Improving access to housing for veterans

(a) Service connected disability compensation Section 102(a)(20) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(20)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (C) Service-connected disability compensation When determining whether a person is of a person of low and moderate income, a person of low income, or a person of moderate income under this paragraph, a State, unit of general local government, or Indian tribe shall exclude any service-connected disability compensation received by such person from the Department of Veterans Affairs.. (b) Report The Comptroller General of the United States shall, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to the Congress a report that— (1) examines how service-connected disability compensation is treated for the purposes of determining eligibility for all programs administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and identifies any cases where service-connected disability compensation is treated inconsistently across a program; and (2) with respect to each program administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, provides legislative recommendations relating to how such program could better serve veteran populations, and under-served communities.