The bipartisan Accelerating Home Building Act ... would establish a first-of-its-kind HUD-administered grant program to help local governments develop pattern books that accelerate missing middle housing construction. “Pattern books” are collections of pre-approved building designs for infill housing, like duplexes, triplexes, and multiplexes.
Establish a HUD-administered grant program to help local governments develop pattern books that accelerate construction of missing middle housing, such as duplexes, triplexes, and multiplexes.
Occurrences
Evidence
The House floor package dated May 18, 2026 includes Sec. 210, 'Accelerating Home Building Act,' showing the pattern-books grant concept remained in active House consideration during the lookback window.
Congress.gov lists S.2361 as introduced on July 21, 2025, with the official title 'A bill to provide grants to units of general local government related to pre-reviewed designs for mixed-income housing, and for other purposes,' and no later enactment shown on the bill page.
Assessments
The promised HUD-administered grant program for local pattern books/missing middle housing has not been enacted. The evidence shows the matching Senate bill, S.2361, was introduced in the 119th Congress and the concept remained under House consideration in May 2026, but there is no indication that the grant program became law or was otherwise established. Because this reflects a serious federal legislative attempt during Lisa Blunt Rochester's Senate term but not final delivery, the proper outcome is never with an effort badge.