House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Habitable Housing Conversion Pilot Program Act of 2026
Official title: To establish a pilot program for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to evaluate the effectiveness of insuring mortgages made to finance improvements to convert basement spaces into safely habitable dwelling units, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Gregory Meeks D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 15, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8854.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 83, May 15, 2026, Page H3551):Article 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2026 ↗
Evidence
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8854, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8854
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
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- September 24, 2026
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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Related bills
- H.R. 10294 (118th) Habitable Housing Conversion Pilot Program Act of 2024Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
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