The record

LegislationLegislation· Jan 2026
HR 224 Signed into law

Sponsored by Monica De La Cruz (R)

Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act

Excludes military disability pay from income tests for federal housing assistance programs.

Tradeoff

Helps disabled veterans qualify for Community Development Block Grant housing support by not counting their VA disability compensation as income. Requires a federal study of how disability pay is treated across all HUD programs.

What's in it

See official bill text

The House passed this by on February 10, 2025. The Senate passed it by on January 6, 2026, and it was signed into law.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Jan 7, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Financial Services(Jan 7, 2025)

  3. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Feb 10, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  4. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs(Feb 11, 2025)

  5. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Jan 6, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  6. Senate

    Taken away from the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

    Discharged(Jan 6, 2026)

  7. House

    Sent to the President

    (Jan 13, 2026)

  8. White House · Signature

    Signed

    Donald Trump (R)

  9. Enacted

    Became law(Jan 20, 2026)