Call your State Senator today and ask them to support HB 1095 to seal eviction records!
HB 1095, known as Fair Housing Access: Sealing Eviction Records to Protect Tenants & Communities, would seal eviction records after seven years and immediately seal records when a tenant wins their case in court—giving renters a fair shot at stable housing.
HB 1095 was passed by the House of Representatives with bipartisan support and is now under consideration in the Senate.
Congress has the power to solve the growing affordable housing and homelessness crisis in communities across the country through robust federal funding for proven housing, homelessness, and community development programs. However, the proposed fiscal year (FY) 2026 includes significant reductions to vital affordable housing, homelessness, and community development programs, and would impose changes to rental and homelessness assistance that would leave more families struggling to afford rent, and at increased risk of homelessness.
Urge federal lawmakers to expand - not cut - investments in housing and homelessness programs in the FY26 spending bill, including priorities, such as:
Full funding to renew all existing Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) contracts and funding to renew 60,000 Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHVs).
Increased funding for public housing operations and public housing capital needs.
$4.922 billion for HUD’s Homeless Assistance Grants (HAG) program.
$20 million for the Eviction Protection Grant Program (EPGP).
Contact your members of Congress today and urge them to pass a final FY25 spending bill that includes increased funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) affordable housing, homelessness, and community development programs. Key priorities include:
As rent, housing, and community development costs rise every year, it is crucial for affordable housing, homelessness, and community development programs that receive increased funding to maintain the number of people and communities they currently serve.