Home for the Brave Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5936 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5936 To exclude from consideration as income under the housing assistance programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development amounts received by a family from the Department of Veterans Affairs for service-related disabilities of a member of the family, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 7, 2025 Mr. Carbajal (for himself and Mr. Smucker) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To exclude from consideration as income under the housing assistance programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development amounts received by a family from the Department of Veterans Affairs for service-related disabilities of a member of the family, and for other purposes. 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 ``Home for the Brave Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF VETERANS DISABILITY BENEFITS FROM INCOME. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3531 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``SEC. 15. EXCLUSION OF VETERANS DISABILITY BENEFITS FROM INCOME. ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amounts received by any member of a household or family as disability compensation under chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code, or dependency and indemnity compensation under chapter 13 of such title, shall not be considered as income of such household or family for purposes of-- ``(1) determining the eligibility of such family or household for assistance under any program for housing assistance administered by the S