The Federal Inquiry into the Nature and Documentation (FIND) of Housing Loss Act of 2025 will — for the first time — enable decision makers for to track housing loss through a national rate similar to unemployment.
Require HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau to study how federal agencies identify and track housing loss and report to Congress, enabling a national housing-loss measurement similar to the unemployment rate.
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Evidence
Representative Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (1982 - ) In Congress 2025 - Present; Party Democratic; House Maryland, District 2 119th (2025-Present). Member Activity: Sponsored Legislation [9]; Cosponsored Legislation (All) [204]; Subject - Policy Area: Housing and Community Development [3]; Became Law [1].
The Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) is a HUD report to the U.S. Congress that provides nationwide estimates of homelessness. The report is based on Homeless Management Information Systems data, point-in-time counts, and shelter and housing inventory data. 2025 AHAR: Part 1 was published May 2026.
H.R.5591 - To establish a pilot program to convert blighted buildings into housing. Sponsor: Rep. Liccardo, Sam T. [D-CA-16] (Introduced 09/26/2025). Committees: House - Financial Services. Latest Action: House - 09/26/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. This bill has the status Introduced. Cosponsors (3).
Assessments
The cited evidence shows HUD has an existing AHAR homelessness reporting process, but not the promised new requirement for HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau to study federal housing-loss tracking and report to Congress toward a national housing-loss measure. Olszewski has served in Congress since 2025, and the provided Congress.gov evidence does not identify any sponsored, enacted, or materially advanced measure matching this promise. The related housing bill cited is only an introduced blight-to-housing pilot and does not address the HUD/Census study or national housing-loss metric.