02 Sep 2025 BPC Action Urges House Financial Services Committee Markup of Bipartisan Housing Bills in Housing

BPC Action urges Chairman French Hill (R-AR) and Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA) to convene a full House Financial Services Committee markup to advance several bipartisan legislative proposals that address the housing affordability challenges facing Americans.

Last month, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs unanimously passed a comprehensive housing package, the ROAD to Housing Act of 2025, demonstrating significant bipartisan support for addressing the housing affordability crisis. Many members of this committee have introduced bipartisan bills in the House to increase housing production, streamline federal regulations, and improve existing federal housing programs.  

These bills include: 

• The Choice in Affordable Housing Act, which would improve HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program by increasing landlord participation, making it easier for low-income families to access quality housing. 

• The VA Home Loan Awareness Act, which would require mortgage applications to inform veterans and surviving spouses of potential VA home loan eligibility, boosting awareness and use of this underutilized benefit. 

• The Housing Supply Frameworks Act, which would direct HUD to publish guidelines and best practices for state and local zoning frameworks and land-use policies. 

• The Helping More Families Save Act, which would establish a pilot program to improve HUD’s Family Self-Sufficiency program by automatically enrolling new households and removing enrollment barriers, helping more families build savings and achieve economic independence. 

• The Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, which would require HUD Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) recipients to report on and consider land-use policies that increase housing production.   

• The Unlocking Housing Supply Through Streamlined and Modernized Reviews Act, which would modernize federal environmental review and permitting for certain HUD-assisted housing developments, streamline outdated review requirements for critical home repairs and safety improvements, and remove barriers to converting vacant office space to housing.  

• The Supporting Transition and Recovery Through (START) Housing Act, which would strengthen and expand HUD’s Recovery Housing Program nationwide. 

• The Rural Housing Service Reform Act, which would modernize USDA’s rural housing programs, preserve and revitalize aging affordable units in rural communities, and expand rental assistance for USDA-financed units. 

• The Streamlining Rural Housing Act, which would direct HUD and USDA to simplify and align their rural housing regulations.   

If enacted, each of these proposals would represent a significant step toward addressing the nation’s housing affordability crisis. We urge the committee to mark up these bills, consider the additional policies, and advance a comprehensive housing package similar to the ROAD to Housing Act to the full House as soon as practicable. 

Read the full letter.