Housing Innovation Act of 2018
Latest action · Oct 9, 2018 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 9, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Housing Innovation Act of 2018
This bill establishes the Office of Housing Innovation in the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The office shall carry out grant programs to support (1) planning efforts that address housing needs in urban areas; (2) research and studies to support, inform, and advise local governments on their plans for new housing and community development; and (3) outreach programs focused on issues related to housing, community development, and regional planning.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Oct 9, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 9, 2018Introduced in House
- Oct 9, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 167, October 9, 2018, page H9425.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4756 | Housing Innovation Act of 2019 | Reintroduced Bill | Oct 18, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish an Office of Housing Innovation in the Department of Housing and Urban Development to assist in exploring and developing new approaches for increasing and diversifying the supply of housing and for meeting the challenges of housing shortages, housing affordability, and traffic congestion, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Housing Innovation Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Advisory bodies
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing supply and affordability
- Infrastructure development
- Public transit
- Regional and metropolitan planning
- State and local government operations
- Urban and suburban affairs and development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 9, 2018Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
