This bill represents meaningful progress, but the fight to make sure safe, affordable housing is within reach for families continues. We won’t let up.
Continue fighting to make safe, affordable housing within reach for families.
Occurrences
Evidence
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Roll Call 224 on H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, was marked Passed, 358-32. The vote list records Vargas, Democratic, CA, as Yea.
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GovInfo lists Public Law 119-101, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, date approved July 11, 2026, with the full title: An act to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes.
Assessments
Vargas took candidate-specific federal action by voting yea on final House passage of H.R. 6644 in the 119th Congress, and the bill was enacted as Public Law 119-101 on July 11, 2026. The law materially advances housing supply and affordability, matching part of the promise to keep fighting for safe, affordable housing. However, the promise is broad and outcome-oriented, and this legislation does not establish that safe, affordable housing was made broadly within reach for families, so partial credit is more appropriate than full delivery.