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What has Don Davis done to make housing more affordable?

Matches stated direction. He backed the 2026 housing law's grants and easier rural repair loans, the latter also in his own stalled 2024 bill. The law's effect on housing costs is not shown.

Don Davis

Making housing more affordable

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he is fighting to make housing more affordable.

“Don Davis is fighting to lower prescription drug prices, make housing more affordable, and protect working families from price increases that hit their wallets the hardest.”

What the record shows ·

He voted for H.R. 6644, then called the Housing for the 21st Century Act, when the House passed it 390-9 on February 9, 2026. On June 23 he voted for the final version, renamed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which passed 358-32 and became law on July 11, 2026. The law sets up federal grants for local governments that have added housing. It also lets rural home-repair loans under $15,000, up from $7,500, be made on a promissory note alone. That change was also in his own 2024 Rural Housing Assistance Act, introduced with Republican Zach Nunn, which never left committee.

Limit: Both House votes were lopsided, 390-9 and 358-32, so his vote does not set him apart. The law's text does not show what it will do to housing costs.

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  1. Eastern North Carolina Firsthttps://www.votedondavis.com/delivering-new-page

    Don Davis for NC · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    His six priority sections: cost of living, jobs, education, rural infrastructure, military and veterans, and a practical approach. The text sits in collapsed panels on the page.

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  2. H.R. 6644 (119th), 21st Century ROAD to Housing Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6644

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor Rep. French Hill (R-AR). Passed the House 390-9 on February 9, 2026 as the Housing for the 21st Century Act (Roll Call 57); the House agreed to the Senate's final version, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, 358-32 on June 23, 2026 (Roll Call 224). Became Public Law 119-101 on July 11, 2026.

    official legislative record

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  3. Roll Call 57, H.R. 6644, February 9, 2026 (document)

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Motion to suspend the rules and pass, as amended, 390-9. The bill was then titled the Housing for the 21st Century Act. Davis: Yea.

    official legislative record

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  4. Roll Call 224, H.R. 6644, June 23, 2026 (document)

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Motion to agree to the Senate's final amendment, 358-32. Davis: Yea.

    official legislative record

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  5. Public Law 119-101, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Acthttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ101

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jul 11, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Enacted from H.R. 6644 on July 11, 2026. Section 208 sets up HUD grants for local governments that have added housing. Section 502 raises to $15,000, from $7,500, the rural home-repair loans that need only a promissory note.

    official legislative record

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  6. 42 U.S.C. 1474, rural home repair loans and grants (2024 edition)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title42/html/USCODE-2024-title42-chap8A-subchapIII-sec1474.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The section 504 rule before the 2026 law: a loan for less than $7,500 need be evidenced only by a promissory note.

    official legislative record

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  7. H.R. 9816 (118th), Rural Housing Assistance Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9816

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced September 25, 2024 by Davis with Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA) as original cosponsor. Referred to committee; no further action.

    official legislative record

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  8. H.R. 9816, introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-118hr9816ih

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Two changes to section 504 of the Housing Act of 1949: new caps on repair loans and grants, and $15,000 in place of $7,500 for the promissory-note rule. Only the second is in Public Law 119-101.

    official legislative record

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