HOME Act of 2022
Latest action · Jul 13, 2022 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.
- IntroducedJul 13, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Housing Oversight and Mitigating Exploitation Act of 2022 or the HOME Act of 2022
This bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development to carry out investigations and other activities to address market manipulation and the role of institutional investors in the pricing of rental units and single-family homes. It also makes it unlawful to rent or sell a dwelling unit or single-family home at an unconscionably excessive and exploitative price during a housing emergency declared by the President.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 13, 2022 to Jul 27, 2022; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Jul 15, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jul 15, 2022 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Jul 15, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Jul 27, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Jul 27, 2022 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jul 27, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jul 27, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Jul 27, 2022 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Jul 27, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Jul 27, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Jul 27, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jul 27, 2022 |
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 Jul 13, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 13, 2022Introduced in House
- Jul 13, 2022Referred 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. 168, no. 115, July 13, 2022, page H6336.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To protect consumers from price-gouging of residential rental and sale prices, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- HOME Act of 2022
- Housing Oversight and Mitigating Exploitation Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Civil actions and liability
- Competition and antitrust
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing finance and home ownership
- Housing supply and affordability
- Intergovernmental relations
- Lease and rental services
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 13, 2022Introduced 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.
