Congress·In Committee·H.R. 3988

To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Director of the Bureau of the Census to conduct a study and submit a report about how Federal agencies identify and record cases of housing loss in the United States, and for other purposes.

Housing Loss: Federal Tracking Study

Jun 12, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

Next up: A house committeeNo action in 13 months

This bill is currently sitting in the House Financial Services and Oversight and Government Reform committees. It has not moved since June 2025, which means it has been inactive for about 12 months. The bill must be reviewed by these committees before it can move forward, but no action has been taken.

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Unlikely to pass

Most study bills introduced by the minority party without broad bipartisan support struggle to pass through committee.

Key Points

This bill asks the government to look at how it tracks when people lose their homes. It focuses on evictions, foreclosures for missing mortgage or tax payments, and people forced out by natural disasters.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Census Bureau would work together on this study. They would have six months to finish a report that explains which types of housing loss are most common and how accurate current data is.
The report would also look at informal evictions, which happen when a landlord pressures someone to leave without going to court. Right now, these are often hard to track because there are no official court records.
By finding gaps in the data, the bill aims to help the government make better decisions about housing. It would recommend new ways to collect information and suggest what resources are needed to keep better records in the future.

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Milestones

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Jun 12, 2025House

Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Jun 12, 2025

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Source Information

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Official Title

To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Director of the Bureau of the Census to conduct a study and submit a report about how Federal agencies identify and record cases of housing loss in the United States, and for other purposes.

Bill NumberHR 3988

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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