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119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7326 
To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct 
a grant competition for the development of single- and multi-family 
homes, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 3, 2026 
Mr. FOSTER (for himself, Ms. PETTERSEN, and Mr. FIELDS) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
to conduct a grant competition for the development of 
single- and multi-family homes, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advancing Better Op-
tions for Dwellings Everywhere Act’’ or the ‘‘ABODE 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. COMPETITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development (in this section referred to as the 
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‘‘Secretary’’), in consultation with the Department of En-
ergy and the Environmental Protection Agency, shall— 
(1) conduct a grant competition to provide 
grants to academic organizations, nonprofit organi-
zations, and for-profit or nonprofit mission-driven 
developers to develop, or rehabilitate existing, single- 
and multi-family homes— 
(A) for households with an income that is 
not more than 50 percent of the area median 
income; and 
(B) with a focus on— 
(i) reducing development costs; 
(ii) increasing resiliency, energy effi-
ciency, accessibility for individuals with 
disabilities; and 
(iii) selecting projects that are built to 
scale; and 
(2) study the short- and long-term savings of 
the resiliency and energy efficiency measures that 
were implemented in the homes described in para-
graph (1). 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A grant awarded under this 
section shall be awarded at completion of the contract for 
building a pre-determined number of homes that abide by 
pre-determined resiliency and energy efficiency measures. 
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(c) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall prioritize grant 
awards that— 
(1) develop or rehabilitate homes in areas with 
a severe affordable housing shortage; 
(2) focus on quality, durability and mainte-
nance costs, and neighborhood design compatibility; 
or 
(3) develop or rehabilitate homes with universal 
design that provides access for individuals with dis-
abilities. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a report on the competition and study conducted 
under this section, which shall include— 
(1) a description of the projects funded and 
completed; 
(2) the number and sales or rental price, as ap-
plicable, of affordable houses built; and 
(3) the results of the study described in sub-
section (a)(2). 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
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