Rental and mortgage assistance so that renters, homeowners, and landlords are not left out.
Provide rental and mortgage assistance during the pandemic.
Occurrences
Evidence
Congress.gov lists Carter as the sponsor of H.R. 5098, the Economic Empowerment Through Predevelopment Act of 2023, introduced on 2023-08-01 and referred on 2023-08-02 to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Congress.gov's current member profile shows Carter as a cosponsor of H.R. 7782, a bill to modernize public housing, introduced on 2024-03-21 and referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
The enacted American Rescue Plan Act included housing provisions: Section 3201, Emergency rental assistance, appropriated $21.55 billion; Section 3206, Homeowner Assistance Fund, appropriated $9.961 billion and established a fund to mitigate coronavirus-pandemic homeowner hardships including mortgage defaults and foreclosures.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 72 on March 10, 2021, for H.R. 1319, American Rescue Plan Act, as passed 220-211 on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment. In the alphabetical vote list, Carter (GA) and Carter (TX) appear, followed by Cartwright; Troy A. Carter is not listed.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 49 on February 27, 2021, for H.R. 1319, American Rescue Plan Act, as passed 219-212. In the alphabetical vote list, Carter (GA) and Carter (TX) appear, followed by Cartwright; Troy A. Carter is not listed.
Treasury says its Emergency Rental Assistance programs collectively provided communities over $46 billion for housing stability during the COVID-19 pandemic; ERA2 was authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act and provided $21.55 billion for rent, arrears, utilities, home energy costs, and related housing expenses.
Treasury says the Homeowner Assistance Fund, authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act, provides $9.961 billion to support homeowners facing financial hardship associated with COVID-19 and may be used for mortgage payments, homeowner's insurance, utility payments, and other specified purposes.
Congress.gov lists Carter as sponsor of H.R. 5098, the Economic Empowerment Through Predevelopment Act of 2023, introduced August 1, 2023, and referred to committee.
Congress.gov's member profile shows Carter as a cosponsor of H.R. 7782, a public-housing modernization bill introduced March 21, 2024 and referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Assessments
Federal pandemic rental and mortgage assistance was in fact provided through the American Rescue Plan Act and Treasury programs, including emergency rental assistance and the Homeowner Assistance Fund. But the key authorizing law passed in February-March 2021 before Troy A. Carter joined Congress, and the evidence does not show that he voted for, sponsored, or materially advanced those provisions. His later housing-related bills were not direct pandemic rental or mortgage assistance. Because the promised policy outcome occurred but with little or no demonstrated Carter contribution, this merits partial credit rather than full delivery.
The provided evidence shows Troy Carter sponsoring or cosponsoring later housing-related bills in 2023 and 2024, but neither item documents direct rental or mortgage assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic or shows that he materially delivered that promised outcome. Because the record here is housing-adjacent rather than pandemic-assistance-specific, there is not enough evidence to credit full delivery, partial delivery, or a serious failed attempt tied to the claim.