Tina Smith Claims

Preserve up to 400,000 affordable homes in small towns and rural communities across the country by making updates to programs at the USDA's Rural Housing Service.

policy 11 occurrences 5 evidence unverified · same_term

Cut red tape and support local solutions for addressing homelessness through program reform.

policy 3 occurrences 6 evidence unverified · same_term

Continue to push for bipartisan legislation to make homeownership more accessible to Tribal communities.

policy 5 occurrences 9 evidence unverified · same_term

Address land use barriers to housing construction by establishing non-binding zoning guidelines and best practices for states and localities.

policy 3 occurrences 12 evidence unverified · same_term

Provide grants and forgivable loans to help homeowners repair and weatherize their properties.

spending 4 occurrences 6 evidence unverified · same_term

Encourage construction of low- and middle-income housing in transit-served, walkable locations.

policy 2 occurrences 5 evidence unverified · same_term

Preserve and revitalize manufactured homes and communities by upgrading community infrastructure, such as improved roads, storm drainage, and electrical systems.

spending 4 occurrences 9 evidence unverified · same_term

Allow more families residing in public housing to pursue economic mobility by allowing more families to save.

policy 2 occurrences 7 evidence unverified · same_term

Make it easier for landlords to accept Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV), by simplifying inspections of properties.

policy 4 occurrences 7 evidence unverified · same_term

Update the existing HOME Investment Partnerships program by streamlining it and improving flexibility.

policy 6 occurrences 4 evidence unverified

Establish basic consumer protections for homebuyers using land contracts by requiring states to enact legislation mandating that sellers record land contracts within five days of execution and use the foreclosure process for reclaiming homes in cases of buyer default.

policy 1 occurrences 8 evidence unverified · same_term

Support legislation to secure back pay for federal contract workers who face furloughs and missed paychecks during federal government shutdowns.

policy 3 occurrences 6 evidence unverified · same_term

Support legislation to pay all federal employees, service members, and contractors during federal government shutdowns and prevent mass firings (Reductions in Force or RIFs) while the government is shutdown.

policy 2 occurrences 5 evidence unverified · same_term

Create a national Housing Development Authority to acquire and develop real estate and maintain a permanent stock of sustainable, affordable housing, including single- and multi-family housing with robust tenant protections.

policy 1 occurrences 6 evidence pending

Build, preserve, rehabilitate, and maintain as many as 1.3 million sustainable, permanently affordable homes in rural and urban communities.

spending 1 occurrences 5 evidence unverified

Invest $300 billion over ten years, including $30 billion in annual appropriations and a revolving loan fund, to expand affordable housing.

spending 1 occurrences 5 evidence unverified · same_term

Finance housing acquisition and development through public housing authorities, mission-driven nonprofits, tenant- or resident-owned cooperatives, state and local governments, and community land trusts.

policy 1 occurrences 4 evidence unverified · same_term

Require Homes Act housing to maintain portfolio-wide affordability by reserving 40 percent of units for extremely low-income households and 30 percent for low-income households.

policy 1 occurrences 3 evidence unverified

Cap rents for units financed under the Homes Act at 25 percent of household adjusted gross income and limit annual rent increases to no more than 3 percent.

policy 1 occurrences 5 evidence unverified

Support homeownership in Homes Act housing by allowing residents to purchase homes through shared equity models and providing relief to mortgage borrowers at risk of foreclosure.

policy 1 occurrences 5 evidence unverified · same_term

Provide strong labor protections for workers building housing funded under the Homes Act.

policy 1 occurrences 15 evidence pending

Give tenants opportunities to purchase their buildings before large for-profit developers can buy them.

policy 1 occurrences 20 evidence pending

Fund public housing rehabilitation, address the public housing repair backlog, and repeal the Faircloth Amendment to allow new public housing.

spending 1 occurrences 24 evidence pending · same_term

Reserve at least 5 percent of Homes Act annual appropriations for Tribal communities and at least 10 percent for rural communities.

spending 1 occurrences 7 evidence unverified

Pass the Affordable Housing and Homeownership Protection Act to tax institutional investors that purchase and hold more than 15 single-family homes, with larger investors paying higher rates.

policy 1 occurrences 8 evidence pending

Use revenue from taxes on large single-family-home investors to raise about $51 billion over ten years for the Housing Trust Fund and Capital Magnet Fund.

spending 1 occurrences 20 evidence unverified · same_term

Build, preserve, and rehabilitate about 2.9 million affordable housing units nationwide through the Affordable Housing and Homeownership Protection Act.

spending 1 occurrences 2 evidence unverified

Provide legal certainty for workplace retirement plans that choose to consider environmental, social and governance factors in investment decisions or offer ESG investment options.

policy 1 occurrences 2 evidence unverified · same_term

Pass bipartisan legislation as part of the Farm Bill to support research into the impact of livestock market consolidation on farmers, ranchers, and consumers.

policy 1 occurrences 2 evidence unverified · same_term

Extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program for seven years to keep terrorism risk coverage available and affordable for businesses.

policy 2 occurrences 2 evidence unverified · same_term

Protect children affected by immigration enforcement actions against their parents by enacting the Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections (HELP) for Separated Children Act.

policy 1 occurrences 3 evidence unverified

Boycott President Donald Trump's State of the Union Address and speak instead at MoveOn's People's State of the Union.

rhetoric_only 1 occurrences 4 evidence unverified · same_term

Refund money collected from President Trump's illegal tariffs to the regular people and small businesses who paid them.

policy 1 occurrences 5 evidence unverified · same_term

Press ICE to follow federal law and the Constitution by allowing people in detention access to legal counsel.

oversight 1 occurrences 5 evidence unverified · same_term

Press the Department of Justice and FBI to cooperate with Minnesota authorities in a joint, thorough, objective, and impartial investigation into the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good.

oversight 1 occurrences 5 evidence unverified · same_term

Press the State Department to ensure timely processing of F, M, and J student and exchange visitor visas and address appointment delays before the academic year.

oversight 1 occurrences 2 evidence unverified · same_term