Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) wrote a new op-ed in Commonplace calling on Congress to pass the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, codifying President Trump’s executive action to put American homebuyers first.
Support passing the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act to codify executive action putting American homebuyers first in the housing market.
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The report says Sen. Bernie Moreno wrote that he would introduce legislation "to codify this into law" after Trump called for a ban on large institutional investors buying single-family houses.
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Congress.gov identifies H.R. 6644 as an act "To increase the supply of housing in America" and lists the short title as the Housing for the 21st Century Act.
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Congress.gov records House passage on February 9, 2026 by a 390-9 vote and lists the bill status as Passed House.
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The Senate roll-call index lists Vote 182 as agreed to, 85-5, on the motion concerning H.R. 6644, a bill to increase housing supply.
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The Senate vote page records Vote 182 on H.R. 6644 as Motion Agreed to, with YEAs 85, and lists Moreno (R-OH), Yea.
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The report states H.R. 6644 was on President Trump's desk, that Trump had not signed it, and that Speaker Johnson said Trump would not veto it.
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Public Law 119-101, approved July 11, 2026, is the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. Title X is Home-Ownership for Main Street America and section 1001 is Homes Are for People, Not Corporations. The law states that no large institutional investor may purchase, or enter into a contract to directly or indirectly purchase, any single-family home, subject to listed exceptions.
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Senator Moreno's office said he applauded Senate passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act and listed Homes Are for People not Corporations among his priorities, saying Moreno led the charge with Senator Raphael Warnock to codify President Trump's executive order banning Wall Street firms and private equity giants from purchasing single-family homes.
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The promised outcome was to support passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act codifying executive action prioritizing American homebuyers. The act became Public Law 119-101 on July 11, 2026, during Moreno's Senate term, and included the institutional-investor single-family-home purchase limits described in the claim. Moreno also voted Yea on the relevant Senate H.R. 6644 motion and publicly tied his work to the codification effort, so both the support component and enactment occurred in the same federal term.
Moreno promised to support passage of the housing legislation, and the record shows he acted in his federal Senate capacity during the same term by voting yea on the Senate motion for H.R. 6644. The evidence also indicates the bill cleared Congress and was on the President's desk by June 30, 2026. Because the promise was framed as supporting passage, not personally securing enactment or signing, Moreno's affirmative Senate vote and the bill's congressional passage satisfy the commitment in the same term.