H.R. 7791 (IH) - To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to prioritize the award of certain housing grants to applicants located in, or serving, low-income communities.
Prioritize HUD housing grants for applicants located in or serving low-income communities.
Occurrences
authorizes the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to give priority to Opportunity Zone communities when awarding competitive housing grants
introduced H.R. 7791 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to prioritize the award of certain housing grants to applicants located in, or serving, low-income communities
Evidence
Bill text and metadata show H.R. 7791 was introduced by Rep. Josh Harder and referred to the Committee on Financial Services on March 4, 2026. The bill title is to authorize HUD to prioritize certain housing grants for applicants located in, or serving, low-income communities.
Press release says the Increasing Housing in Opportunity Zones Act, led with Rep. Mike Kelly, 'requires more federal housing grants to be awarded in low-income communities,' and states the bill was included in the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act advancing in the U.S. Senate.
The release says Harder and Kelly introduced legislation enabling HUD to give added weight to applicants for competitive HUD grants located in, or primarily serving, designated Opportunity Zones to support housing preservation and construction.
The Senate passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act on March 12, 2026, and the release says the bipartisan effort would build more homes, support manufactured housing, and remove barriers to affordable housing.
GovInfo lists H.R. 6644 as an enrolled bill, short title 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, with a last action date of June 25, 2026 and full title 'An Act To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes.'
The enrolled bill includes Sec. 201, 'Increasing housing in opportunity zones.' It defines covered grants as competitive HUD grants relating to housing construction, modification, rehabilitation, or preservation, and authorizes HUD to give additional weight to applicants whose projects are located in or substantially benefit qualified opportunity zones.
AP reported on July 10, 2026 that President Trump chose not to sign the fully approved housing bill, but the housing measure would become law without his signature because he did not veto it within the constitutional window.
Assessments
Harder introduced and publicly advanced legislation to prioritize competitive HUD housing grants for applicants located in or substantially benefiting low-income Opportunity Zone communities. The same policy language was incorporated into the enrolled 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, and the evidence indicates the bill became law during Harder's current federal term. Because the promised HUD grant-priority authority was enacted and Harder materially advanced the provision, this counts as delivered in the same term.
The evidence shows Josh Harder clearly acted on this promise by introducing H.R. 7791 to authorize HUD to prioritize certain housing grants for applicants located in, or serving, low-income communities, and by helping advance related language into a broader Senate housing package. That is a concrete and serious legislative effort directly tied to the promise. However, the available record does not show that this specific HUD grant-prioritization policy was enacted into law or implemented by HUD. Because there was meaningful action but no confirmed completed outcome, the best judgment is partial rather than delivered. Timing is same_term because the documented legislative activity occurred while he remained in office.