Senate Bills

Establishes competitive HUD grants for long-term affordable rental housing and requires participating landlords to follow lease-transparency, tenant-protection, and fair-eviction standards.

Establishes competitive HUD grants for rural communities and federally recognized Tribes to build, rehabilitate, and preserve affordable housing, prioritizing shortages, lower utility costs, climate resilience, and tribal sovereignty.

Establishes competitive HUD grants for states and municipalities to build, rehabilitate, convert, and preserve affordable workforce rental housing near jobs, schools, and transit, with long-term affordability, tenant protections, anti-displacement measures, and annual reporting requirements.

Establishes competitive HUD grants for converting vacant offices and retail properties into affordable workforce housing near transit and employment centers, prioritizing long-term affordability, reduced displacement, and outside financing.

Requires upfront disclosure of mandatory rental fees, screening rules, lease terms, and refund policies, with FTC/HUD enforcement against deceptive practices and grants for jurisdictions adopting transparency and housing-affordability standards.

The bill requires agencies to publish searchable details on Other Transaction Agreements, disclose unreported federal spending, correct inaccurate data, and undergo recurring inspector general reviews while protecting classified information.

The bill would fund competitive HUD grants for coastal communities to build or rehabilitate affordable housing for military families, veterans, and local workers using flood-resilient designs. Projects would require local matching funds, preserve long-term affordability, and publicly report results.

Establishes income-targeted down-payment assistance for first-time buyers in high-cost areas and expands federal incentives to preserve and repair affordable rentals under long-term affordability agreements, with anti-fraud safeguards and annual reporting.

Establishes competitive HUD grants for state and local plans that expand workforce and starter housing near transit, schools, and employment centers, with local matching funds, public reporting, affordability priorities, and fair-housing compliance.

Requires nationwide E-Verify for new hires with phased implementation and correction procedures, while offering DHS grants to trained state and local police agencies that assist federal immigration enforcement under constitutional and public-reporting requirements.