[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9677 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9677

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish 
     a program to provide housing assistance to graduate students.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2026

 Mrs. Foushee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish 
     a program to provide housing assistance to graduate students.

    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 ``Grad Student Affordable Housing Act 
of 2026''.

SEC. 2. HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
(hereafter referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall establish a program 
to provide tenant-based assistance vouchers to covered graduate 
students, in accordance with this section.
    (b) Application.--To be eligible for assistance under this section, 
a covered graduate student shall submit an application to the Secretary 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the 
Secretary may require.
    (c) Coverage of Housing Costs.--If selected for assistance under 
this section, the Secretary shall provide the covered graduate student 
with a tenant-based assistance voucher that covers 80 percent of the 
cost of the fair market value of the rental cost for the housing unit 
chosen by the student.
    (d) Covered Graduate Student Defined.--
            (1) In general.--The term ``covered graduate student'' 
        means an individual that--
                    (A) is enrolled in a graduate or professional 
                program at an institution of higher education (as such 
                term is defined in section 101(a) of the Higher 
                Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)));
                    (B) if considered a dependent--
                            (i) with respect to having 1 parent, the 
                        parent has an annual adjusted available income 
                        that is not more than $40,000, as determined 
                        under the assessment described in section 
                        475(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
                        U.S.C. 1087oo(b)); or
                            (ii) with respect to having 2 parents, the 
                        parents have a annual adjusted available income 
                        that is not more than $80,000, as determined 
                        under the assessment described in section 
                        475(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
                        U.S.C. 1087oo(b)); and
                    (C) if considered independent--
                            (i) with respect to a single individual, 
                        has an annual available income that is not more 
                        than $40,000, as determined under the 
                        assessment described in section 475(g) of the 
                        Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
                        1087oo(g)); or
                            (ii) with respect to a married individual, 
                        has an shared annual available income that is 
                        not more than $80,000 as determined under the 
                        assessment described in section 475(g) of the 
                        Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
                        1087oo(g)).
            (2) Cost of living.--The Secretary may adjust income 
        amounts described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) to account for 
        adjustments to the cost of living, as determined by the 
        Secretary.
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