Congress funds $27 billion for affordable homes and homeless help.
H.R. 9934 — Housing BOOM Act · Filed by Lateefah Simon (D-CA) · Introduced Jul 23, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill gives $27 billion over five years to build affordable homes. It expands a program that helps renters pay rent. It creates a new office to stop forced evictions. It sets up a center to help homeless people. Construction workers on these projects must earn fair wages.
Who it affects
Low-income and middle-income renters get more affordable homes and rental help. Homeless people get mental health services. Construction workers earn fair wages on these projects.
One thing to notice
The bill authorizes money but does not spend it. Congress must approve actual spending each year.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Jul 23, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 23, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce and House Committee on Ways and Means · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- affordable homes — Houses or apartments that low-income and middle-income people can afford to rent or buy.
- renters — People who pay money to live in a home they do not own.
- forced evictions — When a landlord makes a tenant leave a home against their will.
- homeless people — People who do not have a permanent place to live.
- fair wages — Pay set by the government that construction workers must earn on these projects.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (50,094 characters) on Sep 11, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 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 2026-09-22.
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