The package includes the Housing Supply Expansion Act of 2025 (H.R.6293), of which Rep. Correa is a co-lead, that will remove a federal chassis requirement that has served to unnecessarily raise the price of manufactured housing.
Support legislation to remove the federal chassis requirement for manufactured housing to reduce costs.
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Evidence
The bill text amends 42 U.S.C. 5402(6) by striking “on a permanent chassis” and inserting “with or without a permanent chassis.” The bill was introduced in the House on November 25, 2025 and referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Shown here as introduced in House; the same amendment language removes “on a permanent chassis” and replaces it with “with or without a permanent chassis.”
The bill text includes the same manufactured-housing amendment: striking “on a permanent chassis” and inserting “with or without a permanent chassis.”
The amendment text again strikes “on a permanent chassis” and inserts “with or without a permanent chassis.” It also requires revised standards for homes built without a permanent chassis.
The Congressional Record for House proceedings on February 9, 2026 includes discussion of manufactured housing provisions and the chassis issue in connection with the housing package.
Correa said he voted for the Affordable HOMES Act to make manufactured homes more affordable and cut red tape that could drive up costs of manufactured homes.
The May 20, 2026 press-release listing shows Correa and colleagues endorsing the latest version of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act and celebrating passage of a bipartisan housing affordability package.
Mr. CORREA is listed as a cosponsor, and the bill amends the manufactured-housing definition by striking "on a permanent chassis" and inserting "with or without a permanent chassis."
Latest Action: House - 11/25/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. This bill has the status Introduced.
Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]* 11/25/2025; Congress.gov marks the asterisk as an original cosponsor.
Mr. Rose, for himself and others including Mr. Correa, introduced H.R. 6293. Section 2 amends federal law by striking "on a permanent chassis" and inserting "with or without a permanent chassis."
For H.R. 6644, the result was Passed - Yea: 390 | Nay: 9. The individual vote table lists Correa, J. Luis [D-CA], Democratic, California, Yea.
The engrossed House text includes Sec. 301, Manufactured Housing Innovations, amending Section 603(6) by striking "on a permanent chassis" and inserting "with or without a permanent chassis."
Latest Action: Senate - 02/11/2026 Received in the Senate. Congress.gov lists the bill status as Passed House, with the House passage vote on 02/09/2026 as 390-9.
Representative Lou Correa voted for the Affordable HOMES Act to make manufactured homes more affordable and reduce red tape around energy-efficiency standards that could drive up costs.
Assessments
Correa directly supported the promised federal legislation in the same term: he was an original cosponsor of H.R.6293, which used the exact language removing the permanent chassis requirement for manufactured housing, and he later voted for H.R.6644, a broader House-passed housing bill that included the same chassis language. Although the broader bill had not become law as of the latest action checked, the promise was framed as supporting legislation, not securing enactment.
Correa co-sponsored the exact manufactured-housing bill language removing the permanent-chassis requirement and publicly backed related housing legislation in his current term. Because the pledge was to support legislation, not necessarily to enact it, this fulfills the promise on an action basis.
Evidence shows Correa materially supported the specific policy by cosponsoring H.R. 6293 and backing broader housing packages that contain the exact amendment striking the permanent-chassis requirement and replacing it with 'with or without a permanent chassis.' The policy clearly advanced legislatively during the same term and appears in multiple House bills and amendment texts. However, the record provided does not show final enactment into federal law, so the promise to support such legislation is satisfied in effort but not fully delivered as an achieved policy outcome. Because he actively supported and voted for relevant legislation, partial credit is most appropriate.