At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the moti…
This resolution is a House-only procedural measure that tells the House to take up H.R. 6644 with the Senate amendment and to concur in that amendment but with a replacement amendment that inserts the full text titled the "21st Century ROAD to Housing Act." It replaces the Senate text with the House-proposed substitute language and thereby sets the version the House will send forward. It does not itself create law or require the President's signature; it governs how the House will act on the underlying bill.
As a simple resolution, it only needs approval by the House and is used to set House procedure; it is not sent to the President and does not become law. The resolution was reported by the Rules Committee and, once adopted by the House, directs the House to be considered to have concurred in the Senate amendment with the specified House amendment.
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Res. 1299 (21st Century ROAD to Housing Act) amends multiple housing statutes to promote production, preservation, and affordability.
It creates pilots and grant programs (small-dollar FHA mortgages, whole-home repairs, innovation funds, RESIDE conversions), issues HUD guidance on zoning and building types, reforms housing counseling and manufactured housing rules, streamlines certain environmental reviews, limits purchases of single-family homes by large institutional investors, and temporarily prohibits a Federal Reserve-issued central bank digital currency.
Comprehensive, high-controversy package with fiscal effects and ideological riders lowers likelihood absent major bipartisan compromise; pilots and sunsets help but do not eliminate barriers.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a comprehensive substantive policy package that is generally well-constructed: it amends existing statutes directly, includes detailed definitions, identifies responsible entities and timelines, and embeds monitoring and reporting requirements. It also contains administrative/operational changes and multiple study/reporting mandates as secondary elements.
Progressives emphasize affordability gains and investor purchase ban.
Progressives emphasize affordability gains and investor purchase ban.
Generally supportive: the bill advances affordable housing production, tenant protections, repairs for low-income homeowners, and curbs investor buying of single-family homes.
Will praise pilots, manufactured housing parity, and renter outreach while questioning enforcement, funding sufficiency, and environmental safeguards.
Cautiously favorable to parts: likes targeted pilots, zoning guidance, and accountability reporting but worries about cost, implementation complexity, and balancing federal guidance with local control.
Will evaluate administrative feasibility and measurable outcomes before full endorsement.
Skeptical overall: opposes federal encouragement of zoning changes and expanded HUD direction to state/local land use.
Supports CBDC prohibition but views purchase ban on institutional investors and many grant programs as market interference and federal overreach.
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Comprehensive, high-controversy package with fiscal effects and ideological riders lowers likelihood absent major bipartisan compromise; pilots and sunsets help but do not eliminate barriers.
Progressives emphasize affordability gains and investor purchase ban.
Comprehensive, high-controversy package with fiscal effects and ideological riders lowers likelihood absent major bipartisan compromise; pi…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a comprehensive substantive policy package that is generally well-constructed: it amends existing statutes directly, includes detailed definitions, identifies resp…
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