Skip to main content

Agora
Sign in

House bill · H.R. 9472 (119th Congress)

To prohibit Community Development Block Grant funding and Federal mortgage support in municipalities that allow squatting.

U.S. House of Representatives

Latest action Jul 17, 2026

Sponsor: Michael Lawler (U.S. Representative, NY-17, Republican)

Follow

Following needs an Agora account. You will sign in first, then come back to this page.

From Congress.gov and official rosters. This record was last updated Jul 30, 2026. About our data

Summary

Would bar Community Development Block Grant funding and federal mortgage support from going to municipalities that allow squatting, which the bill defines as occupying a property without the owner's permission and without paying rent or holding a rental agreement.

AI summary. Not an official summary. How we handle summaries

Where it stands

Assigned to a committee for review.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

Committee

House Committee on Financial Services · U.S. House of Representatives

Also referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · U.S. House of Representatives, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · U.S. Senate.

Your position on this bill

Choose the position closest to yours. You'll sign in or create an account to save it.

Sign in or create an account to give your position

Related bills

As identified by Congress.gov.

Full history

  1. Jul 17, 2026

    Referred to committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

  2. Jul 17, 2026

    Referred to committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

  3. Jul 17, 2026

    Referred to committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

  4. Jun 25, 2026

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    U.S. House of Representatives

  5. Jun 25, 2026

    Introduced

    Introduced in U.S. House

    U.S. House

Show full history (3 earlier events)
  1. Jun 25, 2026

    Referred to committee

    Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  2. Jun 25, 2026

    Referred to committee

    Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  3. Jun 25, 2026

    Referred to committee

    Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Read the record