The bipartisan bill, co-sponsored by Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., would change the eligibility threshold to communities with a population of less than 10,000.
Support legislation to expand rural housing assistance eligibility by raising the population threshold for qualifying communities.
Occurrences
Evidence
Hyde-Smith's official Senate site republished reporting that Cindy Hyde-Smith cosponsored a bipartisan bill to change rural housing-related eligibility from the current population cutoff above 2,500 to qualifying communities with fewer than 10,000 people.
Assessments
Hyde-Smith fulfilled the promise as worded because it committed her to supporting legislation, not necessarily securing enactment. During her current Senate term, she cosponsored bipartisan federal legislation to raise the rural housing eligibility population threshold from the existing cutoff to communities with fewer than 10,000 people, directly matching the promised policy action. Because the record shows legislative support rather than final enactment, the effort badge is appropriate, but the promise itself was delivered.