Make Section 8 An Entitlement And Create Incentives For Landlords Who Accept Tenants In Housing Voucher Programs
Create incentives for landlords to accept tenants who use housing vouchers.
Occurrences
Evidence
Congress.gov member activity lists S.3464, the Housing BOOM Act, as sponsored by Schiff and introduced on 2025-12-11, referred to Senate Finance, with status Introduced. The same retrieved member page had no matching text for 'voucher'.
S.2651 was sponsored by Sen. Tim Scott, introduced 2025-08-01, had zero cosponsors, and Congress.gov listed its latest action as placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar with status Introduced.
The bill text includes early inspection procedures for a 'new landlord' in the Housing Choice Voucher program and reporting data such as 'average cost per landlord incentive,' but the retrieved provisions do not establish Schiff-led voucher landlord incentive funding.
Congress.gov listed H.R.6644 as passed by the House on 2026-02-09 and received in the Senate on 2026-02-11, with status Passed House, not enacted.
Congress.gov listed S.32, the Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2023, as sponsored by Sen. Coons, latest action Senate Banking hearings held 2024-03-12, and status Introduced.
The S.32 cosponsor page listed seven Senate cosponsors: Cramer, Warnock, Smith, Moran, Lummis, Heinrich, and Rounds; Schiff was not listed.
Assessments
The provided federal evidence does not show that Schiff created landlord incentives for voucher acceptance, nor that a Schiff-sponsored or Schiff-backed voucher-incentive measure became law. His cited housing bill activity appears broader and not voucher-specific, while the closest voucher-landlord incentive vehicles were sponsored by others, lacked Schiff sponsorship or cosponsorship, and had not been enacted. Because Schiff is still in office and the term is ongoing, the promise is not yet a definitive failure, but it remains undelivered on the record provided.