H.R. 1231 119th Congress House

START Housing Act of 2025

Official title: To reauthorize and expand the pilot program to help individuals in recovery from a substance use disorder become stably housed, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 12, 2025 Introduced by: Suzanne Bonamici Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov

Housing and Community Development Drug, alcohol, tobacco useHomelessness and emergency shelterLow- and moderate-income housingMental health

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Public housingUnemployment

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Feb 12, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Feb 12, 2025

Introduced in House

Votes taken on this bill 3

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
Oct 26, 1989	Senate · vote #276	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1043 to H.R. 1231 (No short title on file)	Agreed To	65–35	See who voted →
Oct 26, 1989	Senate · vote #273	On the Cloture Motion H.R. 1231	Agreed To	62–38	See who voted →
Oct 3, 1989	Senate · vote #222	On the Cloture Motion H.R. 1231	Agreed To	61–36	See who voted →

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What's happening now February 12, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Financial Services Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 3

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS
for NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS
for NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS
for NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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SENATE
1 filing

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Cosponsors 9

Salinas, Andrea

Oregon · Dec 17, 2025

Budzinski, Nikki

Illinois · Apr 17, 2025

Landsman, Greg

Ohio · Mar 25, 2025

Vasquez, Gabe

New Mexico · Mar 24, 2025

Bacon, Don

Nebraska · Feb 21, 2025

Carter, Troy A.

Louisiana · Feb 12, 2025

Fitzpatrick, Brian K.

Pennsylvania · Feb 12, 2025

Grijalva, Raúl M.

Arizona · Feb 12, 2025

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Feb 12, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1231: START Housing Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1231/

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"H.R. 1231: START Housing Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1231/.

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H.R. 1231, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1231/.

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