Protect Veteran Students, Job Seekers, and Entrepreneurs Housing Act

Sponsor: Adriano Espaillat (Democratic-NY)December 15, 2025

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Requires landlords to count veteran education benefits as income for rent applications.

This bill would make sure landlords count education money from the Department of Veterans Affairs as income when servicemembers, veterans, or their families apply for housing. It would also give a 60-day warning before these education benefits can be stopped if someone misses a program rule.

What Would Change

Today, landlords might not count Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) education money as income for rent. Also, the VA can stop benefits without a grace period for a single missed rule. This bill would require landlords to count these benefits as income for residential leases. It would also give a 60-day warning before the VA stops benefits due to a single program requirement failure.

Key Provisions

Requires landlords to count specific Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) education benefits as income when servicemembers, veterans, or their families apply for residential leases.
Requires landlords to offer a lease period that does not exceed the number of months a person is entitled to receive these VA education benefits.
Blocks landlords who knowingly break these rules from participating in federal housing programs.
Punishes landlords who knowingly break these rules with fines or up to one year in prison, or both.
Extends a 60-day grace period before the VA can stop education benefits for a single missed program rule, such as missing an appointment or dropping a class.

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Protect Veteran Students, Job Seekers, and Entrepreneurs Housing Act

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