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House Passes Bipartisan Housing Bill, Adds Tenant Hotline

5/21/2026

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House Passes Housing

The House version swaps the Senate’s forced-sell rule for a tenant-help hotline aimed at large institutional landlords.
U.S. House passed the bipartisan housing affordability bill 396-13, sending it to the Senate.
The bill expands construction loans, urges faster local permitting, and boosts support for manufactured homes.
Eleven housing groups, the National Association of Home Builders and Mortgage Bankers Association, praised it.

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House Passes Housing

Thirteen Freedom Caucus representatives opposed the bill, citing its temporary ban on central bank digital currencies and financial surveillance concerns.
The U.S. House passed a bipartisan housing affordability bill 396-13 and sent it to the Senate.
President Donald Trump endorsed the bill, saying it advances homeownership expansion and limits institutional investors.
Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise said rule drop will lower housing costs.

History

Historical Context

In July 2008 Congress passed the Housing and Economic Recovery Act, signing it on July 30 under President George W. Bush, which created the Federal Housing Finance Agency and raised the Treasury’s debt ceiling by $800 billion to backstop Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The new bipartisan housing-affordability bill draws on that crisis response, targeting institutional landlords and expanding construction loans, echoing the 2008 reforms that reshaped mortgage financing.

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House Passes Housing

The House version swaps the Senate’s forced-sell rule for a tenant-help hotline aimed at large institutional landlords.
U.S. House passed the bipartisan housing affordability bill 396-13, sending it to the Senate.
The bill expands construction loans, urges faster local permitting, and boosts support for manufactured homes.
Eleven housing groups, the National Association of Home Builders and Mortgage Bankers Association, praised it.

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