End Housing Welfare for Illegal Aliens Act

Key Points

• Cities and states that limit how much they cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, sometimes called sanctuary jurisdictions, would lose eligibility for Community Development Block Grants, a major source of local housing and neighborhood funding.
• The bill defines sanctuary jurisdiction broadly to include any state or local government that limits sharing immigration status information or complying with federal detainer requests, with a narrow exception for crime victims and witnesses.
• Families with mixed immigration status currently get a partial rent subsidy scaled to the number of eligible members. This bill eliminates that partial help entirely until every single household member, regardless of age, is verified as eligible.
• Public housing agencies would be legally required, not just allowed, to verify the citizenship or immigration status of every household member before providing any financial assistance.
• The stricter mixed-status and verification rules would apply to more federal housing programs than before, including supportive housing for people with disabilities and housing for the elderly.