Today, the United States Senate passed U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer’s (MO-03) legislation that would reform housing policies in America for the first time in decades.

“I am incredibly pleased the Senate came together and passed this comprehensive legislation which represents real reforms to our nation’s housing programs and policies,” Luetkemeyer said. “I would like to thank Senators Roy Blunt, Bob Menendez, Tim Scott and Rep. Emanuel Cleaver for their unwavering support in seeing this legislation through the House and Senate. Now that both chambers have unanimously supported this legislation, it is my hope that the President will make this bill a law without delay. It is time to take the first meaningful step to changing our nation’s housing policies.”

The House passed the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act on February 2, 2016, by a vote of 427-0.

This legislation includes provisions to:
- Ensure that veterans have fair access to housing and homeless assistance programs.
- Authorize the Rural Housing Service single family housing guaranteed loan program to delegate approval authority to preferred lenders.
- Extend the period for which a family could use a family unification housing voucher and increase the ceiling for the Family Unification Program voucher age requirement.
- Provide a thoughtful limitation on public housing tenancy for over-income residents.