16-2 "Road to Housing Act of 2025"

In July 2025, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs introduced the “Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act of 2025,” the first comprehensive bipartisan housing bill in over a decade. The bill includes 40 provisions covering financial literacy, housing supply, homelessness, disaster recovery, rural housing, manufactured housing, homeownership, program reform, veterans’ housing, and oversight and coordination of housing programs and agencies. 

NLIHC endorsed the Senate bill, which includes several high priority provisions that NLIHC has advocated for: the “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act,” the “Rural Housing Service Reform Act,” the “Reducing Homelessness Through Program Reform Act,” and provisions from the “Choice in Affordable Housing Act.” These provisions will make changes to existing programs to better serve low-income renters and generally streamline processes to make programs more effective. There are a few provisions in the bill that would create new affordable rental homes, however there are no requirements for deeply affordable housing for renters with extremely low incomes. 

NLIHC has concerns about provisions in the bill that would expand the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) and the Moving to Work (MTW) programs. NLIHC has opposed expanding the RAD program and raised concerns about the enforcement of tenant protections at properties that have converted through RAD. The MTW expansion provision does not have sufficient guardrails to ensure that participating public housing agencies (PHAs) do not implement policies and practices harmful to residents, such as work requirements, time limits, and rent payments far above 30% of a household’s adjusted income. 

To become law, the bill needs to pass both the House of Representatives and the Senate. NLIHC will be monitoring the bill’s progress and will continue to share updates with our network. Read an At-a-Glance overview on the bill here.