Create a five-year federal pilot program to provide grants and FHA-backed financing for homeowners to convert basements into safe, code-compliant rental units.

Gregory W. Meeks · New York · Democratic

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Occurrences

Meeks and Velázquez reintroduced the Habitable Housing Conversion Pilot Program of 2026 or the "Basement Bill." The measure would establish a 5-year pilot program to provide grants for homeowners to transform their basements into safe apartment units.

Reintroduced legislation to create a five-year pilot program offering grants and FHA-backed financing so homeowners can convert basements into safe rental units.

Meeks and Velázquez Reintroduce Legislation to Lower Housing Costs for Homeowners and Renters | Congressman Gregory Meeks
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To establish a pilot program for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to evaluate the effectiveness of insuring mortgages made to finance improvements to convert basement spaces into safely habitable dwelling units, and for other purposes.

Introduced legislation to create a federal pilot program insuring mortgages for basement conversions into safe, habitable dwelling units.

BILLS-118hr10294ih.pdf
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Evidence

The site’s May 15, 2026 news blurb says Meeks and Velázquez reintroduced the Habitable Housing Conversion Pilot Program of 2026, describing it as the 'Basement Bill' and saying it would establish a 5-year pilot program to provide grants for homeowners to transform basements into safe apartment units.

Official congressional-site evidence that Meeks reintroduced the basement-conversion pilot proposal during the lookback window, but it was still only a reintroduction, not enactment.

partial later_term A for effort

Congressman Gregory Meeks |Representing the fifth District of New York
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The bill text provides the substantive proposal: HUD would run a 5-year pilot to insure section 203(k) mortgages for basement conversions into safe, habitable rental units that meet state and local codes.

Official bill text confirms the proposed federal pilot program structure and FHA/HUD-backed financing concept underlying the claim.

partial later_term A for effort

BILLS-118hr10294ih.pdf
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The member's official homepage, current as of June 26, 2026, shows latest news items dated June 24, 2026 and recent votes from June 23-25, 2026, but no announcement that the basement-conversion pilot was enacted or implemented.

Current official-site review finds no concrete delivery event for the basement conversion pilot in the lookback window; the promise remains unresolved.

unresolved unknown

Congressman Gregory Meeks |Representing the fifth District of New York
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Assessments

never unknown A for effort

Meeks materially advanced the idea by reintroducing the Habitable Housing Conversion Pilot Program of 2026, and the bill text matches the promised five-year HUD/FHA-backed pilot. But the evidence in the lookback window shows only proposal/reintroduction, not enactment, implementation, or funding, so the promised outcome was not delivered.

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never unknown A for effort

Meeks materially advanced the proposal by introducing or reintroducing legislation matching the promise: a five-year HUD/FHA basement-conversion pilot for safe, code-compliant rental units. However, the evidence shows the measure remained a bill/reintroduction and does not show enactment or creation of the federal pilot program. Because the promised program was not delivered, but there was a serious legislative attempt, this is a failed delivery with effort credit.

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