Incentivizing Local Solutions to Homelessness Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8878 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8878

  To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to incentivize
                    local solutions to homelessness.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2026

    Ms. Garcia of Texas (for herself and Ms. Bynum) introduced the
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial
                                Services

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                                 A BILL

  To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to incentivize
                    local solutions to homelessness.

    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 ``Incentivizing Local Solutions to
Homelessness Act''.

SEC. 2. INCENTIVIZING LOCAL SOLUTIONS TO HOMELESSNESS.

    Section 414 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 11373) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Funding Cap Waiver Authority.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
        law or regulation, a recipient may request a waiver to the
        expenditure limit established pursuant to section 415(b) for
        amounts provided for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2030.
            ``(2) Waiver request.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A recipient seeking a waiver
                described in paragraph (1) shall submit to the
                Secretary a waiver request that includes not more than
                the following:
                            ``(i) A demonstration of local needs and
                        circumstances that necessitate a waiver.
                            ``(ii) A detailed plan for how the
                        recipient intends to use funds.
                            ``(iii) A justification for how the
                        proposed use of funds supports the most recent
                        Consolidated Plan submitted by the recipient.
                            ``(iv) Any public input solicited under
                        subparagraph (B)(ii).
                    ``(B) Notification.--Each recipient shall--
                            ``(i) notify all subrecipients and local
                        Continuums of Care that serve the recipient's
                        geographic area of the availability of waivers
                        under this subsection; and
                            ``(ii) prior to the submission of a waiver
                        request under subparagraph (A), solicit public
                        input regarding the potential need for and
                        proposed uses of such waiver.
                    ``(C) Approval; publication.--The Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) make all waiver requests submitted
                        under subparagraph (A) publicly available on
                        the website of the Department of Housing and
                        Urban Development;
                            ``(ii) not later than 60 days after the
                        date on which the Secretary receives a waiver
                        request under subparagraph (A), approve or deny
                        the request; and
                            ``(iii) deny any waiver request submitted
                        under subparagraph (A) by a recipient that
                        relocates or threaten to relocate individuals
                        or their property without providing emergency
                        shelter, rapid rehousing, transitional housing,
                        permanent supportive housing, or other
                        permanent housing options.
            ``(3) Revocation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A waiver approved under this
                subsection shall remain in effect for the duration of
                the period of performance of fiscal year 2027 through
                2030 grants, unless the recipient notifies the
                Secretary in writing that the recipient wishes to
                revoke the waiver.
                    ``(B) Notification.--If a recipient intends to
                revoke a waiver under subparagraph (A), the recipient
                shall--
                            ``(i) solicit input from subrecipients
                        regarding the revocation before submitting the
                        revocation; and
                            ``(ii) provide subrecipients with a summary
                        of the input and the justification for the
                        revocation in its submittal prior to notifying
                        the Secretary in writing.
                    ``(C) Publication.--The Secretary shall publish any
                revocation of a waiver under subparagraph (A) and the
                justification of the recipient for the waiver on the
                website of the Department of Housing and Urban
                Development.''.
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