Federal money to make public housing homes clean-power and efficient.
H.R. 10063 — Green New Deal for Public Housing Act · Filed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) · 41 cosponsors · Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill gives federal grants to public housing groups to upgrade homes. Groups must make homes use clean power and install solar panels. Groups must fix water systems and build community spaces. Groups must hire people who live there for jobs. Groups must give contracts to shops owned by people who live there. People who live there must help plan the work.
Who it affects
Low-income people who live in public housing get better, healthier homes. People who live there get jobs and chances to own shops. Construction workers, solar shops, and labor unions also benefit.
One thing to notice
The bill requires groups to hire people who live there for at least 20 percent of jobs. Groups must give 50 percent of contracts to shops owned by people who live there by year three. People who live there get 90 percent of money from selling power back to the grid.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
41 cosponsors: 41 Democrats.
- Aug 6, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Aug 6, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Financial Services · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- public housing groups — Government groups that own and run homes for low-income people.
- solar panels — Flat tools that catch sun rays and turn them into power.
- labor unions — Groups of workers who join together to protect their jobs and pay.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (50,012 characters) on Aug 8, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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