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The Act touches vouchers, HOME, CDBG, rural housing, appraisals, disaster recovery and more — but not all of it touches you. Start with the guide for your role: what changes, what to do and when, and what to watch.

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Public Housing AuthoritiesRAD is permanent, HCV inspections got easier, and a new MTW cohort is coming — with reporting for everyone.The Act changes how you run vouchers and RAD today, and it starts a clock on MTW reporting that HUD must meet by early January 2027 — but it authorizes no new money. 18 sections 12 actions
State & Local Housing Finance AgenciesHOME is reauthorized and rewritten; LIHTC and the Housing Trust Fund are untouched.Section 501 permanently authorizes HOME and changes homeownership limits, CHDO rules, inspections, Section 3, and NEPA for HOME — most of it effective now, with two HUD rules due by July 11, 2027. 22 sections 11 actions
Developers & OwnersFaster environmental review, higher FHA limits, more bank equity capacity — and an investor purchase ban to check.The Act lowers process cost for HUD-assisted projects (NEPA tiers, HOME exemptions, FHA multifamily limits, bank public-welfare cap) but builds nothing itself; the one hard date for owners is the January 7, 2027 institutional-investor purchase ban. 20 sections 10 actions
Lenders, Banks & Credit UnionsSmall-dollar mortgages, appraisal rules, URLA changes, and a community-bank title.Mortgage lenders get an FHA small-dollar pilot, new appraiser and reconsideration-of-value rules, and URLA changes on a six-month clock; community banks get brokered-deposit, exam-cycle, and de novo relief that is already law. 23 sections 10 actions
Cities, Counties & Regional PlannersA public-land database by October 1, CDBG tied to housing growth, and grants that reward reform.CDBG grantees owe a searchable database of undeveloped public land by October 1, 2026, and entitlement cities and counties should have HUD’s Build Now growth-rate letter around September 9, 2026 — the rest is opportunity, not mandate. 19 sections 11 actions
Advocates & TenantsNew enforcement hooks in RAD and MTW, small tenant wins — and no new resources for the lowest-income renters.The Act adds guardrails (RAD tenant-protection enforcement, no work requirements or time limits in the new MTW cohort, anti-displacement conditions on ESG waivers) but no new deeply affordable housing money — the fights now are HUD rulemaking, appropriations, and monitoring. 17 sections 10 actions
Rural & Tribal HousingThe biggest USDA rural housing reform in years; tribes named as eligible, but no tribal title.Section 502 permanently preserves rental assistance in maturing USDA Section 515 properties, opens Section 504 repair loans to low-income homeowners with promissory-note-only security up to $15,000, and modernizes 502 loans; tribes gain eligibility across several programs but there is no NAHASDA reauthorization. 16 sections 10 actions
Veterans & Homelessness ProgramsHUD-VASH income protection in statute, an ESG shelter-cap waiver, and VA-loan prompts on every mortgage application.Section 602 keeps VA disability benefits from disqualifying veterans from HUD-VASH, Section 503 lets ESG recipients waive the 60% shelter and outreach cap for FY2027–2030 (with an anti-displacement condition), and Sections 601 and 603 put VA-loan prompts on the URLA within six months — but the Continuum of Care reforms were dropped. 13 sections 9 actions

Source: Enrolled bill text, H.R. 6644 (govinfo) (opens in a new tab); Public Law 119-101 (govinfo) (opens in a new tab) · Guides reviewed August 29, 2026

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Each guide is written from the enrolled text and the association analyses linked at the bottom of the page. Section numbers are the enacted numbers in Public Law 119-101, not the pre-passage Senate or House numbering. Where an agency has not yet issued guidance, the guide says so rather than guessing.

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