Heroes Over Aliens Act (HOA Act)
March 26, 2026
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Where This Stands
Currently in_committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
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View official text →The Frame
If passed, this bill would legally prioritize federal housing resources for veterans over undocumented immigrants, potentially altering eligibility criteria for federal housing programs.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Undocumented immigrants
The bill restricts their access to federal housing assistance.
Homeless veterans
The bill ties the availability of federal housing funds for other groups to the status of resources available for this population.
Department of Veterans Affairs
The agency is tasked with conducting a formal determination of resource sufficiency based on specific federal benchmarks.
Current stage: in_committee.
Floor Vote.
Summary
Key Facts
- Prohibits the use of federal funds to provide or subsidize housing for undocumented immigrants.
- The funding ban remains in effect until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines that sufficient federal resources exist to house all homeless veterans.
- The determination must be based on the most recent point-in-time count data from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- The Secretary of Veterans Affairs must use the 'Criteria and Benchmarks for Achieving the Goal of Ending Veteran Homelessness (Version 4, June 2019)' to make the determination.
- The funding ban does not apply to undocumented immigrants in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security.
- The funding ban does not apply to undocumented immigrants incarcerated in federal prisons or facilities receiving federal funding.
- The term 'veteran' is defined according to section 101 of title 38, United States Code.
Why It Matters
If passed, this bill would legally prioritize federal housing resources for veterans over undocumented immigrants, potentially altering eligibility criteria for federal housing programs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does this bill apply to all undocumented immigrants?
Who decides when the funding ban ends?
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Discoveries
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Conditional Funding Restriction
The bill creates a conditional link between immigration policy and veteran homelessness, making the former dependent on the resolution of the latter.
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