Affordable HOMES Act

Sponsored by Rep. Erin Houchin (R-IN) · 5 active : 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat

Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedJan 9, 2026
Senate: next
President: not yet

9 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

Affordable Housing Over Mandating Efficiency Standards Act or the Affordable HOMES Act

This bill rescinds Department of Energy (DOE) energy efficiency regulations applicable to manufactured housing and eliminates DOE’s authority to issue similar regulations. Specifically, the bill rescinds the DOE final rule titled

Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing

and published on May 31, 2022.

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Under the bill, DOE may provide recommendations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for revisions to energy conservation standards applicable to manufactured housing. These recommendations must comply with criteria established by the bill, including by being based on the determination of the cost-effectiveness of such revision.

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Energy and Commerce · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Energy · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Energy efficiency and conservation
Housing industry and standards
Housing supply and affordability

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

46Swing 70–100
203Middle 30–70
182Entrenched 0–30
2Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 2 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 61.5 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 5184 · Jan 9, 2026 · Roll call 372On PassageAffordable HOMES Act
PassedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 1047 · Sep 18, 2025 · Roll call 278On PassageGRID Power Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 1501 · Sep 2, 2026 · Roll call 654On PassageProtecting Domestic Mining Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 5587 · Apr 23, 2026 · Roll call 497On PassageHEATS Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4690 · Apr 22, 2026 · Roll call 494On PassageReliable Federal Infrastructure Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4758 · Feb 25, 2026 · Roll call 438On PassageHomeowner Energy Freedom Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4626 · Feb 24, 2026 · Roll call 436On PassageDon’t Mess With My Home Appliances Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3617 · Feb 11, 2026 · Roll call 424On PassageSecuring America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5

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H.R. 4090 · Feb 4, 2026 · Roll call 415On PassageCritical Mineral Dominance Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4593 · Jan 13, 2026 · Roll call 383On PassageSHOWER Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3616 · Dec 17, 2025 · Roll call 346On PassageReliable Power Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3632 · Dec 16, 2025 · Roll call 341On PassagePower Plant Reliability Act
PassedSame policy area

Cosponsors

5 active

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Mike Flood (R-NE-1)
Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-6)
Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11)
Craig A. Goldman (R-TX-12)
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4)

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.