House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill issued a statement after Senate Majority Leader John Thune filed cloture on the committee’s Housing for the 21st Century Act, calling the move an important step and urging Senate-House cooperation to deliver a bipartisan housing bill to President Trump. The House passed the Housing for the 21st Century Act on February 9, 2026 by 390–9, after the Financial Services Committee approved it on December 17, 2025 by 50–1. The bill was introduced on December 11, 2025 by Chairman Hill, Ranking Member Maxine Waters, Subcommittee Chairman Mike Flood, and Subcommittee Ranking Member Emanuel Cleaver, following a series of hearings on housing supply constraints, including a December 3, 2025 full committee hearing that reviewed 41 bipartisan solutions to address barriers to affordable housing.
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U.S. House Financial Services Committee chair urges Senate to advance the Housing for the 21st Century Act after cloture filing
House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill praised Senate Majority Leader John Thune's filing of cloture on the Housing for the 21st Century Act, emphasizing the need for Senate-House collaboration to pass a bipartisan housing bill. The House approved the bill on February 9, 2026, following its introduction by Hill and others after hearings on housing supply constraints.