American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill establishes $2B/year grants for local governments that reform zoning for affordable housing, authorizes $48B/year for Housing Trust Fund, $70B for public housing, $2.5B for Native housing, and requires conditions on FHA/Fannie/Freddie foreclosed property sales prioritizing owner-occupants. It relies on compliance mandates, tax rate changes, definition changes, and reporting requirements. The main policy areas are Finance, Housing, Agriculture, and Energy.
Who Benefits and How
State and local governments pursuing zoning reform could gain revenue opportunities, Public housing authorities could gain revenue opportunities, and Low-income renters and public housing residents could see lower costs.
Who Bears the Burden and How
High-income estates and trusts could face higher costs, Wealthy individuals using intentionally defective grantor trusts could face higher costs, and Wealthy individuals using grantor trusts for stepped-up basis could face higher costs.
Key Provisions
- Establishes $2B/year grants for local governments that reform zoning for affordable housing.
- Authorizes $48B/year for Housing Trust Fund, $70B for public housing, $2.5B for Native housing.
- Requires conditions on FHA/Fannie/Freddie foreclosed property sales prioritizing owner-occupants.
- Requires protections for FHA non-performing loan sales including borrower notice and loss mitigation.
- Requires restricts GSE bulk sales of re-performing loans, prioritizing government and nonprofit buyers.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill establishes $2B/year grants for local governments that reform zoning for affordable housing, authorizes $48B/year for Housing Trust Fund, $70B for public housing, $2.5B for Native housing, and requires conditions on FHA/Fannie/Freddie foreclosed property sales prioritizing owner-occupants.
Key Policy Areas
Finance, Housing, Agriculture, Energy
Primary Purpose
The bill establishes $2B/year grants for local governments that reform zoning for affordable housing, authorizes $48B/year for Housing Trust Fund, $70B for public housing, $2.5B for Native housing, and requires conditions on FHA/Fannie/Freddie foreclosed property sales prioritizing owner-occupants.
Policy Domains
Title I - Affordable Housing Development and Infrastructure
Identified Gains
- State and local governments pursuing zoning reform
- Public housing authorities
- Low-income renters and public housing residents
- LGBTQ+ individuals seeking housing
- Housing voucher holders
Identified Costs
- High-income estates and trusts
- Wealthy individuals using intentionally defective grantor trusts
- Wealthy individuals using grantor trusts for stepped-up basis
- Wealthy individuals using grantor trusts for estate planning
- Wealthy families using family LLCs for wealth transfer
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Warren (for herself, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Markey, Mr. Sanders, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Banks and financial institutions, Credit unions seeking to serve underserved areas, Estates valued above $3.5 million
Positive-direction: Credit unions seeking to serve underserved areas, Individuals making gifts to family members, Low and moderate-income communities, Well-capitalized banks seeking community investments
Negative-direction: Banks and financial institutions, Estates valued above $3.5 million, High-income estates and trusts, High-net-worth families using family limited partnerships, High-net-worth individuals using short-term GRATs, Large banks and financial institutions, Large banks with assets over $2 billion, Nonbank mortgage lenders, Nonbank mortgage lenders (newly subject to CRA), Private equity buying loan portfolios, Wealthy families using dynasty trusts, Wealthy families using family LLCs for wealth transfer, Wealthy individuals using grantor trusts for estate planning, Wealthy individuals using grantor trusts for stepped-up basis, Wealthy individuals using intentionally defective grantor trusts
Bulk investors purchasing foreclosed properties, Descendants of WWII-era Black veterans denied GI Bill benefits, Distressed homeowners with FHA mortgages
Positive-direction: Descendants of WWII-era Black veterans denied GI Bill benefits, Distressed homeowners with FHA mortgages, Distressed homeowners with federally-backed mortgages, First-time, first-generation homebuyers, Homeowners in historically redlined neighborhoods, Housing voucher holders, Housing voucher holders, especially families with children, LGBTQ+ individuals seeking housing, Low and moderate-income renters, Low-income renters and public housing residents, People with disabilities seeking accessible housing
Negative-direction: Bulk investors purchasing foreclosed properties, Landlords and property managers
Community-based organizations, Nonprofit housing organizations
Public housing authorities, State and local governments pursuing zoning reform
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- "the_board"
- → Federal Reserve Board / National Credit Union Administration Board
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (for housing provisions), Secretary of Veterans Affairs (for VA loan provisions)
- "appropriate_federal_financial_supervisory_agencies"
- → Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Reserve, FDIC, NCUA, CFPB
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Note: 'The Secretary' refers to Secretary of HUD in most housing provisions but Secretary of Veterans Affairs in Section 206 (VA loan eligibility)
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Nonprofit organizations as defined in section 229 of Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act
A local community, neighborhood, or rural district that is an investment area and is underserved by other depository institutions
Includes legally adopted descendants of eligible veterans who served 1944-1968 and never used VA home loan benefits
Member of uniformed services or veteran as defined in federal law
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (for housing innovation grants)
A unit for which monthly rent is not more than 30 percent of the monthly area median income
A person that is not an insured depository institution and in the preceding year made 250+ home mortgage loans or 100+ home mortgage loans in 10+ metropolitan areas
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