Florida CARH News
CARH to Testify at House Committee Hearing on Rural Housing on June 12, 2025
The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on June 12 entitled, “Housing in the Heartland: Addressing Our Rural Housing Needs.” CARH will be there to testify.
House Narrowly Passes Budget Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed budget reconciliation tax legislation last week by a 215-214 vote. The bill includes key measures to expand affordable housing, extend the Opportunity Zones (OZ) incentive, and scale back certain clean energy tax credits. It now heads to the Senate.
Senators Tina Smith, Mike Rounds Reintroduce Bipartisan Rural Housing Legislation
On April 3, 2025, Senators Tina Smith (D-MN) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) issued a press release announcing that they reintroduced The Rural Housing Service Reform Act which would “improve federal rural housing programs, cut red tape, and strengthen the supply of affordable housing in small towns and rural communities.”