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US HR493
Resolution
Status
6/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Shontel Brown
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AI Summary
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Declares the U.S. housing crisis a national emergency, citing a shortage of more than 7,000,000 rental homes affordable to extremely low-income households and over 12,000,000 renters spending more than 50% of income on housing
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Notes rental prices increased more than 35% since 2020 while median household incomes grew only 22%, and federal rental assistance reaches only 1 in 4 eligible households
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Supports comprehensive federal, state, and local efforts to increase deeply affordable rental housing supply and preserve existing units
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Urges Congress to prioritize rental assistance, housing preservation, and affordable housing development programs
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Calls for alignment of housing, zoning, and infrastructure policies across all government levels, with private and nonprofit sector collaboration on community-based housing solutions
Legislative Description
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States must take urgent, coordinated action to address the national housing crisis through preservation and production of affordable housing.
Housing and community development
Last Action
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
6/10/2025