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Strengthening Housing Supply Act of 2025
To authorize affordable housing construction as an eligible activity under the Community Development Block Grant Program, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill adds affordable housing construction as an eligible use of Community Development Block Grant funds, which currently support housing rehabilitation and other community development projects. The bill requires that new affordable housing construction funded through these grants must serve low and moderate income residents, consistent with existing program requirements. The changes apply only to Community Development Block Grant funds appropriated after the bill becomes law.
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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
- Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6] (D-CA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Maxine Waters’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- GUSTAR KAPLAN NUSBAUM PLLC $9,900
- INVARIANT $8,300
- SLA WORLDWIDE $6,950
- MINDSET $6,800
- EGAN-JONES RATINGS CO. $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Maxine Waters → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Aug 29, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. · house
- Aug 29, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 29, 2025
Ms. Waters introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To authorize affordable housing construction as an eligible activity under the Community Development Block Grant Program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Strengthening Housing Supply Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONSTRUCTION AS ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY UNDER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) Eligible Activity.—Subsection (a) of section 105 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (25)(D), by striking “and” at the end;
(2) in paragraph (26), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(27) the new construction of affordable housing, within the meaning given such term under section 215 of the Cranston- Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12745).”.
(b) Low and Moderate Income Requirement.—Paragraph (3) of section 105(c) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(c)(3)) is amended by striking “or rehabilitation” and inserting “, rehabilitation, or new construction”.
(c) Applicability.—The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect only to amounts appropriated after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>
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