Congress Introduces HOME Reform Act of 2025

On October 31, Housing & Insurance Subcommittee Chairman Mike Flood (R-NE) and Ranking Member Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) introduced H.R.5878, the “HOME Reform Act of 2025.” This legislation would make significant improvements to the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME).

The bill is a bipartisan effort to boost the development of affordable housing supply. It streamlines requirements that at times act as barriers to affordable housing and it creates more housing opportunities for Americans nationwide.

Some key highlights of the bill include removing Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) requirements for housing-related uses; increasing the AMI threshold to 100 percent of AMI to expand the number of families that would qualify under the program; adding a new eligible use of HOME funds for projects in areas that do not receive assistance from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program; streamlining environmental reviews; and ensuring that Section 3 requirements do not apply to projects of less than 50 units for participating jurisdictions receiving less than $3 million in total allocations.

NAHRO fully endorses H.R.5878 along with several other national organizations. In July, NAHRO’s Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs, Eric Oberdorfer, gave testimony at a hearing entitled, “HOME 2.0: Modern Solutions to the Housing Shortage.”

To view the full press release, see here. For the full text of the bill, see here.