HOME Reform Act of 2025
House Committee Reviews HOME Reform Act to Boost Affordable Housing Flexibility
Stalled
No legislative action in over 90 days.
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- Expands who can qualify for HOME help by using a clearer income rule: up to the area’s median family income, adjusted for family size.
- Gives states and local governments more freedom to choose how they use HOME funds (like rehab, new builds, buying property), unless a specific limit is spelled out in law.
- Lets some smaller or rural places use HOME money for nearby infrastructure (water, sewer, roads, sidewalks, utility hookups) when it directly supports assisted housing.
- Makes it easier to count homes as “affordable” when renters use housing vouchers, and raises some homeownership limits while encouraging long-term affordability tools like community land trusts.
- Speeds up some projects by exempting certain small or infill housing activities from federal environmental review and by expanding exemptions from some labor and purchasing rules for smaller projects.
Impact Analysis
Personal Impact
How this policy affects specific groups of people
Milestones
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Votes
No votes have been recorded for this legislation yet.
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Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
HOME Reform Act of 2025
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