House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Housing Crisis Response Act of 2025
Official title: To facilitate the development of fair and affordable housing, decrease housing costs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Maxine Waters D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6771.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WATERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 213, December 17, 2025, Page H6023):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 153 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6771, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6771
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 7, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 6, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Everton Blair (D-GA), Al Green (D-TX), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Delia Ramirez (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters.
- H.R. 3422 (119th) Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act
- H.R. 1764 (119th) Aligning SEC Regulations for the World Bank’s International Development Association Act
- H.R. 4544 (119th) American Access to Banking Act
- H.Res. 259 (119th) Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents in the President's possession to the House of Representatives relating to…
- H.R. 10325 (119th) To increase the mandatory contribution amount of Federal Home Loan Banks to the Affordable Housing Program, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 1106 (119th) Honoring the life and legacy of Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 7, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.