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HR 1471 109th Congress House

Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 18, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Apr 22, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 5, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 5, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 22, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to design national strategies for providing services in supportive housing that will assist in ending chronic homelessness and to implement programs that address chronic homelessness.

Requires the Secretary to make matching grants to eligible entities to provide services that promote recovery and self-sufficiency and that address barriers to housing stability to chronically homeless individuals in, or who are scheduled to become residents of, permanent supportive housing and to other individuals and families who have voluntarily chosen to seek other housing opportunities after a period of tenancy in supportive housing.

Directs the Secretary to require grantees to report data regarding the performance outcomes of projects carried out under this Act, which shall include measuring and reporting specific performance outcomes related to the long-term goals of: (1) increasing stability within the community for people who have been chronically homeless; and (2) decreasing recurrence of periods of homelessness.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1471: Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1471/
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"H.R. 1471: Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1471/.
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H.R. 1471, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1471/.
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