What does HR10010 do?

This legislation establishes a massive federal grant program designed to address the intertwined crises of housing unaffordability and homelessness across the United States. The bill creates a new grant authority administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, directing $70 billion toward the construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, and preservation of housing units alongside direct homelessness response services. The bill's scope is deliberately broad, targeting not only individuals currently experiencing homelessness but also those at risk of losing housing, and it reaches across all levels of government and the nonprofit sector to deploy resources. A defining structural feature of the bill is its explicit financing mechanism: the $70 billion appropriation is offset by rescinding an equivalent amount from unobligated balances available to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, making a direct and politically pointed trade-off between immigration enforcement spending and domestic housing investment. The bill reflects a policy judgment that the federal government bears primary responsibility for resolving the housing shortage and that immigration enforcement resources represent an appropriate source of offsetting funds.

What is the status of HR10010?

Introduced as of July 30, 2026.

What does HR10010 do?

This legislation establishes a massive federal grant program designed to address the intertwined crises of housing unaffordability and homelessness across the United States. The bill creates a new grant authority administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, directing $70 billion toward the construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, and preservation of housing units alongside direct homelessness response services. The bill's scope is deliberately broad, targeting not only individuals currently experiencing homelessness but also those at risk of losing housing, and it reaches across all levels of government and the nonprofit sector to deploy resources. A defining structural feature of the bill is its explicit financing mechanism: the $70 billion appropriation is offset by rescinding an equivalent amount from unobligated balances available to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, making a direct and politically pointed trade-off between immigration enforcement spending and domestic housing investment. The bill reflects a policy judgment that the federal government bears primary responsibility for resolving the housing shortage and that immigration enforcement resources represent an appropriate source of offsetting funds.

What is the status of HR10010?

Introduced as of July 30, 2026.

HR10010 U.S. House: Build Homes, Not Hate Act of 2026

Introduced

Introduced in House · July 31, 2026

July 30, 2026

Ms. Wasserman Schultz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to establish a grant program to provide grants to eligible entities to create housing units and provide direct homelessness response, supportive housing, and transitional services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Build Homes, Not Hate Act of 2026”.

Introduced

Introduced in House · July 31, 2026

July 30, 2026

A BILL

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Build Homes, Not Hate Act of 2026”.

Introduced

Introduced in House · July 31, 2026

July 30, 2026

A BILL

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Build Homes, Not Hate Act of 2026”.

Introduced

Introduced in House · July 31, 2026

July 30, 2026

A BILL

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Build Homes, Not Hate Act of 2026”.

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