All Roll Calls
Yes: 263 • No: 147
119-hr-5184119th CongressWALLET
Affordable HOMES Act
Sponsored By: Representative Houchin, Erin [R-IN-9]
Passed House
Summary
This bill would make the Department of Energy put cost, payback time, and factory-fit information front and center before changing energy rules for manufactured homes. It would also void DOE's May 31, 2022 manufactured-housing energy standard and set specific criteria for any new recommendations sent to HUD.
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- Families and buyers: Recommendations must estimate how a new standard would affect the initial purchase price and include estimated payback periods, so buyers get clearer cost and savings info.
- Manufactured-home producers and factories: New recommendations must account for factory construction techniques, HUD climate zones, and allow alternate methods that achieve equal or better energy performance.
- Federal rulemaking and agencies: The bill restores the Energy Secretary's authority to transmit recommendations to HUD, strikes subsection (c) of Section 413 of EISA, and removes the force of DOE's May 31, 2022 final rule.
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Manufactured-home energy rules reset and review
If enacted, the 2022 DOE energy rule for manufactured homes (May 31, 2022; 87 Fed. Reg. 32728) would be void. Manufacturers would not need to meet that rule. This would lower some upfront costs but could raise energy bills over a home’s life. DOE would instead send HUD recommendations for any new energy rules. Those would need to weigh life‑cycle costs, payback times, factory limits, HUD climate zones, alternative methods, and purchase‑price impacts. These changes would take effect on enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Houchin, Erin [R-IN-9]
IN • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1]
NE • R
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Rep. Shreve, Jefferson [R-IN-6]
IN • R
Sponsored 10/14/2025
Rep. Auchincloss, Jake [D-MA-4]
MA • D
Sponsored 12/30/2025
Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11]
NC • R
Sponsored 12/30/2025
Rep. Goldman, Craig A. [R-TX-12]
TX • R
Sponsored 12/30/2025
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 1/9/2026
On Passage
Yes: 263 • No: 147