Reducing Homelessness Through Program Reform Act, which would cut red tape and support local solutions for addressing homelessness.
Cut red tape and support local solutions for addressing homelessness through program reform.
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Senator Smith’s ... Reducing Homelessness Through Program Reform Act ... included in the ROAD to Housing Act of 2025 that passed the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee unanimously.
Sec. 5505. Reducing Homelessness Through Program Reform Act. Sec. 5506. Incentivizing local solutions to homelessness.
Evidence
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today introduced the Reducing Homelessness Through Program Reform Act, legislation to cut red tape and create local solutions for addressing homelessness.
ST. PAUL, MN – Minnesota housing organizations from across the state are celebrating legislation by U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), top Democrat on the Senate Housing Subcommittee, advancing to the Senate floor. Smith’s bills were included in the first comprehensive, national housing reform legislative package in over a decade, dubbed the ROAD to Housing Act of 2025, which passed the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee unanimously (24-0).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), the top Democrat on the Senate Housing Subcommittee, announced that one of her major bipartisan bills aimed at combatting America’s housing crisis was included in a package that passed the Senate in an 89-10 vote. Senator Smith’s bipartisan Rural Housing Service Reform Act was included in the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, the first comprehensive housing supply legislation in 30 years.
Assessments
Senator Tina Smith introduced and advanced multiple pieces of legislation—including the Reducing Homelessness Through Program Reform Act—aimed at cutting red tape and supporting local solutions to homelessness. Her efforts resulted in these reforms being included in landmark national housing supply legislation that passed the Senate. However, the evidence does not confirm final enactment into law or comprehensive delivery of all promised reforms, but it shows significant legislative progress and serious effort.