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Downpayment Toward Equity Act of 2025

In committee: it can still change before the session ends.

US S 967 · Senate Bill · 119th Congress

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Stage
In committee
Started in
Senate
Sponsors
7
Latest action
Mar 11, 2025

What it does

The Downpayment Toward Equity Act of 2025 would establish a federal program administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide downpayment assistance grants to first-generation homebuyers—defined as individuals whose parents or legal guardians never owned a home (excluding heir property) and who have not owned a home themselves—to address multigenerational inequities and narrow the racial homeownership gap. The bill allocates 75% of funds to states based on potential qualified homebuyer numbers and median home prices, and 25% to eligible entities such as minority depository institutions, community development financial institutions, mission-driven nonprofits, and…

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Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

    Mar 11, 2025

  2. Committee (Current step)

    In committee · Mar 11, 2025

  3. Floor (Not started)

  4. Law (Not started)

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Who is involved

Sponsors

The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.

Where it goes next

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Work with this bill

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