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S. 2625 110th Congress Senate

Fairness in Housing for Disabled Veterans Act

Official title: A bill to ensure that deferred Department of Veterans Affairs disability benefits that are received in a lump sum amount or in prospective monthly amounts, be … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to ensure that deferred Department of Veterans Affairs disability benefits that are received in a lump sum amount or in prospective monthly amounts, be excluded from consideration as annual income when determining eligibility for low-income housing programs.

Introduced: February 27, 2008 See on congress.gov
Housing and Community Development Armed Forces and National SecurityDisabledEconomics and Public FinanceIncome
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Low-income housingSocial WelfareVeterans' disability compensationWelfare eligibility
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Feb 12, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Feb 12, 2008
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action February 12, 2008

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fairness in Housing for Disabled Veterans Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to the determination of income, particularly low income, for purposes of eligibility for low-income housing programs.

Redefines "income" to exclude from consideration as annual income any deferred Department of Veterans Affairs disability benefits that are received in a lump sum amount or in prospective monthly amounts.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Feb 27, 2008
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Feb 14, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2625: Fairness in Housing for Disabled Veterans Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2625/
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"S. 2625: Fairness in Housing for Disabled Veterans Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2625/.
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