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Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) have filed a bill in Congress to allow people living in federally assisted housing to use marijuana in compliance with state laws without having to fear losing their homes.<\/p>\n
Under current policy, people who live in public housing are prohibited from using controlled substances in those facilities regardless of state law, and landlords are able to evict them. The new bicameral legislation\u2014titled the \u201cMarijuana in Federally Assisted Housing Parity Act\u201d<\/a>\u2014would change that.<\/p>\n The bill would provide protections for people living in public housing or Section 8 housing from being displaced simply for using cannabis in states that have legalized it for medical or recreational purposes.<\/p>\n Norton has filed similar versions of the proposal over recent sessions<\/a>, but the reform has yet to be enacted. Booker joined Norton in sponsoring the legislation last Congress as well.<\/p>\n \u201cTenants should not be discriminated against, evicted, or denied federally assisted housing for legally using marijuana or treating a medical condition in states where it is permitted,\u201d Booker said in a press release on Wednesday. \u201cThe Marijuana in Federally Assisted Housing Parity Act would end these discriminatory practices and ensure tenants are not punished for personal choices made in accordance with state law.\u201d<\/p>\n The bill would further require the head of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to enact regulations that restrict smoking marijuana at these properties in the same way that tobacco is handled.<\/p>\n \u201cIndividuals living in federally funded housing should not fear eviction simply for treating their medical conditions or for seeking a substance legal in their state,\u201d Norton said<\/a>. \u201cIncreasingly, Americans are changing their views on marijuana, and it is time that Congress caught up with its own constituents. With so many states improving their laws, this issue should have broad bipartisan appeal because it protects states\u2019 rights.\u201d<\/p>\n Marijuana is legal in 40 states, yet people in federally funded housing can still be evicted for using it. \u2014 Eleanor #DCStatehood Holmes Norton (@EleanorNorton) December 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n In 2018, a Trump administration official said that she was working to resolve conflicting federal and state marijuana laws\u00a0as it applies to residency<\/a>\u00a0in federally-subsidized housing, but it\u2019s not clear what came of that effort.<\/p>\n Norton sent a letter to HUD in 2021 that implored the department to use executive discretion and not punish people over cannabis<\/a> in legal states. In response, the President Joe Biden\u2019s HUD secretary told the congresswoman that it is statutorily required to continue denying federally assisted housing to people who use marijuana, even if they\u2019re acting in compliance with state law.<\/p>\n Booker and Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-FL) filed a bill last year to repeal a decades-old federal statute that\u2019s led to the denial of housing for millions of people with prior drug convictions<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2014 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) also\u00a0raised the issue during a committee hearing<\/a> in 2019, pressing former HUD Secretary Ben Carson on policies that cause public housing residents and their families to be evicted for committing low-level offenses such as marijuana possession.<\/p>\n Ocasio-Cortez and then-Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) also\u00a0filed legislation that year<\/a>\u00a0that would protect people with low-level drug convictions from being denied access to or being evicted from public housing.<\/p>\n Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) also\u00a0introduced an affordable housing bill<\/a> in 2020 that included a provision to prevent landlords from evicting people over manufacturing marijuana extracts if they have a license to do so.<\/p>\n The post New Congressional Bill Would Let People Use Marijuana In Public Housing Without Being Evicted<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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