Rural Housing Service Reform Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- +11
- Latest action
- Apr 2, 2025
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What it does
The Rural Housing Service Reform Act of 2025 aims to reform and streamline rural housing programs administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, including multifamily mortgage procedures, preservation of rental assistance contracts during foreclosure, and the permanent establishment of a housing preservation and revitalization program. It authorizes appropriations for staffing and IT upgrades, funds technical improvements, and modifies loan terms and eligibility for various rural housing initiatives, including Section 502 loans, Section 504 grants, and rural housing vouchers. The bill also requires studies on rural housing loans and annual reports on program performance, while establishing…
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What moved
Who is involved
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]Lead sponsor
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]Co-sponsor
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]Co-sponsor
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]Co-sponsor
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]Co-sponsor
- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA]Co-sponsor
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA]
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
- Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
- Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
- Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
- Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]
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