[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5889 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5889
To create a hotline to provide eviction-related assistance.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 31, 2025
Ms. Pressley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Financial Services
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A BILL
To create a hotline to provide eviction-related assistance.
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 ``Eviction Helpline Act''.
SEC. 2. EVICTION INFORMATION.
(a) Hotline.--The Secretary shall, not later than 1 year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, establish a hotline to provide
assistance with regard to eviction-related matters to tenants of
covered federally assisted rental dwelling units.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section such sums as
may be necessary for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
(a) For purposes of this Act:
(1) Assistance.--The term ``assistance'' means any grant,
loan, subsidy, contract, cooperative agreement, or other form
of financial assistance, but such term does not include the
insurance or guarantee of a loan, mortgage, or pool of loans or
mortgages.
(2) Covered federally assisted rental dwelling unit.--The
term ``covered federally assisted rental dwelling unit'' means
a residential dwelling unit that--
(A) is made available for rental; and
(B)(i) for which assistance is provided, or that is
part of a housing project for which assistance is
provided, under any program administered by the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, including--
(I) the public housing program under the
United States Housing Act of 1937 21 (42 U.S.C.
1437 et seq.);
(II) the program for rental assistance
under section 8 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f);
(III) the HOME Investment Partnerships
program under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C.
12721 et seq.);
(IV) title IV of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et
seq.);
(V) the Housing Trust Fund program under
section 1338 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4568);
(VI) the program for supportive housing for
the elderly under section 202 of the Housing
Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q);
(VII) the program for supportive housing
for persons with disabilities under section 811
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013);
(VIII) the AIDS Housing Opportunities
program under subtitle D of title VIII of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.);
(IX) the program for Native American
housing under the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996
(25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); and
(X) the program for housing assistance for
Native Hawaiians under title VIII of the Native
American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 7 (25 U.S.C. 4221 et
seq.); or
(ii) is a property, or is on or in a property, that
has a federally backed mortgage loan or federally
backed multifamily mortgage loan, as 11 such terms are
defined in section 4024(a) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C.
9058(a)).
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development.
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