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HR6772Referred to Committee

Affordable Housing Through Common-Sense Standards Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-12-17
Introduced
2
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘ
Type

Sponsor

Sylvia R. Garcia
Sylvia R. Garcia
Democrat · TX · Representative
Votes with party: 98.3% (524 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/G000587

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (2)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Al Green (D-TX-9)· 2025-12-30
  • Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7)· 2026-02-23

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

2025-12-17

Source: Congress.gov

Plain-English Summary

This bill would likely change the rules and standards that apply to affordable housing programs, aiming to make it easier or cheaper to build and maintain affordable homes for lower-income families. The changes would probably affect housing developers, local governments, and families struggling to find affordable places to live by adjusting requirements that currently govern how affordable housing projects are built and operated.

AI-assisted summary generated from the official bill metadata (title, subjects, actions) sourced from Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed. Always verify against the official text linked below.

Subjects

Housing and Community Development
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

Related legislation

Bills by the same sponsor or covering overlapping subjects.

  • HR8878Incentivizing Local Solutions to Homelessness Act
    Referred to Committee · 2026-05-19
  • HR8877Improving Self-Sufficiency of Families in HUD-Subsidized Housing Act
    Referred to Committee · 2026-05-19
  • HJRES181Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2022-07: Reasonable Investigation of Consumer Reporting Disputes".
    Referred to Committee · 2026-05-11
  • HJRES180Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Statement of Policy Regarding Prohibition on Abusive Acts or Practices".
    Referred to Committee · 2026-05-11