# 119-s-4020: Housing Supply and Affordability Act

119-s-4020, Housing Supply and Affordability Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-4020
- Congress: 119
- Title: Housing Supply and Affordability Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-03-05
- Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Competitive HUD grants to boost local affordable housing planning and implementation.** This bill would create a HUD-run, competitive grant program to fund planning and non-construction implementation activities that aim to increase housing supply, affordability, accessibility, and coordination with transportation. - Regional planning agencies would get funds mainly for planning work. They must use grants to develop housing plans, update zoning codes, expand inspection capacity, and reduce local barriers to housing supply and affordability. - States, insular areas, metropolitan cities, and urban counties would use grants to implement housing strategies and plans. They can fund community investments tied to housing goals, adopt reformed zoning and regulatory processes, and boost capacity for inspections and affordability efforts. - Grants cannot pay for construction or repairs, administrative costs are capped at 10%, HUD must set up the program within 1 year, and the program ends 5 years after enactment. The program is meant to support location-efficient development and improve accessibility for people with disabilities.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Grants for local affordable housing planning: mixed, medium. If enacted, HUD would set up a competitive grant program within 1 year. HUD would award planning grants to States, insular areas, metropolitan cities, urban counties, regional planning agencies, and consortia. Grants would fund planning, zoning reform, housing inspection capacity, and regional comm…

## Related bills

- 119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act
- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026
- 119-s-1503: Equality Act

## Sources
- [119-s-4020 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4020)

## Related
- [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3869)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4020 (as of 2026-09-10).