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Report Urges Zoning Reform, Links $50B Aid to It

8/18/2026

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  • The Plymouth Institute for Free Enterprise at Advancing American Freedom issued “10 Ways to Improve Affordability Now.”
  • The report says housing, energy and business costs are affordability concerns.
  • It recommends easing zoning rules, streamlining approvals, and tying $50 billion of housing aid to zoning reform.
  • It says President Donald Trump's tariffs raised prices, cost 900,000 jobs, and opposes a 10% credit-card interest-rate cap that would hurt lending to 60% of Americans.