The House Financial Services Committee passed two bills blocking harmful HUD proposals that would limit access to housing assistance for “mixed-status” immigrant families and transgender individuals experiencing homelessness. The “Keeping Families Together Act of 2019” (H.R. 2763) passed by a vote of 32-26 and the “Ensuring Equal Access to Shelter Act of 2019” (HR 3018) passed by a vote of 33-26, both along party lines.
Representative Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) introduced the “Keeping Families Together Act of 2019,” which would block HUD from implementing a proposed rule to prohibit “mixed-status” immigrant families from living in public and other subsidized housing, forcing families to either lose their homes or separate. Representative Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) introduced the “Ensuring Equal Access to Shelter Act of 2019,” which would prevent HUD from amending the Equal Access rule to allow homeless shelters to deny transgender people equal access to services, which could lead to increased deaths among transgender individuals experiencing homelessness. NLIHC strongly supports both of these bills.
Watch archived footage of the vote at: https://tinyurl.com/yxlv7uks
Learn more about the “Keeping Families Together Act” at: https://tinyurl.com/y25pky5f
Learn more about the “Ensuring Equal Access to Shelter Act” at: https://tinyurl.com/y4rt8f2k
Take action to oppose HUD’s rule on “mixed-status” immigrant families at: www.Keep-Families-Together.org