Home Accessibility Improvements Inclusion Act
Adds accessibility improvements to the Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance Program and directs HUD to update guidance, train appraisers and consultants, and report on their use.
In the House Financial Services Committee since Sept. 24, 2026, 14 days after it was introduced. Most bills never leave committee.
- INTRODUCEDINTROSEP 24, 2026
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What the bill would do, and why it matters
Home renovations can include features that make a home easier to use for people with accessibility needs. The bill would expressly include accessibility improvements in the Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance Program. It would also direct HUD to update guidance, train consultants and appraisers, and report on the program’s use for these improvements.
- INTRODUCED ONLY This bill has been introduced and possibly referred to a committee, but it has not passed any vote. Most introduced bills never become law — they die in committee without a hearing.
- DATA NOTE No Congressional Research Service summary was available.
- Include accessibility improvements
The bill would amend the National Housing Act to include accessibility improvements in the Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance Program. Examples include zero-step entrances, wider doorways and hallways, lever handles, accessible main-level bathrooms, and reinforced walls for grab bars, as well as other features meeting recognized accessibility standards as determined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
- Direct HUD to update program materials
Within one year after enactment, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development would update program guidance, establish training for consultants and appraisers on valuing the accessibility improvements, and report to Congress on the program’s use for those improvements.
The bill addresses whether accessibility features can be included in a home rehabilitation financed through this program. Its practical effect would be to expressly recognize a range of accessibility improvements and direct HUD to track their use.
Written from the bill text.
The path it took, step by step
- IntroducedSEP 24, 2026HOUSESEP 24, 2026By Rep. LawlerReferred to Financial Services
- SAME DAYNOWHouse committeeSEP 24, 2026FINANCIAL SERVICES NOWSEP 24, 2026In committee for 14 daysNo hearing yet
- 14 DAYS SO FARPassed the House—HOUSE FLOOR—Not scheduled
- Senate committee—SENATE—
- Passed the Senate—SENATE FLOOR—Not scheduled
- Resolve differencesONLY IF NEEDEDBOTH CHAMBERSONLY IF NEEDEDSkipped if the other chamber passes the same text
- Signed into law—PRESIDENT—10 days to sign or veto
- SEP 242026SEP 24, 2026REFERREDHOUSEReferred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- SEP 242026SEP 24, 2026INTRODUCEDHOUSEIntroduced in House
At day 14, this bill is already older than 3% of the laws passed this Congress were when they were signed.
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