Affordable HOMES Act (H.R. 5184)
September 8, 2025
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Where This Stands
Currently in_committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
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View official text →The Frame
The bill would eliminate federal energy efficiency requirements for manufactured homes, potentially changing construction costs and energy usage standards for future units nationwide.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Manufactured housing manufacturers
These entities would no longer be required to comply with federal energy efficiency standards for their products.
Department of Energy
The agency would lose its regulatory authority to enforce energy standards for manufactured housing.
Manufactured home residents
Residents may experience changes in the energy efficiency features and construction standards of future manufactured homes.
Current stage: in_committee.
Floor Vote.
Summary
Why It Matters
The bill would eliminate federal energy efficiency requirements for manufactured homes, potentially changing construction costs and energy usage standards for future units nationwide.
Key Facts
- The bill is officially titled the 'Affordable Housing Over Mandating Efficiency Standards Act' or the 'Affordable HOMES Act'.
- The bill mandates the repeal of Section 413 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.
- The bill declares that the Department of Energy's final rule titled 'Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing' (published May 31, 2022) shall have no force or effect.
- The bill prohibits the Secretary of Energy from enforcing energy efficiency standards for manufactured housing.
- The bill was introduced in the House of Representatives on September 8, 2025.
- The bill has been referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Frequently Asked Questions
What would this bill change regarding manufactured homes?
Does this bill affect all homes?
News Coverage
Lobbying Activity
AARP
2026
“P.L. 119-21, One Big Beautiful Bill Act H.R. 8867, Planning for Long-term Aging Needs (PLAN) Act H.R. 5861, Legacy Act of 2025 H.R. 9393, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act. H.R. 9396, the Prior Authorization Accountability Act. S. 4916, the Aging with Artificial Intelligence Act. H.R. 8100, Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act. S. 3886, Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act. H.R. 6766/S. 3492, the Essential Caregivers Act of 2025. H.R. 7966/S. 4118, Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act. S. 2120, the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025 H.R. 5575, the Firefighters Assisting Seniors to Emergency Response (FASTER) Act of 2025. H.R. 3954/S. 4641, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act. H.R.5554/S.2831, Stand Strong for Medicare Act. S. 3439/H.R. 6735, Connecting Caregivers to Medicare Act and efforts related to the bill S. 1227/H.R. 2491, Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act S. 668/H.R. 3183, Supporting Access to Falls Education and Prevention and Strengthening Training Efforts and Promoting Safety Initiatives (SAFE STEPS) for Veterans Act of 2025 CMS-1851-P, Hospice Proposed rule. CMS-1843-P, Skilled Nursing Facility Proposed rule. CMS-1844-P, Home Health Proposed rule. No bill number. Health care transparency. No bill number. Discussed use of artificial intelligence and health data technology. No bill number. Discussed health-related policies and activities around the fall respiratory virus season. No bill number. Discussed health insurance affordability proposals. No bill number. Discussed Nursing Home staffing standards, safety, and quality. No bill number. Discussed Nursing home transparency and ownership requirements. No bill number. Discussed home health, hospice, and long-term care. No bill number. Discussed falls prevention. No bill number. Discussed social isolation. No bill number. Discussed HUD Assisted Living Requirements No bill number. Discussed family caregiving. No bill number. Discussed AARP paper on Medicare Caregiver Training Services. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid community engagement interim final rule, including the family caregiver exemption. No bill number. Discussed the paid direct care workforce in long-term care. No bill number. Discussed the unaffordability of long-term care. No bill number. Discussed Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program and Medicaid HCBS spousal impoverishment protections. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid fraud and family caregivers, Medicaid self-direction programs. No bill number. Discussed sandwich generation family caregiver hearing and submitted a statement for the record discussing family caregivers and sandwich generation caregivers, programs that support them, AARP caregiving resources, and federal policies to support sandwich generation caregivers and caregivers more broadly. No bill number. Discussed long-term care. No bill number. CMS-2453-NC; Medicaid Program; 2028 Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Quality Measure Set Submitted comments No bill number. Discussed expanding access to home care. No bill number. Discussed the increasing cost of home care No bill number. Discussed HSA use for telehealth chronic care management services/subscriptions. No bill number. Discussed artificial intelligence and technology”
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Cleveland Clinic Foundation
2024
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Cleveland Clinic Foundation
2024
“Telehealth Artificial intelligence Appropriations Accelerating Kids Access to Care Act Helping Kids Cope Act UFIGHT Act Affordable housing Breast cancer innovation End Drug Shortages Act ”
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
2024
“Price Transparency Value Based Care Telehealth Appropriations Accelerating Kids Access to Care Act PROTECT Rare Act PACT Act Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act The SUPPORT Act ”
Voting Record
Total
407
Yes
262
No
145
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
How they voted (407)
Yvette Clarke
D · no
Julie Fedorchak
R · yes
Michelle Fischbach
R · yes
Maria Salazar
R · yes
Lauren Underwood
D · no
Nanette Barragán
D · no
Chip Roy
R · yes
Haley Stevens
D · no
Dan Newhouse
R · yes
Michael Guest
R · yes
James Himes
D · yes
Pramila Jayapal
D · no
Derek Tran
D · yes
Jesús García
D · no
Jefferson Van Drew
R · yes
Mary Miller
R · yes
Robert Garcia
D · no
Jill Tokuda
D · no
Diana Harshbarger
R · yes
Eric Sorensen
D · yes
Adam Smith
D · no
Vern Buchanan
R · yes
Steven Horsford
D · yes
Bruce Westerman
R · yes
+ 383 more
Sponsors
Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Regulatory Rollback
The bill explicitly targets a specific 2022 federal rule for immediate invalidation, representing a direct legislative reversal of a recent executive agency action.
Connected Entities
Sources
www.congress.gov
Analysis Score
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- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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