All Roll Calls
Yes: 263 • No: 147
HR5184119th CongressWALLET
Affordable HOMES Act
Sponsored By: Representative Houchin, Erin [R-IN-9]
Passed House
Summary
Shifts control of manufactured-home energy standards to a DOE-to-HUD recommendations process. This bill would require the Department of Energy to send proposed revisions to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and base those recommendations on cost-effectiveness, life-cycle construction and operating costs, estimated impacts on initial purchase price and payback periods, factory construction constraints, HUD climate zones, and alternative methods that achieve equivalent energy performance.
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- Homebuyers would get proposals that must include estimates of upfront price changes and payback periods so energy upgrades are weighed against initial costs.
- Manufactured home builders and factories would see standards developed with factory construction techniques and limitations in mind and with allowance for alternative methods that meet equivalent energy performance.
- Federal regulation would change: the bill strikes a statutory subsection and nullifies the Department of Energy's May 31, 2022 final rule, replacing unilateral DOE standard-setting with the new DOE-to-HUD recommendation process and its specified criteria.
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Bill Overview
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Reset and new process for manufactured home energy rules
This bill would void the DOE energy rule for manufactured homes issued May 31, 2022. Manufacturers would no longer need to follow those 2022 requirements starting on enactment. For future changes, DOE would send recommendations to HUD instead of setting the rules alone. Recommendations would have to be cost-effective using life-cycle construction and operating costs. They would need to show the impact on the home’s initial purchase price. They would also consider factory building limits, HUD climate zones, other ways to get equal or better energy performance, and the payback period for any added costs. For buyers, this reset could lower upfront prices but raise monthly energy costs; future rules would follow these tests.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Houchin, Erin [R-IN-9]
IN • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1]
NE • R
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Rep. Shreve, Jefferson [R-IN-6]
IN • R
Sponsored 10/14/2025
Auchincloss
MA • D
Sponsored 12/30/2025
Edwards
NC • R
Sponsored 12/30/2025
Goldman (TX)
TX • R
Sponsored 12/30/2025
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 1/9/2026
On Passage
Yes: 263 • No: 147