Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Judiciary Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
The "Build Homes, Not Hate Act of 2026" mandates the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a comprehensive grant program within one year to address homelessness. This program will fund eligible entities to create housing units and deliver direct homelessness response, supportive housing, and transitional services for individuals and families experiencing or at risk of homelessness. A total of $70,000,000,000 is appropriated for fiscal year 2027, available until 2032, with these funds being rescinded from unobligated balances of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The funds are allocated with not less than $54,000,000,000 for building, acquiring, rehabilitating, or converting new affordable and market-rate housing units, and not less than $14,000,000,000 for direct homelessness response and services, such as emergency shelter, rental assistance, and various supportive services. Up to $2,000,000,000 is permitted for administration and oversight. Grants may be awarded by formula or competition, prioritizing communities with high rates of homelessness or severe housing cost burdens, with a federal share up to 100 percent. These funds are intended to supplement, not supplant, existing resources and are explicitly prohibited from being used for immigration enforcement, detention, or border wall construction.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
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.
Introduced in House
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.
Build Homes, Not Hate Act of 2026
USA119th CongressHR-10010| House
| Updated: 7/30/2026
The "Build Homes, Not Hate Act of 2026" mandates the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a comprehensive grant program within one year to address homelessness. This program will fund eligible entities to create housing units and deliver direct homelessness response, supportive housing, and transitional services for individuals and families experiencing or at risk of homelessness. A total of $70,000,000,000 is appropriated for fiscal year 2027, available until 2032, with these funds being rescinded from unobligated balances of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The funds are allocated with not less than $54,000,000,000 for building, acquiring, rehabilitating, or converting new affordable and market-rate housing units, and not less than $14,000,000,000 for direct homelessness response and services, such as emergency shelter, rental assistance, and various supportive services. Up to $2,000,000,000 is permitted for administration and oversight. Grants may be awarded by formula or competition, prioritizing communities with high rates of homelessness or severe housing cost burdens, with a federal share up to 100 percent. These funds are intended to supplement, not supplant, existing resources and are explicitly prohibited from being used for immigration enforcement, detention, or border wall construction.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
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.
Introduced in House
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.