Senate Markup on Housing Bill Scheduled for Tuesday, July 29

July 25, 2025 — The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee is advancing bipartisan legislation focused on housing supply and costs titled “Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act.” Markup for the bill is scheduled for July 29 at 10 AM ET.

The bill proposes a new Moving to Work cohort, modeled after the expansion, that would be called the “Economic Opportunity and Pathways to Independence Cohort.” The cohort would be open to no more than 25 agencies and would be limited to waivers included within the Operations Notice for the Expansion of Moving to Work Demonstration Program. The language would prohibit HUD from providing any waivers related to stepped rents, minimum rents, fixed rents/subsidies, imputer income, short-term assistance, time-limited assistance, increasing the PBV program cap, limiting portability, and work requirements.

The bill also aims to eliminate red tape for new housing construction, incentivize communities to build more housing, make changes to Continuum of Care administration, authorize CDBG-DR, modernize the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, among other things.