{"id":"35c30f63-035f-4d58-9241-101e2509bb7a","feedVisibility":"normal","congress":119,"billType":"s","billNumber":965,"title":"A bill to strengthen the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.","displayTitle":"A bill to strengthen the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.","abstract":"This bill permanently reauthorizes the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, an independent federal agency within the executive branch that coordinates the federal response to prevent and end homelessness.","displaySummary":"<p><strong>YVN Summary</strong></p>\n\n<p>You would not see any change in your daily life from this bill. It does not change who gets housing help, how much, or how to apply. The bill deals with the Interagency Council on Homelessness. That group gets federal agencies to work together on the problem.\n\nUnder current law, the Council is set to shut down on October 1, 2028. This bill deletes that shutdown date. It also rewrites the Council's funding approval, which on paper still covers only budget years that ended in 2011. The new wording has no end year. Congress would no longer need to renew either one.</p>","status":"COMMITTEE_CONSIDERATION","topics":["HOUSING","ECONOMY","TECHNOLOGY"],"introducedAt":"2025-03-11T00:00:00+00:00","latestActionAt":"2025-03-11T00:00:00+00:00","congressGovUrl":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/965","accountabilityFlags":{"transparency_accountability":["↓ Scheduled shutdown of the homelessness council — 2028 deadline removed","↓ Congress's regular renewal of council funding — no longer needed"]},"tldr":"You would notice no change — but a federal homelessness council would not shut down in 2028.","summaryStandard":"v2","flagExplainers":{"transparency_accountability":["Current law says the Council must close on October 1, 2028. The bill removes that date, so the Council would keep running until Congress decides otherwise.","Right now the law approves money for the Council only through budget year 2011. The bill puts in open-ended wording instead, so Congress would not have to renew that approval again."]},"flagValence":{"transparency_accountability":["contested","contested"]},"needsResummary":false,"displaySummaryHtml":null,"rawStatusText":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1666)","chamber":null,"policyArea":"Social Welfare","legislativeSubjects":[],"lawStatus":null,"lawNumber":null,"latestActionText":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1666)","latestTextVersion":"Introduced in Senate","textVersionUsed":"Introduced in House","dateAdded":"2026-04-02T00:00:00+00:00","summarizedAt":"2026-08-20T00:00:00+00:00","recordId":"35c30f63-035f-4d58-9241-101e2509bb7a","feedIdentityKey":"119/s/965","websiteBillId":"S-965","yourvoiceSummary":"You would not see any change in your daily life from this bill. It does not change who gets housing help, how much, or how to apply. The bill deals with the Interagency Council on Homelessness. That group gets federal agencies to work together on the problem.\n\nUnder current law, the Council is set to shut down on October 1, 2028. This bill deletes that shutdown date. It also rewrites the Council's funding approval, which on paper still covers only budget years that ended in 2011. The new wording has no end year. Congress would no longer need to renew either one.","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T03:47:14.412051+00:00"}