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S3768119th CongressWALLET

ABODE Act

Sponsored By: Senator Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]

Introduced

Summary

Creates a HUD grant competition to fund development and rehabilitation of single- and multi-family homes for households earning up to 50% of area median income, prioritizing energy efficiency, resiliency, lower development costs, and accessibility.

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  • Low-income households: This bill would target homes for families and individuals earning no more than 50% of area median income and requires a report on the number and sales or rental prices of affordable homes built.
  • Developers and mission-driven builders: It would award grants to academic organizations, nonprofits, and mission-driven developers and pay grants at the completion of contracts for a pre-determined number of homes that meet set resiliency and efficiency measures.
  • People with disabilities: HUD must prioritize projects that use universal design to improve accessibility.
  • Communities with shortages: The Secretary would prioritize projects in areas with severe affordable housing shortages and projects that focus on quality, durability, maintenance costs, and neighborhood design compatibility.
  • Energy and resiliency evidence: The bill would require a study of short- and long-term savings from resiliency and energy efficiency measures and a report to Congress within two years.

*Would authorize unspecified appropriations, and the federal cost will depend on future funding decisions.*

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Grants to build homes for low-income

This bill would direct the HUD Secretary, with DOE and EPA, to run a grant competition. Grants would go to academic organizations, nonprofits, and mission-driven developers to build or rehabilitate single- and multi-family homes for households with income at or below 50% of area median income. The competition would prioritize projects that lower development costs, boost resiliency and energy efficiency, add accessibility or universal design, and serve areas with severe affordable housing shortages. Grants would be paid only after a contract completes a predetermined number of homes that meet set resiliency and energy-efficiency measures. HUD would study short- and long-term savings from those measures and report to Congress within two years of enactment. The program would be authorized at "such sums as may be necessary," so actual funding would depend on future appropriations.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]

IL • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 2/3/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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