# 119-s-3464: Housing BOOM Act

119-s-3464, Housing BOOM Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-30).

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- As of: 2026-09-30
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3464
- Congress: 119
- Title: Housing BOOM Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-11
- Sponsor: Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-30

## Summary

**Expands federal investment to build and preserve affordable housing.** The bill creates new loan funds, block grants, conversion and accelerator programs, and large homelessness and tenant-support grants to increase supply and services for low- and moderate-income renters.

## Provisions PRIA read

- More vouchers and eviction help: benefit, high. This bill would authorize enough funding to add 1,000,000 Housing Choice Vouchers from FY2026 through FY2035. It would create a HUD Office of Eviction Prevention to run eviction-prevention grants and keep an eviction database. The Eviction Protection Grant Program would move into that Office and ge…
- Build more middle-income rental homes: benefit, high. This bill would create a Treasury Middle Income Housing Construction Loan Fund to make low-interest loans for rental housing for households at 60%–120% of AMI and would authorize $5 billion per year for FY2026–2030. It would also create Workforce Housing Block Grants for States to build housing for…
- More community and HOME funding: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would authorize $4.2 billion per year for Community Development Block Grants (Title I) for FY2026–2030 and $1 billion per year for the CDBG National Disaster Resilience Competition (FY2026–2030). It would also authorize $1.5 billion per year for HOME for FY2026–2030 and add $50…
- More homeless mental health services: benefit, medium. If enacted, HHS (with HUD) would run a formula grant to expand mental, substance use, and harm‑reduction services for people who are unhoused. The program would be authorized at $1 billion per year for FY2026–2030. The bill would also create a SAMHSA Center for Unhoused Individuals with $10 million…
- Convert government buildings into housing: benefit, medium. This bill would require HUD to set up a competitive program within one year to help States and local governments buy and convert unused government buildings into long‑term affordable rental housing. Converted projects must keep affordability for at least 30 years and meet income-targeting rules (fo…
- New Interagency Housing Council: benefit, medium. This bill would create a U.S. Interagency Council on Housing Affordability and Preservation to coordinate federal housing policy. The Council would produce a National Strategic Plan within 12 months and update it yearly, run regional technical assistance with 5–10 coordinators, and report to the Pr…
- More supportive housing for vulnerable groups: mixed, high. This bill would authorize large annual increases for targeted housing programs: Section 202 elderly housing ($1.646 billion/year, FY2026–2030), Section 811 disability supportive housing ($360 million/year, FY2026–2030), Indian Housing Block Grants ($200 million/year, FY2026–2030), and an added $70…
- Prevailing wages and apprenticeship rules: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would require Davis‑Bacon prevailing wages on covered federally assisted housing construction. It would also require at least 15% of total labor hours per housing unit be done by qualified apprentices and require employers with four or more construction workers to hire at least…

## Related bills

- 119-s-4949: Water Resources Development Act of 2026
- 119-s-2838: Protecting Our Democracy Act
- 119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act
- 119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-1507: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-3464 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3464)

## Related
- [119-s-4949: Water Resources Development Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4949)
- [119-s-2838: Protecting Our Democracy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2838)
- [119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2819)
- [119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1541)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-1507: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1507)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3464 (as of 2026-09-30).