To amend the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to provide reforms to housing counseling and financial literacy programs.
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 3
- Latest action
- Dec 15, 2025
What it does
The bill amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to reform housing counseling and financial literacy programs by requiring geographically diverse recipients, mandating performance reviews of participating agencies, and establishing criteria for evaluating counselor competence based on borrower default rates in comparable markets. It allows the Secretary to require additional training, retesting, or suspend certification for counselors deemed incompetent, and authorizes denial of funding renewal for noncompliant organizations after a 60-day notice and opportunity for an informal conference. Additionally, it creates a new provision to offer foreclosure mitigation counseling to…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.