Bill funds $1 billion to fix public housing with green power.
S. 5284 — Green New Deal for Public Housing Act · Filed by Bernie Sanders (I-VT) · 6 cosponsors · Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill gives money to housing groups to make homes use less power. Homes must run on sun and wind power instead of fuel. Housing groups must finish this work in 10 years. The bill says 40 to 90 percent of jobs must go to people who live in public housing. It also says 20 to 50 percent of contracts must go to companies owned by residents.
Who it affects
People who live in public housing get jobs and training. They also get a share of money from power sales. Housing groups must follow new rules about pay and hiring.
One thing to notice
Housing groups must finish all the work in 10 years. They must keep the same number of homes.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
6 cosponsors: 6 Democrats.
- Aug 6, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Aug 6, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- housing groups — Organizations that run and own public housing for low-income people.
- contracts — Deals to pay a company to do work or sell goods.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (50,012 characters) on Aug 24, 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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