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Senator Slotkin Urges Housing Emergency Declaration from Trump

1/9/2026

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Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) introduces National Housing Emergency Act of 2026 and urges President Donald Trump to declare a housing emergency.
The bill would authorize Trump to use the Defense Production Act to boost housing production and aim to build 4 million homes.
It would freeze costly regulations and link federal funding to housing growth.
Slotkin criticized Trump's plan to ban Wall Street from buying single-family homes as insufficient.

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Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) introduces National Housing Emergency Act of 2026 and urges President Donald Trump to declare a housing emergency.
The bill would authorize Trump to use the Defense Production Act to boost housing production and aim to build 4 million homes.
It would freeze costly regulations and link federal funding to housing growth.
Slotkin criticized Trump's plan to ban Wall Street from buying single-family homes as insufficient.