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
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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.
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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.
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Tracker: Tip | This bill has the status Passed House ... Latest Action: | Senate - 02/11/2026 Received in the Senate.
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Section 209 authorizes HUD to award grants to eligible entities to establish "pattern books" of pre-reviewed designs to make it easier to build homes that are always local building code compliant.
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The Secretary is authorized to award grants to eligible entities utilizing funds appropriated for such purpose to select prereviewed designs
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The Accelerating Home Building Act, which would help local governments create pattern books – also known as pre-approved designs – to accelerate missing middle housing construction.
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Law Number Public Law 119-101 Date Approved July 11, 2026
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to eligible entities utilizing funds appropriated for such purpose to select prereviewed designs of covered structures of mixed-income housing
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The five bipartisan Blunt Rochester bills included in the 21st Century Road to Housing Act are: ... The Accelerating Home Building Act
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Section 209 authorizes HUD to provide competitive grants to eligible entities, including local governments and Indian tribes
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Section 209 of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act—the Accelerating Home Building Act—authorizes a federal grant program
Assessments
Lisa Blunt Rochester appears to have materially advanced the idea through S.2361 and related housing-package work, but the evidence shows only introduction and House consideration, not enactment of a HUD grant program. Because the promised outcome was not delivered into law or implemented, this is a serious but unsuccessful legislative attempt.
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.