DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowa's Third Congressional District Congressman Zach Nunn (R) was joined with Missouri's Fifth Congressional District Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (D) to introduce a bill to revamp rural affordable housing in the country.

The pair met at a Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity construction site to announce the Rural Housing Service Reform Act.

"It's going to improve supply, it's going to preserve the supply and improve access to affordable housing with low-income families in Iowa," said Lance Henning, Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity CEO.

One aspect of the bill looks to expand the dollars that the United States Department of Agriculture transfers to nonprofits, like Habitat for Humanity, in the their efforts to build housing for those who can't afford it.

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