Annual appropriations include a 5% minimum set aside for Tribal communities and a 10% minimum set aside for rural communities.
Reserve at least 5 percent of Homes Act annual appropriations for Tribal communities and at least 10 percent for rural communities.
Occurrences
Evidence
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Smith's housing page says the Homes Act would create over a million permanently affordable homes and that she will keep fighting for measures like it until they become law.
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Guardian reported that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Tina Smith introduced the Homes Act in the House and Senate in September 2024.
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The official release says the Homes Act authorizes $30 billion in annual appropriations and includes a 5% minimum set-aside for Tribal communities and a 10% minimum set-aside for rural communities.
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The bill text authorizes $30,000,000,000 for each fiscal year 2025 through 2035 and requires not less than 5 percent for Indian Tribes and tribally designated housing entities and not less than 10 percent for rural communities.
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Senator Smith’s housing page still lists the Homes Act as a bill and says she will continue to fight for measures like these until they become law.
Assessments
Tina Smith materially advanced the promise by introducing the HOMES Act in September 2024, which included the proposed set-asides for Tribal and rural communities. But the available evidence indicates the bill remained only a proposal as of Senator Smith's official 2025 housing page, which says she will keep fighting for measures like it until they become law. Because there was a serious legislative attempt without enactment or implementation of the promised funding reservations, this is best scored as not delivered, with effort credit.