119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Jul 23, 2026
Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act of 2026
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Latest action (Jul 23, 2026): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Housing and Community Development
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Jul 23, 2026)
Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act of 2026
This bill requires certain newly constructed, federally assisted housing, including single-family homes and town houses, to contain at least one level that complies with specified minimum standards of accessibility for individuals with disabilities.
The standards include an accessible unit entrance, wheelchair accessible doorways, at least one wheelchair accessible bathroom, and light switches and outlets at reachable heights.
An aggrieved person may commence a civil action with respect to a violation of this requirement.
No cosponsors.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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2 citations.
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERIOR DESIGNERS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERIOR DESIGNERS
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Amount not reported
Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act (H.R. 9932 & S. 5125)
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. View filing
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · lobbying firm or registrant: PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Housing
$105,716
Spent on own lobbying
H.R. 5443/S. 2827, the Fair Housing Improvement Act H.R. 6337, the Road to Housing Act of 2025 H.R. 9932/S. 5125, the Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act of 2026
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing