKinney-Vento programs). Private nonprofits and faith-based groups would gain eligibility for funding, and local policies that decriminalize homelessness or expand affordable housing would receive funding priority. In short, the bill intends to ramp up federal housing assistance, remove barriers for the homeless and very low-income families, require Housing First approaches, and align housing with health and social supports, with a strong emphasis on homelessness prevention, supportive housing, and local policy reform.