Housing to Homes Act of 2025

Sponsor: Andrea Salinas (Democratic-OR)December 4, 2025

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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Homeless and formerly homeless people would get free furniture to set up their homes.

This bill would help homeless and formerly homeless individuals and families get free household furniture. It would allow local programs that assist homeless people to pay 'furniture banks' to provide items like beds and tables, helping people settle into new homes. The furniture would become the property of the families, not a loan.

What Would Change

Today, federal programs that help homeless individuals and families do not specifically allow money to be used to pay for household furniture. After this bill, local programs that help homeless people would be able to use their funds to pay 'furniture banks' to provide free household items like beds and tables to homeless and formerly homeless individuals and families. These items would belong to the recipients, and the government would also start tracking and reporting on 'furniture poverty' in the U.S.

Key Provisions

Lets programs that help homeless people pay 'furniture banks' to provide household furnishings, including delivery and setup.
Ensures that furniture provided to individuals and families through this program would become their own property.
Adds a definition for 'furniture bank' to federal law, describing it as a charity or nonprofit that gives household items to people in need at low or no cost.
Requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to publish an annual report on 'furniture poverty' in the U.S. and its impact.
Ends all changes made by this bill five years after it becomes law.

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Housing to Homes Act of 2025

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