# 119-hr-9934: Housing BOOM Act

119-hr-9934, Housing BOOM Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-30).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9934
- Congress: 119
- Title: Housing BOOM Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-07-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-30

## Summary

**This bill would mobilize major federal funding to expand and preserve affordable housing and boost tenant supports.** It pairs a big boost to production tools with new tenant navigation, eviction-prevention offices, and homelessness and behavioral health grants.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Convert buildings into shelters and homes: benefit, high. This bill would create competitive grants to convert hotels, motels, vacant properties, and unused government buildings into emergency shelters, transitional housing, or long-term rental housing. Emergency Shelter Conversion Grants would get $250 million per year for FY2026–FY2030. Office-to-Reside…
- More help for renters and tenants: benefit, high. This bill would authorize enough funding to add 1,000,000 tenant-based Section 8 vouchers from FY2026 through FY2035. It would create a HUD Office of Eviction Prevention and move the Eviction Protection Grant Program there, with $100 million per year for grants and $100 million per year for the Off…
- Big boost for housing production: benefit, high. This bill would authorize large new funds to speed affordable housing production. It would create a Housing Accelerator with $1 billion per year (FY2026–FY2030). It would add $4.2 billion per year for CDBG Title I and $1 billion per year for a disaster resilience CDBG competition for FY2026–FY2030.…
- Higher cap for housing tax credits: benefit, high. This bill would raise the multiplier used to set each State's Low-Income Housing Tax Credit ceiling from 1.12 to 3.36. The change would apply to credit allocations made in calendar years beginning after December 31, 2025. If enacted, states could allocate substantially more housing tax credits to d…
- Mental health and homelessness services: benefit, medium. This bill would create a SAMHSA Center for Unhoused Individuals with $10 million per year for FY2026–FY2030. It would also authorize $1 billion per year for FY2026–FY2030 in grants to expand mental and behavioral health and housing services for unhoused people. Grants could fund substance use disor…
- New Federal housing policy council: benefit, low. This bill would create an Interagency Council on Housing Affordability and Preservation and authorize $4.8 million per year for FY2026–FY2030. The Council would publish a National Strategic Plan within 12 months of enactment and update it yearly. Federal agencies would report to the Council and Con…
- New workforce and middle-income housing: mixed, high. This bill would create large new programs for workforce and middle-income rental housing. It would authorize Workforce Housing Block Grants at $5 billion per year for FY2026–FY2030 to finance rentals for households at 60%–120% AMI. It would also set up a Treasury Middle-Income Housing Construction…
- More McKinney-Vento funding and rules: mixed, high. This bill would require Davis-Bacon prevailing wages for construction work funded under McKinney-Vento programs. It would also authorize major annual appropriations for McKinney-Vento assistance: $3.75 billion per year for Subtitle B and $4.45 billion per year for Subtitle C for FY2026–FY2030. The…
- More funding for special-needs housing: mixed, medium. This bill would raise annual authorizations for targeted housing programs. Section 202 elderly housing would get $1.646 billion per year for FY2026–FY2030. Section 811 supportive housing for people with disabilities would get $360 million per year for FY2026–FY2030. Indian Housing Block Grants woul…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-2945: Housing for All Act of 2025
- 119-hr-8541: Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act
- 119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-9934 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9934)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-2945: Housing for All Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2945)
- [119-hr-8541: Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8541)
- [119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5658)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9934 (as of 2026-09-30).