To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Director of the Bureau of the Census to conduct a study and submit a report about how Federal agencies identify and record cases of housing loss in the United States, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Johnny Olszewski (Democratic-MD)

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Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Federal agencies would study how they track housing loss to improve data collection.

This bill would direct the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Bureau of the Census to study how federal agencies track housing loss. This study would gather better information about people who lose their homes, such as those displaced by evictions or natural disasters. A report with findings and recommendations would go to the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and Financial Services, and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

What Would Change

Currently, there is no required joint study by federal agencies specifically looking at how they identify and record housing loss, nor a standard definition for "housing loss" across these agencies. If this bill becomes law, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Bureau of the Census would conduct a joint study and produce a report. This report would include a clear definition of housing loss and recommend ways to improve how federal agencies track these events, covering data from January 1, 2022, onward.

Key Provisions

Requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Bureau of the Census to jointly study how federal agencies track housing loss.
Mandates HUD and the Census Bureau to submit a report to Congress within six months, detailing their findings and recommendations.
Defines "housing loss" to include evictions (formal or informal), foreclosures (from missed mortgage or tax payments), and displacement from natural disasters.
Requires the report to identify all types of housing loss since January 1, 2022, and recommend ways to improve data collection.
Directs HUD and the Census Bureau to consult with other key financial and economic agencies during the study.

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HR 3988 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10

To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Director of the Bureau of the Census to conduct a study and submit a report about how Federal agencies identify and record cases of housing loss in the United States, and for other purposes.

What Would Change

Key Provisions

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