H.R. 6644

Changes federal housing programs and rules

Changes many federal housing programs to increase housing supply, help renters and homebuyers, and adjust rules for banks, environmental reviews, and housing aid.

  • Allows Community Development Block Grant funds to pay for new affordable housing construction
  • Makes the Rental Assistance Demonstration permanent and raises its unit cap from 455,000 to 555,000
  • Creates a four-year pilot to increase mortgages with principal balances of $100,000 or less
  • Bans large investors that control 350 or more single-family homes from buying more for 15 years

Became law · Public Law 119-101

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