Bill lets energy rules for cheap homes cost less upfront.
H.R. 5184 — Affordable HOMES Act · Filed by Erin Houchin (R-IN) · 5 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 8, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The bill lets the Secretary of Energy change federal rules. It cancels a 2022 rule that made homes more efficient. New rules must weigh building costs the same as energy savings. Builders can make cheaper homes that use more power.
Who it affects
People who buy manufactured homes will pay less upfront. But they will pay more for heat and air conditioning over time. Lower-income families own most manufactured homes and feel higher bills most.
One thing to notice
The bill removes an old rule. Future rules will focus on cheap upfront prices instead of saving energy long-term.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
5 cosponsors: 4 Republicans, 1 Democrats.
- Sep 8, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 8, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce and Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy”
- Nov 19, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Dec 3, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 16”
- Jan 9, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 263 - 147 (Roll no. 12).”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
8 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 13 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $4,383,687 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 8 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 88% of bills with any report.
Erin Houchin, who sponsored the bill, received $1,075,750 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Toyota Motor North America Inc (tma) — $3,483,687 in 2 reports
- Basf Corporation — $540,000 in 2 reports
- Sierra Club — $180,000 in 2 reports
- American Council for an Energy-efficient Economy — $50,000 in 1 report
- American Chemistry Council — $40,000 in 2 reports
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- manufactured homes — Houses built in a factory and moved to a lot.
- Secretary of Energy — The government leader in charge of energy rules.
- federal rules — Laws that apply across the whole United States.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,976 characters) on Jul 10, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,778 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.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-11-02.
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