HR 115 · 119th CongressIn Committee

No Free Rent for Freeloaders Act of 2025

Latest updateJan 3, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.

Housing and Community Development

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Andy Biggs

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January 3, 2025

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Under current law, public housing agencies must require tenants to participate in community service or self-sufficiency programs as a condition of receiving federally subsidized housing. These requirements, established in the United States Housing Act of 1937, aim to promote tenant engagement and economic independence. However, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has limited mechanisms to track or enforce compliance across the roughly 3,000 public housing agencies nationwide. There is no systematic federal penalty when agencies fail to monitor whether tenants meet these obligations, creating inconsistent enforcement and unclear accountability for how federal housing subsidies are being used.

This bill requires the HUD Inspector General to monitor noncompliance annually and calculate the total federal subsidies provided to tenants who failed to meet community service or self-sufficiency requirements. The Inspector General must publish these findings in the Federal Register by September 30 each year. The bill then establishes an automatic financial consequence: HUD's Management and Administration account faces a rescission—a mandatory budget cut—equal to the dollar amount of subsidies provided to noncompliant tenants in the prior fiscal year. This mechanism ties HUD's operational funding directly to enforcement outcomes.

Implementation begins in the first fiscal year after enactment. The rescission takes effect on October 15 or upon enactment of HUD's appropriations bill, whichever is later. The funding reduction comes from HUD's central management budget rather than from housing assistance itself, creating pressure on the agency to improve compliance monitoring. Public housing agencies will face indirect incentives to enforce tenant requirements more rigorously, since agency noncompliance directly reduces HUD's administrative capacity. The downstream effect is likely increased documentation and enforcement activity by local housing authorities, though the bill does not specify how agencies should improve compliance or provide additional resources for monitoring.

Key Provisions

1Requires the HUD Inspector General to monitor annually the extent of noncompliance with community service and self-sufficiency requirements across all public housing agencies.
2Directs the HUD Inspector General to calculate and publish in the Federal Register the total federal subsidies provided to noncompliant tenants for each fiscal year by September 30.
3Establishes an automatic rescission from HUD's Management and Administration account equal to the prior year's subsidy amount for noncompliant tenants, triggered on October 15 or upon appropriations enactment.

★ Why this matters

The bill creates a direct financial penalty for HUD when public housing tenants fail to meet community service or self-sufficiency obligations. This reduces HUD's operational budget based on enforcement outcomes rather than appropriations decisions. Public housing agencies will face stronger incentives to document and enforce tenant compliance with existing program requirements. The mechanism shifts accountability from individual agencies to the federal level, potentially increasing administrative scrutiny of local housing operations.

● Who this affects

Public housing tenants required to participate in community service or self-sufficiency programs will face stricter monitoring and enforcement. Public housing agency administrators and staff will need to expand compliance tracking and documentation systems. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's central management operations will experience budget reductions tied to noncompliance rates. State and local housing authorities that operate public housing programs will face pressure to improve tenant compliance documentation.

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 115

    To establish a penalty for the Department of Housing and Urban 
 Development for failure to enforce compliance with the public housing 
 community service and self-sufficiency requirement under law, and for 
                            other purposes.

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2025

Mr. Biggs of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred 
    to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the 
Committee on Appropriations, 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

                                 A BILL

 
    To establish a penalty for the Department of Housing and Urban 
 Development for failure to enforce compliance with the public housing 
 community service and self-sufficiency requirement under law, 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 ``No Free Rent for Freeloaders Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. MONITORING COMPLIANCE.

    (a) In General.--The Inspector General of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development shall, on an annual basis and for each public 
housing agency (as such term is defined in section 3(b) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)))--
            (1) monitor the extent of noncompliance with the 
        requirements under section 12(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1437j(c)); and
            (2) determine the aggregate amount provided in Federal 
        subsidies for all public housing dwelling units that were 
        occupied by tenants who were not in compliance with such 
        requirements.
    (b) Publication.--Not later than September 30 of each fiscal year, 
the Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development shall cause to be published in the Federal Register a 
statement of the amount determined for such fiscal year pursuant to 
subsection (a)(2).

SEC. 3. RESCISSION OF AMOUNTS FROM HUD MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
              ACCOUNT.

    (a) In General.--In each fiscal year, on October 15 or the date 
specified in subsection (b), whichever occurs later, there is 
rescinded, from amounts made available for such fiscal year for the 
Management and Administration account of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, an amount equal to the amount published pursuant to 
section 2(b) for the preceding fiscal year.
    (b) Late Appropriations.--In the case of any fiscal year for which 
a general appropriation Act for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development that provides funds for the Management and Administration 
account of such Department has not been…

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Brendan Boyle

D-Pennsylvania · District 2

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Representative Boyle is a Democrat (PA-02) and Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee with a documented focus on housing support, federal funding for community services, and protecting vulnerable populations. The website shows he actively secures federal funding for housing programs (e.g., press conference opposing federal housing cuts in Kensington) and supports affordable housing initiatives. The 'No Free Rent for Freeloaders Act of 2025' appears designed to restrict housing assistance or eviction protections, which would conflict with his demonstrated priorities of expanding housing support and opposing housing funding cuts. However, without explicit statements about this specific bill, confidence is moderate rather than high. His party affiliation (Democratic) and budget committee position suggest skepticism toward restrictive housing policies, but this is inferred rather than directly stated.

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