ensures a responsible safety net with housing support for our most vulnerable citizens, especially the elderly, the disabled, veterans, and the working poor.
Will maintain a responsible safety net with housing support for vulnerable Americans, especially the elderly, disabled, veterans, and working poor.
Occurrences
Ensures a responsible safety net for our most vulnerable citizens by: Empowering the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to refocus housing assistance to promote self-sufficiency. Providing $3.3 billion for the Community Development Block Grant program, $60 million for the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunities Program (SHOP), and $500 million for the HOME Investment Partnerships program to support affordable housing development across the nation.
At the same time, we preserve housing assistance for the most vulnerable while promoting affordability through flexible, locally driven programs that allow communities to expand housing supply without federal micromanagement. We protect seniors, people with disabilities, and families facing homelessness while ensuring these programs are managed responsibly.
Evidence
THUD Chairman Womack said the FY26 bill “represents a responsible approach” that “maintains an essential safety net for our most vulnerable citizens.” The markup was approved by the subcommittee.
Womack voted for the Senate amendment to H.R. 7148, which included the FY26 THUD appropriations act. He said the bill would “empower HUD to refocus housing assistance to promote self-sufficiency while maintaining support for America’s most vulnerable—including the elderly and disabled.”
Womack said the THUD division “preserve[s] housing assistance for the most vulnerable” and that “we protect seniors, people with disabilities, and families facing homelessness while ensuring these programs are managed responsibly.”
The House passed H.R. 7148 and stated that the THUD division “preserved housing assistance for the most vulnerable while promoting affordability through flexible, locally driven programs.” Womack is identified as the THUD subcommittee chairman.
Womack voted for H.R. 6644, the Housing for the 21st Century Act, and said housing affordability is a growing concern.
Assessments
The promise was to maintain a responsible housing safety net for vulnerable Americans. The strongest evidence shows Womack did more than express support: as THUD subcommittee chairman he advanced the FY26 appropriations measure, publicly framed it as maintaining an essential safety net, and then voted for the final spending package containing the THUD division. Multiple contemporaneous sources state the enacted package preserved housing assistance for the most vulnerable, specifically including the elderly and disabled, and Womack is identified as a principal committee leader on the measure. Because this is a maintenance promise rather than a promise of a brand-new standalone program, preserving and funding the relevant HUD assistance through appropriations satisfies the claim. The key actions and passage occurred while he was in office, so timing is same_term.