Impose work requirements, term limits; end Housing First; cut anti-marriage bias
Mandate seeks work/work-readiness requirements, maximum terms for PBRA/TBRA, ending Housing First for transitional/treatment-first homelessness policy, and reducing anti-marriage bias in assistance.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 15 (HUD) — eligibility reforms: strengthen work requirements; implement maximum term limits for PBRA and TBRA; end Housing First so mental health/substance issues are prioritized before permanent housing; reduce implicit anti-marriage bias; seek statute ending Housing First directives for CoC grantees.
Undo plan
1) Restore Housing First / permanent supportive housing as evidence-based CoC policy.
2) Rescind mandatory work requirements and hard time limits that terminate assistance for eligible households.
3) Keep voluntary self-sufficiency programs (FSS/MTW flexibilities) without making shelter conditional on treatment compliance alone.
4) Issue CoC NOFO scoring that rewards housing outcomes and racial equity.
5) Verify: homelessness PIT counts; returns to homelessness; employment among assisted households.