HR 6644
Became law
Overhauls a broad range of federal housing programs to increase the supply of housing, covering HUD grants, FHA loan limits, manufactured and modular home standards, zoning guidance, community bank rules, and limits on large investors buying single-family homes.
Official title: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
11-DEC-2025
Referred
11-DEC-2025
Approved by committee
17-DEC-2025
Reported
15-JAN-2026
On the calendar
15-JAN-2026
Passed
09-FEB-2026
Took up the Senate's changes
20-MAY-2026
Senate
Received
11-FEB-2026
On the calendar
23-FEB-2026
Passed
12-MAR-2026
Took up the House's changes
02-JUN-2026
President
Presented
29-JUN-2026
Became law
11-JUL-2026
- Restricts large institutional investors, defined as those controlling at least 350 single-family homes, from buying single-family homes, with exceptions for build-to-rent and certain other purchases, and sets civil penalties of up to $1,000,000 per violation or three times the purchase price
- Directs the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research to publish guidelines on state and local zoning frameworks within 3 years and abolishes the Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse
- Creates or extends grant programs for planning, innovation, modular designs, and converting vacant commercial buildings into attainable housing, and authorizes $200,000,000 per fiscal year for 2027 through 2031 for the Innovation Fund
- Requires states to certify that manufactured homes built without a permanent chassis are treated the same as other manufactured homes under state law, with a prohibition on sales if certification is not submitted
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Public Law, 11-JUL-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Veterans' Affairs Committee (House)
- Financial Services Committee (House)
- Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee (Senate)
Housing and Community Development
■ 16 D■ 15 R
16 Democrats
15 Republicans
congress.gov page
Public Law (12-JUL-2026)
Engrossed Amendment Senate (22-JUN-2026)
Engrossed Amendment House (20-MAY-2026)
Engrossed Amendment Senate (12-MAR-2026)
Placed on Calendar Senate (24-FEB-2026)
Engrossed in House (09-FEB-2026)
Reported in House (15-JAN-2026)
Introduced in House (11-DEC-2025)
Enrolled Bill
House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as..., 390-9, 09-FEB-2026
Senate: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure invoked in..., 84-6, 02-MAR-2026
Senate: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in..., 90-8, 04-MAR-2026
Senate: Cloture invoked in Senate, 82-11, 11-MAR-2026
Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment, 89-10, 12-MAR-2026
Senate: Motion to proceed to consideration of the House message to..., 87-8, 16-JUN-2026
Senate: Cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to..., 84-8, 18-JUN-2026
Senate: Senate concurred in the House amendment to the Senate..., 85-5, 22-JUN-2026
House: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the..., 358-32, 23-JUN-2026