HOUSING POLICY COUNCIL

Lobbying client · District of Columbia · filed 2025 to 2026

Non-profit advocacy organization for companies in the mortgage & housing industries.

$2,080,000 Reported spend

21 Filings counted

2 Outside firms hired

31 Bills named

Spend is reported income plus in-house expenses across 21 filings. The LDA keeps a separate client record for every registrant that files for a client, so this page adds up 3 records, one per registrant listed below. Records are combined when the client name matches once case, punctuation and endings such as Inc. or LLC are set aside; for a city, county or port the state has to match as well.

Who filed for this client 3

HOUSING POLICY COUNCIL $1,360,000 In-house, the client's own filings · 7 filings
THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC $420,000 Outside firm · 7 filings
SIVON NATTER & WECHSLER, P.C. (FKA BARNETT SIVON & NATTER, P.C.) $300,000 Outside firm · 7 filings

Spend per registrant: fees an outside firm reported, or the costs the client reported for lobbying in-house. The rows add up to the total above.

Bills named in these filings top 30 of 31

H.R. 3694
VALID Act of 2025

9 filings
H.R. 2362
VA Home Loan Awareness Act of 2025

8 filings
H.R. 1777
SECURE Notarization Act of 2025

7 filings
H.R. 2840
Housing Supply Frameworks Act

7 filings
S. 1260
Rural Housing Service Reform Act of 2025

7 filings
S. 138
VA Home Loan Awareness Act of 2025

7 filings
S. 2651
ROAD to Housing Act of 2025

7 filings
H.R. 1815
VA Home Loan Program Reform Act

6 filings
S. 1299
Housing Supply Frameworks Act

6 filings
S. 1932
VALID Act of 2025

6 filings
H.R. 827
Homeowners’ Defense Act of 2025

5 filings
S. 2495
Keep Call Centers in America Act of 2025

5 filings
S. 2719
LIFT Homebuyers Act of 2025

5 filings
H.R. 6644
21st Century ROAD to Housing Act

4 filings
H.R. 8532
VA Home Loan Affordability Act

3 filings
S. 1921
Veterans Housing Stability Act of 2025

3 filings
H.R. 10498
The Mortgage Insurance Freedom Act

2 filings
H.R. 10184
Consumer Financial Protection Accountability and Reform Act of 2026

2 filings
H.R. 5420
VA Extenders Act of 2025

2 filings
H.R. 9460
Sustainable Homeownership Act

2 filings
S. 4636
Homeowners’ Escrow Savings Act

2 filings
H.R. 10294
Habitable Housing Conversion Pilot Program Act of 2024

1 filing
H.R. 10351
Housing Supply and Innovation Frameworks Act

1 filing
H.R. 2808
Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act

1 filing
H.R. 4637
Veterans’ Surviving Spouse Equity Act of 2025

1 filing
H.R. 6047
Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026

1 filing
H.R. 9237
Take Care of America’s Veterans Act

1 filing
H.R. 9379
Affordable Homes for Veterans Act of 2026

1 filing
S. 1467
Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act

1 filing
S. 2322
Appraisal Modernization Act

1 filing

Reported by year 2 years

2026 $910,000 9 filings
2025 $1,170,000 12 filings

Issues lobbied 4

Banking 14
Housing 14
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities 7
Government Issues 7

The count is how many filings named that issue area. A filing reports one lump figure covering every issue on it, so the money above cannot be split between them.

Agencies and chambers lobbied 7

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 21
SENATE 21
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) 7
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) 7
Federal Reserve System 7
Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD) 7
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) 7

Recent filings 21 total

Q3 report

THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $60,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026

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HOUSING POLICY COUNCIL

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $170,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026

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SIVON NATTER & WECHSLER, P.C. (FKA BARNETT SIVON & NATTER, P.C.)

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Oct 18, 2026

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THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $60,000 income · posted Jul 20, 2026

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SIVON NATTER & WECHSLER, P.C. (FKA BARNETT SIVON & NATTER, P.C.)

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Jul 16, 2026

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HOUSING POLICY COUNCIL

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $150,000 expenses · posted Jul 13, 2026

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THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC

1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $60,000 income · posted Apr 20, 2026

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SIVON NATTER & WECHSLER, P.C. (FKA BARNETT SIVON & NATTER, P.C.)

1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $40,000 income · posted Apr 18, 2026

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HOUSING POLICY COUNCIL

1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $270,000 expenses · posted Apr 16, 2026

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THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC

4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · House · Senate · $60,000 income · posted Jan 20, 2026

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SIVON NATTER & WECHSLER, P.C. (FKA BARNETT SIVON & NATTER, P.C.)

4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · House · Senate · $40,000 income · posted Jan 20, 2026

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HOUSING POLICY COUNCIL

4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · House · Senate · $170,000 expenses · posted Jan 14, 2026

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THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $60,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2025

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SIVON NATTER & WECHSLER, P.C. (FKA BARNETT SIVON & NATTER, P.C.)

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $40,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2025

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HOUSING POLICY COUNCIL

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $210,000 expenses · posted Oct 17, 2025

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SIVON NATTER & WECHSLER, P.C. (FKA BARNETT SIVON & NATTER, P.C.)

2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $40,000 income · posted Jul 18, 2025

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HOUSING POLICY COUNCIL

2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $180,000 expenses · posted Jul 17, 2025

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THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC

2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $60,000 income · posted Jul 10, 2025

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SIVON NATTER & WECHSLER, P.C. (FKA BARNETT SIVON & NATTER, P.C.)

1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $40,000 income · posted Apr 21, 2025

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HOUSING POLICY COUNCIL

1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $210,000 expenses · posted Apr 18, 2025

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Filings through October 20, 2026, the newest posted date on this record. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, synced daily. Money is self-reported by the filer and often rounded. Lobbying is legal, disclosed activity.