PaidForPolitics

Affordability: Housing

Housing costs are shaped by zoning, lending, tax and rental policy. These groups give to federal candidates and spend on races where those policies are debated.

  • Given: the group’s own contributions to the campaign
  • Bundled: donors’ contributions the group collected and forwarded
  • For: outside spending supporting
  • Against: outside spending opposing

Groups tracked · raised $23.0M this cycle

Real estate and home building

Totals

  • Given to campaigns
    $7.0M
  • Bundled to campaigns
    $10K
  • Spent for
    $3.8M
  • Spent against
    $0

Groups

  • Realtors PAC (RPAC)Realtors Political Action Committee (RPAC), the PAC of the National Association of Realtors, the real estate agents’ trade group. FEC type: PAC.$7.3M
  • NAHB BUILD-PACPAC of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), the home building industry’s trade group. FEC type: PAC.$1.9M
  • NMHC PACPAC of the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC), the trade group for apartment owners, managers and developers. FEC type: PAC.$1.6M

Where the money went

  1. John Cornyn (R)Senate · TX
    • Given$50K
    • For$506K
    via Realtors PAC (RPAC), NAHB BUILD-PAC, NMHC PAC
  2. Jon Husted (R)Senate · OH
    • Given$20K
    • For$164K
    via Realtors PAC (RPAC), NAHB BUILD-PAC, NMHC PAC
  3. Mike Rogers (R)Senate · MI
    • Given$10K
    • For$163K
    via Realtors PAC (RPAC), NAHB BUILD-PAC
  4. Mike Thompson (D)House · CA-04
    • Given$38K
    • For$115K
    via Realtors PAC (RPAC), NAHB BUILD-PAC, NMHC PAC
  5. Young Kim (R)House · CA-40
    • Given$20K
    • For$133K
    via Realtors PAC (RPAC), NAHB BUILD-PAC, NMHC PAC
  6. Ashley Moody (R)Senate · FL
    • Given$15K
    • For$115K
    via Realtors PAC (RPAC), NAHB BUILD-PAC, NMHC PAC
  7. Don Davis (D)House · NC-01
    • Given$28K
    • For$101K
    via Realtors PAC (RPAC), NAHB BUILD-PAC, NMHC PAC
  8. Susan Collins (R)Senate · ME
    • Given$45K
    • For$75K
    via Realtors PAC (RPAC), NAHB BUILD-PAC, NMHC PAC
  9. Gabe Evans (R)House · CO-08
    • Given$50K
    • For$62K
    via Realtors PAC (RPAC), NAHB BUILD-PAC, NMHC PAC
  10. French Hill (R)House · AR-02
    • Given$55K
    • For$39K
    via Realtors PAC (RPAC), NAHB BUILD-PAC, NMHC PAC
  11. Juan Ciscomani (R)House · AZ-06
    • Given$20K
    • For$73K
    via Realtors PAC (RPAC), NAHB BUILD-PAC, NMHC PAC
  12. Vicente Gonzalez (D)House · TX-34
    • Given$50K
    • For$41K
    via Realtors PAC (RPAC), NAHB BUILD-PAC, NMHC PAC

Showing the top 12 of 534 candidates.

Groups tracked · raised $87.7M this cycle

Labor and tenant-side

Totals

  • Given to campaigns
    $1.2M
  • Bundled to campaigns
    $0
  • Spent for
    $2.0M
  • Spent against
    $1.0M

Groups

  • SEIU COPECommittee on Political Education (COPE) of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which represents health care, public sector and building service workers. FEC type: PAC.$4.2M
  • AFL-CIO COPECommittee on Political Education (COPE) of the AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations), the largest federation of U.S. labor unions. FEC type: PAC.$4K

Where the money went

  1. Nick Begich III (R)House · AK
    • Against$305K
    via SEIU COPE
  2. JoAnna Mendoza (D)House · AZ-06
    • For$275K
    via SEIU COPE
  3. Bob Brooks (D)House · PA-07
    • Given$5K
    • For$229K
    via SEIU COPE
  4. Rob Bresnahan (R)House · PA-08
    • Against$161K
    via SEIU COPE
  5. Angie Nixon (D)Senate · FL
    • For$158K
    via SEIU COPE
  6. Paige Cognetti (D)House · PA-08
    • Given$10K
    • For$109K
    via SEIU COPE
  7. Manny Rutinel (D)House · CO-08
    • Given$5K
    • For$110K
    via SEIU COPE
  8. Rebecca Cooke (D)House · WI-03
    • Given$5K
    • For$104K
    via SEIU COPE
  9. Teresa Benitez-Thompson (D)House · NV-02
    • For$107K
    via SEIU COPE
  10. Aaron Flint (R)House · MT-01
    • Against$86K
    via SEIU COPE
  11. Ashley Moody (R)Senate · FL
    • Against$83K
    via SEIU COPE
  12. Steven Horsford (D)House · NV-04
    • Given$10K
    • For$71K
    via SEIU COPE

Showing the top 12 of 241 candidates.

What this page doesn’t show

  • Lobbying spending, which is reported to Congress, not the FEC
  • State and local races, where most zoning decisions are made
  • Donors to nonprofits that don’t disclose them
  • Money given to party committees and other PACs, which is listed on each group’s own page

Totals cover the 2025-26 cycle, from FEC data as of Oct. 31, 2026. Each group’s total counts its contributions to candidates’ campaigns, the bundled contributions it forwarded for its donors, and its outside spending for and against candidates. Bundled money belongs to the individual donors, so it’s shown separately from the group’s own giving and never counted twice. Outside spending is from FEC filings through Oct. 30, 2026, the same figures as our race pages, and includes $5.3M from 24- and 48-hour reports, as filed. How this works.