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119-s-3092119th CongressWALLET

Affordable Housing Expansion Act

Sponsored By: Senator Moran, Jerry [R-KS]

Introduced

Summary

Align prevailing wage rules with a project's residential character. This bill would broaden data sources and geographic groupings used to set wage rates, create a Department of Labor working group to modernize methods, and require major federal housing programs to use one residential wage determination per project.

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  • Families and renters: Would aim to expand access to affordable housing and streamline federal housing construction programs by standardizing how wage rates apply to residential projects.
  • Builders and developers: Would limit wage determinations to a single rate per project based on overall residential character, replacing multiple "similar character" rates that can apply now.
  • Wage-setting and labor data: Would require the Secretary of Labor to review and revise prevailing-wage survey methods within one year, allow Bureau of Labor Statistics data as a source, and push for higher survey participation and balanced representation of union and nonunion firms. It would also create a Davis-Bacon Modernization Working Group with HUD, industry groups, housing agencies, tribes, and labor to recommend administrative and legislative changes.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

New wage rules for federal housing

If enacted, the bill would make a single prevailing‑wage rate apply to each federally assisted housing project based on its residential character. It would apply to programs like FHA, public housing, Section 811, and NAHASDA. The Labor Secretary could use different geographic groupings (for example, metropolitan areas) for wage data, but metro project data could not set nonmetro wages. The Secretary must review and update prevailing‑wage survey methods within one year and may use Bureau of Labor Statistics data and steps to improve participation and representativeness. These are rule changes and could raise or lower wages and developer costs, with indirect effects on housing supply and timing.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Moran, Jerry [R-KS]

KS • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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