# 119-hr-6737: SPUR Housing Act

119-hr-6737, SPUR Housing Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6737
- Congress: 119
- Title: SPUR Housing Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-16
- Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Emerging Developer Fund Program** would create a new HUD grant program to help nonprofit housing groups and community development financial institutions finance and train small, undercapitalized developers to build affordable housing. The program targets capacity building, lending products, and partnerships with colleges to expand developer skills and project financing. - Emerging developers: Would get more access to financing and hands-on training for things like predevelopment loans, loan loss reserves, credit enhancements, budgeting, and bonding strategies. - Nonprofit housing organizations and CDFIs: Could win competitive grants to provide capital, technical assistance, and mentoring to new developers. Grants would be awarded based on demonstrated plans and past performance. - Distressed and high opportunity communities: The bill gives award priority to efforts that serve underinvested neighborhoods and high opportunity areas to spur affordable housing there. - Higher education partners: Encourages partnerships with community colleges and other institutions to offer real estate coursework and ongoing technical assistance to emerging developers. *This bill would authorize $50 million to be appropriated each year for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 ($250 million total).*

## Provisions PRIA read

- Grants for emerging housing developers: benefit, high. This bill would require HUD to set up an Emerging Developer Fund within one year. It would authorize $50,000,000 for each fiscal year 2026 through 2030. HUD would award competitive grants to nonprofit housing groups and certified CDFIs. Grant money could fund loans, loan loss reserves, grants, risk…
- Who counts as an emerging developer: benefit, low. This bill would define key terms used by the HUD program. It would say an "emerging developer" has limited development experience and limited liquidity, and HUD could add more qualifications. It would define a CDFI as an institution certified by the Treasury. It would use the tax code’s "qualified…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-2038: American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-6737 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6737)

## Related
- [119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6644)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-2038: American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2038)
- [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6737 (as of 2026-04-21).