United StatesLimits HUD sharing of housing recipients' immigration-status information
This affects how housing applicants' personal data may be shared, influencing privacy, access to benefits, and data uses by other agencies.
What it does
Requires HUD to adopt a policy limiting sharing of information about people receiving HUD housing assistance to two purposes: verifying benefit eligibility or making benefit determinations.
Prohibits other agencies or third-party recipients from using HUD-collected information for any purposes beyond eligibility verification or benefit determination.
Creates two explicit exceptions: sharing deidentified information for research or statistics, and sharing data for ongoing criminal investigations or imminent threats to life.
Defines “housing assistance” covered by the rule to include federal assistance under section 9 and tenant- or project-based rental assistance under section 8 of the 1937 Housing Act.
Specifically states that nothing in the section permits sharing information for civil immigration enforcement purposes.
Argument forProtects privacy of low-income renters by narrowly restricting downstream uses of personally identifiable HUD data to benefit verification or determination.
Argument againstMay hinder legitimate interagency coordination for program delivery, fraud prevention, or benefit continuity if agencies cannot use shared data beyond narrow verification purposes.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- May 14Introduced in HouseLatest
- May 14Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.Introduced
HousingGovernment & EthicsImmigration