S-2651 : Still Just a Bill


The **ROAD to Housing Act of 2025 (S. 2651)** aims to increase affordable housing in America through several key strategies:

  • **Financial Literacy:** Reforms housing counseling programs.
  • **Construction & Supply:** Addresses regulatory barriers, provides incentives for building in opportunity zones, offers grants for whole-home repairs, and supports transit-oriented housing development.
  • **Manufactured Housing:** Expands the definition of manufactured homes, facilitates modular housing production, and modernizes property improvement loan programs.
  • **Access to Homeownership:** Creates incentives for small dollar mortgages, addresses appraisal industry improvements, and seeks to help families save for homeownership.
  • **Program Reform:** Reforms disaster recovery, reauthorizes the HOME Investment Partnerships program, reforms the Rural Housing Service, and attempts to reduce homelessness through program changes.
  • **Veterans Housing:** Increases awareness of VA home loans and aims to house unhoused disabled veterans.
  • **Oversight & Accountability:** Mandates annual testimony from housing regulators and enhances reporting requirements for FHA, USICH and NeighborWorks.
  • **Coordination, Studies, & Reporting:** Improves interagency coordination and self-sufficiency in HUD-subsidized housing.

The bill includes provisions related to zoning, environmental review, financing, and program administration with the goal of boosting the availability of affordable housing units across the country.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2025-08-01CalendarsPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 143.Senate
2025-08-01CommitteeCommittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Scott SC. Without written report.Senate
2025-08-01IntroReferralIntroduced in SenateLibrary of Congress

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Sponsor :

Tim Scott [R] (SC)
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Policy Area :

Housing and Community Development
Related Subjects
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Advisory bodies
  • Building construction
  • Computers and information technology
  • Congressional oversight
  • Consumer credit
  • Cooperative and condominium housing
  • Disaster relief and insurance
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Government information and archives
  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Homelessness and emergency shelter
  • Housing and community development funding
  • Housing finance and home ownership
  • Housing industry and standards
  • Housing supply and affordability
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Landlord and tenant
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Low- and moderate-income housing
  • Performance measurement
  • Public housing
  • Regional and metropolitan planning
  • Residential rehabilitation and home repair
  • Rural conditions and development
  • Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Related Geographic Entities
Related Organizations
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Federal Housing Finance Agency

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