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Revitalizing Vacant Properties for Workforce Housing Act

Status: HopperSession: September 2026 Senate SessionIssue: Housing

Summary

This bill would create a federal tax incentive and grant program to turn long-vacant or underused commercial buildings into workforce and middle-income housing. It aims to ease housing costs, support mixed-use downtown redevelopment, and require safety, zoning, and yearly performance reporting.

Full text

To expand housing supply and reduce cost-of-living pressures, this bill would direct the Department of Housing and Urban Development, in coordination with the Department of the Treasury, to establish a competitive federal tax incentive and grant program for the conversion of long-term vacant or underused commercial properties into workforce and middle-income housing, with priority for projects near transit, downtown corridors, and essential employment centers; require participating projects to meet basic safety, local zoning, and community-impact standards; encourage mixed-use redevelopment that supports small business activity and neighborhood stability; and require annual reporting to Congress on units created, affordability outcomes, and program effectiveness.

Sponsor

Edward WeberDemocratic Party

Cosponsors

Motions

Motions will become available once this bill enters floor debate.