Will support increasing flexibility for Community Development Block Grant funds, including allowing funds to be used for new affordable housing construction.

Increasing flexibility for the use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, including authorizing the use of funds for construction of new affordable housing.

The legislation would give CDBG funds more flexible uses, including building new affordable housing.

Lee Helps Pass Bipartisan Legislation to Lower Housing Costs | Representative Susie Lee
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AP reports the Senate passed the bipartisan housing bill on June 22, 2026, and that the measure would provide funding to local governments that build more housing, including Community Development Block Grant money for places exceeding the median rate of homebuilding.

Recent legislative movement in the direction of tying federal housing funds, including CDBG money, to housing production. This is consistent with broader support for more flexible grant use, though it does not directly show a CDBG construction carveout.

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Senate passes a bipartisan housing bill aimed at increasing supply and lowering prices
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Congress.gov lists Susie Lee among the bill's cosponsors and summarizes H.R. 6644 as revising federal housing programs by expanding affordable-housing financing, providing grants for planning and community development activities, and easing certain environmental review rules for housing construction.

Direct official evidence that Lee supported a housing-flexibility bill with community-development grant language and construction relief. It is related to, but not the same as, a specific CDBG new-construction authorization.

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H.R.6644 - Housing for the 21st Century Act | Congress.gov
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