The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, H.R. 6644, is a bipartisan package aimed at increasing the supply of housing in the United States, and it is now law. According to the bill text and news reports, it restricts large institutional investors that own more than 350 single-family homes from buying additional single-family houses, expands the federal HOME affordable-housing program, lets state and local governments handle certain environmental reviews to speed up building, creates a $200 million annual fund rewarding communities that increase their housing supply, and includes provisions on home repair, pre-reviewed housing designs, converting vacant commercial buildings to housing, manufactured homes, and small-dollar mortgages.
The measure cleared Congress in late June with large bipartisan margins. The Senate agreed to the final version 85 to 5 on June 22, 2026, and the House gave final approval 358 to 32 on June 23, 2026. The bill then became law without the President's signature: news reports say the President declined to sign it amid an unrelated legislative dispute, and under the Constitution it took effect automatically after ten days with Congress in session.
How The Colony's members of Congress voted
NO — Rep. Brandon Gill (Republican, TX 26th District)
The Colony sits in TX's 26th Congressional District, represented by Brandon Gill.
YES — Sen. John Cornyn (Republican, TX)
DID NOT VOTE — Sen. Ted Cruz (Republican, TX)
Vote positions are taken directly from the official House Clerk and United States Senate roll-call records for final passage.
