,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ehac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #g1        
#bjbj,ms4 ,meng 7for herself1 ,ms4      
,jayapal1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,ms4 ,norton1 
,mr4 ,michael ,f4 ,doyle of             
,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,ms4      
,snchez1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,thompson
 of ,california1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new   
,york1 and ,mr4 ,lowenthal7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,appropriations  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to provide direct             
appropriations for certain housing      
programs1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,pathway to ,stable and ,affordable 
,housing for ,all ,act4  #b4 ,findings  
,congress finds that--  7#a7 the #bjah  
point-in-time counts by the ,department 
of ,housing and ,urban ,development     
estimated that there were approximately 
#eeb1hcj people experiencing            
homelessness on a single night in #bjah1
 including nearly #afj1jjj children and 

youth2  7#b7 the number of people       
experiencing homelessness described in  
paragraph 7#a7 represents #ag out of    
every #aj1jjj people in the ,united     
,states2  7#c7 steps taken by the       
current ,administration stand to limit  
access to programs that support         
individuals experiencing hardship in the
 ,united ,states1 which could           
potentially increase the number of those
 who experience homelessness2  7#d7     
experts estimate that fully funding     
housing vouchers and providing an       
additional #dj1jjj1jjj1jjj in funding to
 the ,housing ,trust ,fund each year    
could eliminate homelessness and housing
 poverty2 and  7#e7 the ,federal        
,government must reiterate its          
commitment to ending homelessness and   
take actionable steps to do so4  #c4    
,direct appropriations for housing      
programs  7a7 ,tenant-,based rental     
assistance ,out of funds in the         
,treasury not otherwise appropriated1   
there is appropriated to the ,secretary 

of ,housing and ,urban ,development for 
the provision of tenant-based rental    
assistance authorized under the ,united 
,states ,housing ,act of #aicg 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #adcg et seq47 for all        
eligible households such sums as may be 
necessary for each of fiscal years #bjba
 through #bjcj4  7b7 ,housing trust fund
 ,out of funds in the ,treasury not     
otherwise appropriated1 there is        
appropriated to the ,housing ,trust     
,fund established under section         
#acch7;a7 of the ,federal ,housing      
,enterprises ,financial ,safety and     
,soundness ,act of #aiib 7#ab ,u4,s4,c4 
#defh7;a77 #dj1jjj1jjj1jjj for each of  
fiscal years #bjba through #bjcj4  7c7  
,continuum of care program ,out of funds
 in the ,treasury not otherwise         
appropriated1 there is appropriated to  
the ,secretary of ,housing and ,urban   
,development--  7#a7 #aj1jjj1jjj1jjj for
 each of fiscal years #bjba1 #bjbb1 and 
#bjbc to make planning grants under the 
continuum of care program authorized    

under subtitle ,c of the                
,mc,kinney-,vento ,homeless ,assistance 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aacha et seq472 and
  7#b7 #aj1jjj1jjj1jjj for each of      
fiscal years #bjbd through #bjcj to make
 grants under the continuum of care     
program authorized under subtitle ,c of 
the ,mc,kinney-,vento ,homeless         
,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aacha  
et seq474  7d7 ,emergency solutions     
grant program ,out of funds in the      
,treasury not otherwise appropriated1   
there is appropriated to the ,secretary 
of ,housing and ,urban ,development     
#aj1jjj1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years
 #bjba1 #bjbb1 and #bjbc to make grants 
under the emergency solutions grant     
program authorized under subtitle ,b of 
title ,,iv of the ,mc,kinney-,vento     
,homeless ,assistance ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #aacga et seq474