A bill in the U.S. House of Representatives provides for $600 million in new affordable housing funds.
But there is a catch!

Non-profit organizations that provide voter registration or are affiliated with any organization that provides voter registration are barred from receiving and distributing the new money.

The anti-voter registration language was inserted at the request of the Republican Study Committee which has expressed the belief that low income housing groups are too liberal and are partisan in their voter registration activities. Here's a link to the story in the Minneapolis Star Tribune from Friday.