Congress tests $1,400 monthly payments to homeless youth in new pilot
H.R. 2475 — Youth Homelessness Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Act of 2025 · Filed by Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) · 9 cosponsors · Introduced Mar 27, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill creates a 3-year pilot program providing up to 105,000 homeless youth (ages 18–29) with monthly cash payments of at least $1,400 or local fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment, whichever is higher, plus housing navigation, financial coaching, and workforce services. Half the participants receive cash; the other half serve as a control group. The program is designed to test whether direct cash transfers reduce homelessness and improve economic outcomes, with results reported to Congress.
Why we flagged it
The bill's core mechanism is a randomized controlled trial of guaranteed income for homeless youth, paired with supportive services. It is explicitly framed as a research and pilot intervention, not permanent entitlement or broad policy.
What the text implies
- The bill creates a federal database of homeless individuals without citizenship/immigration status data, which could be sensitive if accessed improperly despite privacy protections.
- The control group receives all supportive services except cash, which may blur the causal attribution of outcomes to cash alone versus wraparound services.
The full analysis lists 5 implications of this text.
Who stands to gain
Homeless youth (direct cash and services); Nonprofit homeless youth organizations (service contracts); Academic/research institutions (study contracts)