Housing
Issue Code: HOU
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AI Overview
Housing is one of the 79 issue categories tracked under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. With $302.3M in total lobbying spend across 13.6K filings, it ranks among the significantly lobbied policy areas in Washington. The money flowing into this issue reflects how much is at stake for the industries involved.
$302.3M
Total Lobbying Spend
13.6K
Filings
50
Top Clients
Spending by Year
| Year | Spending | Filings |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $26.6M | 1,255 |
| 2019 | $28.5M | 1,451 |
| 2020 | $30.7M | 1,505 |
| 2021 | $33.5M | 1,669 |
| 2022 | $40.6M | 1,836 |
| 2023 | $48.2M | 2,024 |
| 2024 | $42.7M | 1,827 |
| 2025 | $51.4M | 2,065 |
Biggest Spenders
| # | Client | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leading Builders of America | $6.5M |
| 2 | National Association of Realtors | $5.2M |
| 3 | Chrysalis Holdings, INC. (D.B.A. Newday) | $4.3M |
| 4 | City and County of San Francisco | $4.2M |
| 5 | Affordable Housing Developers Council | $3.3M |
| 6 | Cbc National Bank Mortgage | $2.9M |
| 7 | Captial Funding Group INC | $2.8M |
| 8 | Mortgage Bankers Association | $2.6M |
| 9 | National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts | $2.4M |
| 10 | Rock Central | $2.4M |
| 11 | Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. | $2.4M |
| 12 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | $2.2M |
| 13 | Liberty Mutual Group | $2.2M |
| 14 | Zillow INC | $2.2M |
| 15 | Coalition for Sustainable Multifamily Housing | $2.2M |
| 16 | Manufactured Housing Institute | $2.1M |
| 17 | San Diego County | $2.1M |
| 18 | Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco | $2.1M |
| 19 | Arch Capital Group (U.S.) INC. | $2.1M |
| 20 | Hcbs Advocacy, LLC | $2.0M |
| 21 | City of Oakland | $1.9M |
| 22 | City of Phoenix Az | $1.9M |
| 23 | Federal Home Loan Bank of New York | $1.9M |
| 24 | Nareit | $1.8M |
| 25 | Alden Torch Financial LLC | $1.8M |
Top Firms
Holland & Knight LLP$22.6M
Mindset Advocacy, LLC$10.4M
Invariant LLC$6.2M
Acg Advocacy$6.2M
Capitol Counsel LLC$5.8M
Rich Feuer Anderson$4.9M
Forbes-tate$4.2M
The Madison Group$3.8M
What They Lobby For
- Reform of government sponsored enterprises.
- Affordable Housing
- Issues related to Project-based Section 8 housing
- Housing/rental affordability issues Support expansion of low income housing tax credit
- Issues related to barriers to housing production
- Issues related to Veteran Housing.
- Regulation of appraisers, including modernization of regulatory structure, including H.R. 2133, the "Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2017," and S.2155, the "Economic Growth,
- Issues relating to full and proper implementation of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000, including finance related matters.
- Inform members and staff of home mortgage issues facing consumers
- Issues relating to the full and proper implementation of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 and relating matters, as well as issues relating to the full and proper implementation of the
Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings
Last updated: February 2026
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