U.S. Senator Katie Britt, R-Alabama, a member of the Senate Banking Committee and chair of the Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development, joined her Senate colleagues Monday in passing the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act in an 85-5 vote. The bill now returns to the U.S. House of Representatives, where it is expected to pass before heading to the president’s desk.
“Today, I was thrilled to join my Senate colleagues in taking a critical step to empower more Alabamians and Americans with the opportunity to own a home as we overwhelmingly passed the most comprehensive housing policy bill in decades. This is an incredible win for hardworking individuals and families and would not have been possible without the tireless work of Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott. For far too long, the American dream of homeownership has been completely out of reach—Chair Scott recognized this and worked across the aisle and across chambers to deliver solutions for the American people,” Britt said.
“As chair of the Housing, Transportation and Community Development Subcommittee, I have been proud to work alongside him to get this over the finish line,” she continued. “There is still more work to be done to ensure young families have an opportunity to own a home, but this bill makes meaningful changes to address our nation’s affordable housing crisis. I’m also pleased that the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act includes several priorities I championed. I urge the House of Representatives to pass this legislation quickly and send it to the president’s desk to be signed into law.”
The comprehensive housing package would take steps to increase access to affordable housing by expanding and preserving housing supply, improving housing affordability, increasing oversight and efficiency of federal regulators and housing programs, and accelerating local leaders’ efforts to improve housing affordability, according to Britt’s office.
Several bills Britt introduced were included in the legislative package, including the Helping More Families Save Act, the Housing Supply Expansion Act of 2025 and the Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act.
Britt and Senator Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, introduced the Helping More Families Save Act last year. The legislation would establish a pilot program to expand participation in the HUD Family Self-Sufficiency Program, the only HUD program focused solely on moving families off government assistance and toward economic independence.
Britt also joined senators Alex Padilla, D-California; Dave McCormick, R-Pennsylvania; and Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, to introduce the Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act, or HUDVA, to ensure disabled veterans experiencing homelessness maintain access to housing support.
“This commonsense bill would simply exclude disability benefits from HUD’s annual income calculation, so disabled veterans are not unfairly disqualified from accessing these vital services,” Britt said when the bill was introduced.
Britt also joined Gallego, Padilla, Senator Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, Senator Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and Senator Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, in introducing legislation to remove the permanent chassis requirement on manufactured homes to allow for expanded production.
“The Housing Supply Expansion Act of 2025 updates current law to reflect modern housing needs and reduces red tape to make housing more affordable for Americans,” Britt said.
Britt’s office also said she cosponsored or supported several other provisions in the final package, including Senator Mike Rounds’ Keeping Deposits Local Act, which would “modernize outdated rules on reciprocal deposits,” and Senator Bill Hagerty’s Credit Union Board Modernization Act. Britt also helped secure a study on the implementation of work requirements for certain recipients of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development assistance.
“These commonsense reforms strengthen the community financial institutions that are critical to financing homeownership and local development while helping ensure housing programs operate more effectively for the Americans they serve,” Britt’s office said.
