The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) called on Congress to support policies that will enable an increased level of affordable housing construction. Steve Martinez, a home builder from Boise, Idaho, testified today on behalf of NAHB during a House Small...
U.S. Sens. Katie Britt (R-AL) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) have reintroduced legislation that would make the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) part of the congressional appropriation process. The proposed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountability Act...
Four congressional lawmakers – Reps. Mark Alford (R-MO), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Tracey Mann (R-KAN) and Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) – have partnered to launch the Bipartisan Congressional Real Estate Caucus. In launching the caucus, the lawmakers noted that real estate...
A coalition of trade organizations representing housing providers, lenders and residents sent a letter to the Biden administration and members of Congress detailing bipartisan policies that can cost-effectively expand housing supply while improving housing equity and...
The Federation of American Scientists is calling for the creation of a “national housing loss rate” that would measure how many people who lose their homes involuntarily. In a blog posting on the organization’s website by Yuliya Panfil, a senior fellow and director of...