Work requirements for food aid and housing assistance would change for many families.
This bill, called the "Let's Get to Work Act of 2025," would change who needs to meet work requirements to get food aid (SNAP) and housing assistance. It would raise the age for work exemptions, narrow the exemption for parents, and apply these rules to public housing and rental aid recipients. This means more people would need to work or train to keep their benefits.
Today, individuals aged 18-50 without dependents are generally limited to 3 months of SNAP benefits unless they meet work requirements, with exemptions for those over 50 or with any dependent children. Federal work requirements are not directly tied to SNAP for recipients of public housing or tenant-based rental assistance. This bill would raise the age exemption for SNAP work requirements from over 50 to over 60, narrow the dependent child exemption to only apply if the child is under 6 years of age, and extend the benefit limit for parents to 6 months. Additionally, it would apply these modified SNAP work requirements to individuals receiving public housing or tenant-based rental assistance.
S 87 · 119th Congress · January 14, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 2/10
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