# Plain Language Summary: No Free Rent for Freeloaders Act of 2023

This bill creates a system to track and penalize the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) when public housing residents don't follow work and community service requirements. Here's what that means in practice: Federal law already requires most people living in public housing to either work, participate in job training, volunteer in their community, or meet other self-sufficiency goals. This bill says HUD's Inspector General needs to measure how many residents aren't meeting these requirements and calculate how much federal money is going to support those non-compliant households.

Once that amount is calculated, the bill automatically cuts that same amount from HUD's management budget the following year. So if inspectors find that $10 million in federal housing subsidies went to residents who weren't following the rules, HUD's administrative budget gets reduced by $10 million. The idea behind this is to create financial pressure on HUD to do a better job enforcing the existing work and service requirements. The bill requires these calculations to be published publicly each year so taxpayers can see the numbers.

The practical effect is that HUD would face budget cuts if it fails to enforce compliance with work and community service rules in public housing. This could lead to more aggressive enforcement of these requirements, potentially affecting residents who struggle to meet them due to disability, illness, childcare challenges, or other barriers. It could also mean less money available for HUD's administrative operations, which could affect everything from processing applications to maintaining housing units, depending on how the agency prioritizes its reduced budget.

No Free Rent for Freeloaders Act of 2023

Biggs, Andy

No Free Rent for Freeloaders Act of 2023 This bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), on an annual basis, to <ul> <li>monitor the extent of noncompliance of public-housing&nbsp;tenants with certain community service and economic self-sufficiency requirements, </li> <li>determine the aggregate amount provided in federal subsidies for all public-housing dwelling units that were occupied by noncompliant tenants, and </li> <li>publish this amount in the Federal Register. </li></ul> In each fiscal year, the amount as determined and published for the preceding fiscal year must be rescinded from funds made available for HUD's&nbsp;Management and Administration account.