The bill would remove an existing prohibition on housing assistance to students and authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to waive requirements for tenant-based assistance for certain students. Eligible students would be enrolled in higher education, live in on-campus housing, and be in or formerly in foster care or be court-declared emancipated minors. Assistance received under the waiver would not count as income for specified federal or institutional student aid, cooperative education income, National and Community Service Act living allowances, or child-support calculations.

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