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SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2025
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to repeal the limitation on the maximum deduction for shelter expenses allowable for determination of benefits under such Act.
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Summary
SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2025
This bill repeals the shelter deduction cap for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit, thereby allowing a household to deduct all allowable housing expenses (e.g., rent or mortgage, electricity, and water costs) that exceed 50% of a household's income after other deductions when calculating net income to determine SNAP benefits.
Under current law, the shelter deduction is capped (unless at least one household member is an elderly or disabled individual), and the cap is adjusted annually for inflation. In FY2025, the shelter deduction is capped at $712 for households in the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Feb 28, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
- Feb 6, 2025 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H510-511)
- Jan 28, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- Jan 28, 2025 Introduced in House
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