HR7216-119

In Committee

Make American Housing Affordable (MAHA) Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Jan 22, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Make American Housing Affordable (MAHA) Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers. The main policy domain is Finance, Immigration, Housing.

Who Benefits and How

financial institutions, investors, and borrowers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, financial institutions, investors, and borrowers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HE2E9DB9601404061ADC04701D75C2907: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Make American Housing Affordable (MAHA) Act of 2026.
  • Section HDA61A196513B4DF5B81BA4D6C35DB7FC: 2. Housing affordability credit Subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after section...
  • Section HAAFA113A7E9E47479AF76D8F0A04B28B: 36C. Housing affordability credit In the case of an eligible individual, there shall be allowed $5,000 (twice such amount in the case of a joint return) as a...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Make American Housing Affordable (MAHA) Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.

Key Policy Areas

Finance, Immigration, Housing

Primary Purpose

This bill, Make American Housing Affordable (MAHA) Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.

Policy Domains

Finance Immigration Housing

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
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financial institutions, investors, and borrowers: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
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federal implementing agencies: ,
financial institutions, investors, and borrowers: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 22, 2026

Mr. Kean (for himself and Mr. Mackenzie) introduced the following …

Jan 22, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Jan 22, 2026

Introduced in House

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Finance Immigration Housing
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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