Improving accountability and protecting residents In addition to increasing supply, the bills improve oversight of federal housing programs and public housing agencies, while also helping connect tenants with support when they are at risk of eviction.
Support legislation that increases oversight of federal housing programs and public housing agencies and helps tenants at risk of eviction.
Occurrences
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act includes measures to streamline permitting and environmental reviews, support manufactured and modular housing development, strengthen regional housing planning, expand access to small-dollar mortgages, improve financing tools for community lenders, and modernize federal housing programs.
Evidence
Bera announced he was cosponsoring 25 housing-related bills. The list includes H.R. 3774, the HUD Accountability Act; H.R. 6825, which would require federal monitors and receivers of public housing agencies to testify before Congress; and H.R. 5889, the Eviction Helpline Act.
Assessments
The promise was to support legislation, not necessarily to enact it. Evidence shows Ami Bera publicly announced in office that he was cosponsoring multiple housing bills that directly matched the pledge, including measures to increase HUD and public housing oversight and the Eviction Helpline Act to assist tenants at risk of eviction. Because cosponsorship is a clear same-term act of legislative support on both parts of the promise, this counts as delivered.