Will work to lower housing costs by cutting red tape, building more homes, protecting tenants, delivering relief, and expanding families' ability to purchase a home.

"Nothing is hitting families harder than the cost of housing. I'm committed to making sure people can afford to keep a roof over their heads and give more families the option to purchase a home," said Rep. Friedman. "I'm grateful that Leader Jeffries and our Caucus have trusted me to help lead this effort. Americans need us to cut red tape, build more homes, protect tenants, and deliver real relief."

In a House office press release about co-convening the House Democrats' Housing Affordability Working Group, Friedman committed to making housing affordable, expanding home purchase options, cutting red tape, building more homes, protecting tenants, and delivering relief.

RELEASE: Reps. Sykes & Friedman Co-Convene First Meeting of House Democrats' Housing Affordability Working Group | Representative Laura Friedman
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Congress.gov lists H.R.6644 as a housing and community development bill that passed the House on 2026-02-09 and was received in the Senate on 2026-02-11; it has not become law.

A broad federal housing bill advanced through the House during Friedman's term but remained unresolved in the Senate as of the latest official action found.

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H.R.6644 - Housing for the 21st Century Act
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The House Clerk records Friedman voting Yea on H.R.6644, which passed 390-9 on the motion to suspend the rules and pass as amended.

Friedman took a concrete House vote for a major housing bill that included affordability, supply, financing, review-streamlining, and tenant or borrower-related provisions, but the bill was not enacted.

partial same_term A for effort

Roll Call 57 | H.R.6644 Housing for the 21st Century Act
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The CRS summary says the bill would expand affordable-housing financing, provide planning and community-development grants, adjust HOME eligibility, and exempt some housing activities from environmental review.

The bill's contents map to the promise's themes of building more homes, cutting red tape, delivering housing relief, and supporting affordability, but only partial progress occurred because enactment was still pending.

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H.R.6644 - Housing for the 21st Century Act
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The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Rep. Laura Friedman had recently introduced a bill to exempt certain infill housing projects from federal environmental reviews.

This is a concrete same-term action aligned with cutting red tape for housing production, though I did not find an official bill page in this refresh to verify enactment or final status.

partial same_term A for effort

This might be the defining issue in the race to succeed Nancy Pelosi
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California's official bill status page lists Friedman as lead author of AB 2097 and shows it was approved by the governor and chaptered on 2022-09-22.

Before entering Congress, Friedman delivered a state law cutting local parking mandates near transit, a red-tape reduction tied to housing production; because it predates the federal term, it is context rather than same-term fulfillment.

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Bill Status - AB-2097 Residential, commercial, or other development types: parking requirements
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The chaptered bill text says AB 2097 prohibits public agencies from imposing minimum automobile parking requirements on qualifying development projects within one-half mile of public transit.

The law directly supports the red-tape and homebuilding portion of the housing-cost promise, but it was delivered in prior state service, not in Friedman's current federal term.

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Bill Text - AB-2097 Residential, commercial, or other development types: parking requirements
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