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House Bill 5077
119th Congress(2025-2026)
Strengthening Housing Supply Act of 2025
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Introduced in House on Aug 29, 2025
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H. R. 5077 (Introduced-in-House)


119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5077


To authorize affordable housing construction as an eligible activity under the Community Development Block Grant Program, and for other purposes.


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.