Community Reinvestment Reform Act of 2025
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American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2025
This bill addresses housing affordability and availability through grants, housing programs, and oversight of financial institutions. The bill also makes certain changes to the estate tax, such as by generally increasing the rate.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development shall provide grants to (1) state, local, and tribal governments to remove barriers to building affordable units, (2) states to assist borrowers who have negative equity in their homes, (3) state housing finance agencies to support construction of affordable rental housing and prevent tenant displacement and harassment, and (4) eligible individuals (generally, lower income individuals who are first generation homebuyers) to help them purchase their first homes.
The bill establishes and provides funding for the first-time homeowner grant program and the affordable rental housing construction program, and it also funds existing rural housing programs.
The bill also requires financial regulators to generally assess the effectiveness of financial institutions in meeting the credit and lending needs of their communities, particularly of underserved populations.
The bill also expands fair housing protections to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, source of income, veteran status, or an individual's perceived membership in a protected class (e.g., an individual's perceived race or sex).
Additionally, the bill modifies the estate tax in various ways, including by reducing the number of brackets to three, increasing the tax rates, and reducing the basic exemption amount. The bill also places additional taxes on high-income estates and trusts.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
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- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
- CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2038: American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2038/
"H.R. 2038: American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2038/.
H.R. 2038, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2038/.
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