Legislative Agenda for the 119th Congress

Our legislative agenda simplifies the federal housing supply landscape. Each bill is grouped under one of three pillars: Adapt, Build, or Preserve. Bills are also tagged by the barriers they address, such as: financing, labor shortages, land use politics and process. Together, these categories highlight how federal legislation can remove obstacles and support the production and preservation of more homes.

Three Policy Pillars

Protect and extend the affordability and habitability of existing housing, ensuring homes remain safe, livable, and accessible for future generations.

Expand the housing supply through new construction, zoning reform, streamlined approvals, and financing tools that unlock more homes in high-demand areas.

Repurpose underused land and buildings to create housing, revitalize communities in the rust belt, rural towns, and main streets, and leverage private capital and innovation to bring new housing types to market.

Six Building Blockers

Capital constraints: limited credit, high financing costs, and weak incentives that prevent viable projects from moving forward.

Workforce bottlenecks: shortages of skilled trades, weak training pipelines, and low productivity.

Resistance to new housing: NIMBY opposition, misinformation, and misaligned electoral incentives.

Material barriers: volatile prices, fragile supply chains, and outdated codes that raise costs and constrain adoption of modern building methods.

Access to sites and entitlements: restrictive zoning, infrastructure gaps, environmental reviews, and community opposition limiting where homes can be built.

Administrative friction: duplicative reviews, long permitting timelines, fragmented authority, and litigation.

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