United States Senator Mike Crapo - Idaho
*Housing Survey
Reminder*
This is a reminder that my Idaho Housing Survey is open
until next Saturday, May 31.
I encourage all Idahoans to
participate.
Feedback will help inform affordable housing
legislation.
The survey is available here [link 1].
You can also
read my guest column on the importance of this pressing issue
affecting many Idahoans on my website here [link 2].
*Safeguarding
Firefighters and Local Communities from Wildfires*
Uncontrolled
wildfires have devastating effects on communities and landscapes
throughout the West, including Idaho.
I joined Senators Jim Risch
(R-Idaho) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyoming) to introduce the Forest
Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2025.
This bill
would ensure timely access to fire retardant by preventing litigation
driven efforts to add additional regulatory burdens on this
firefighting resource.
Read more on my website here [link
3].
*Housing America's Veteran Heroes*
Veterans disabled in
combat have laid their lives on the line in defense of this
nation.
In an effort to continue ensuring disabled veterans housing
benefits, I have joined two pieces of legislation to protect their
access to housing.
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I, along with Senator Jack Reed (D-Rhode
Island), introduced the *Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act*.
This
bill would exempt payments to veterans for service-connected
disability from being included as income when applying for Community
Development Block Grant housing, enabling disabled veterans to
participate in federal housing programs they would otherwise not
qualify without this exemption.
Read more on my website here [link
4].
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With Senators Alex Padilla (D-California), Dave McCormick
(R-Pennsylvania), Ruben Gallego (D-Arizona) and Katie Britt
(R-Alabama), we introduced the *Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans
Act*.
This measure would permanently exclude disability payments
received by veterans from annual income for housing assistance
eligibility purposes under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program.
Read more on
my website here [link 5].
*Did You Know?*
Did you know 48 desks
were produced by Thomas Constantine after the Senate Chamber was
rebuilt in August 24, 1814, that are still in use today?
While
serving in the U.S. Senate, I have worked from four Senate Chamber
Desks, all four of which were Constantine desks.
For a majority of my
time in the U.S. Senate, I have worked from Desk 74.
According to
Senate historians it is highly likely I have been the longest occupant
of that desk.
Read more in my recent weekly column here. [link 6]
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Contact
Information:
Website:
Offices:
239 Dirksen Senate
Building
Washington D.C., 20510
Phone: (202) 224-6142
Idaho
Falls
410 Memorial Drive
Suite 205
Idaho Falls, ID 83402
Phone:
(208) 522-9779
Boise
251 East Front Street
Suite 205
Boise, ID
83702
Phone: (208) 334-1776
Lewiston
313 'D' Street
Suite 105
Lewiston, ID 83501
Phone: (208) 743-1492
Caldwell
524 East
Cleveland Blvd.
Suite 220
Caldwell, ID 83605
Phone: (208)
455-0360
Pocatello
275 South 5th Avenue
Suite 100
Pocatello,
ID 83201
Phone: (208) 236-6775
Coeur d' Alene
610 Hubbard
Street
Suite 209
Coeur d' Alene, ID 83814
Phone: (208) 664-5490
Twin Falls
202 Falls Avenue
Suite 2
Twin Falls, ID 83301
Phone:
(208) 734-2515
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