HR 8854 — To establish a pilot program for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to evaluate the effectiveness of insuring mortgages made to finance improvements to convert basement spaces into safely habitable dwelling units, and for other purposes.
Congress 119 · introduced 2026-05-15
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Sponsors
- Meeks, Gregory W. (D, NY-5) — sponsor · 2026-05-15
- Velázquez, Nydia M. (D, NY-7) — cosponsor · 2026-05-15
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (2)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | Meeks, Gregory W. | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-05-15 | Velázquez, Nydia M. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meeks, Gregory W. (D, house NY-5) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Velázquez, Nydia M. (D, house NY-7) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | anthropic pbc | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 2 | cordish companies | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 3 | advent capital management, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| 4 | thegroup | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 5 | edesia nutrition | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 6 | forbes tate partner | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 7 | nyc board of elections | 0 | $0 | 1 | $25 | $25 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
2 predicted yes (0%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 261 unknown (48%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 2 yes / 0 no / 261 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
2 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Meeks, Gregory W. (D · house · NY-5) · sponsor
- Velázquez, Nydia M. (D · house · NY-7) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-15 · cosponsored by Velázquez, Nydia M. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-15 · sponsored by Meeks, Gregory W. (sponsor) · sponsorship