Youth Homelessness Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Act

Introduced February 23, 2024, the Youth Homelessness Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Act (HR 7451) by Representative Rashida Tlaib the "bill will launch a pilot program providing direct cash assistance to emancipated minors and young adults under 30 years old experiencing homelessness in the amount of $1,400, or the adjusted fair market rent, for 36 months and then studies the effects of the program on housing and health outcomes, among other impacts.”

“The Homeless Action Network of Detroit is proud to support innovative ways to end youth homelessness, which is one of the reasons why we endorsed the Youth Homelessness Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Act
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— Tasha Gray, Executive Director, Homeless Action Network of Detroit

You can read the full text of of the bill and set up alerts at congress.gov

Senate Hearing on Source of Income Protection Bills

From the Washtenaw Housing Alliance:

The Michigan Senate Housing and Human Services Committee held its first hearing on 3 source of income (SOI) nondiscrimination bills on May 16th. This is encouraging news! The WHA, Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness (MCAH), Coalition for Expanding Housing Access (CEHA), and many other partners across the state have been advocating for a committee hearing since the bills were introduced earlier this year.

Senate bills 205, 206, and 207 would amend the Landlord Tenant Act and the Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act to prohibit housing discrimination on the basis of a legal source of income (i.e. housing choice vouchers and other non-wage sources of income). Under current state law, there is no clear prohibition against a landlord refusing to accept Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs), veterans’ benefits, alimony, MDHHS cash assistance, SSI/SSDI as part of a person’s legal total combined income. These sources of income are many times what tenants, who earn low to no income, need when applying to rent a house or apartment in the neighborhood or community of their choice.

Read more on WHA’s website.