Housing

Fri, July 10, 2026:

• Bipartisan Housing Bill Becomes Law Even Though Trump Refuses to Sign It.

  After a 10-day clock, the housing bill turned into law at midnight without the president’s signature. But his decision not to sign reflects a growing rift between him and Senate Republicans. - NYT

• Trump will let bipartisan housing bill become law without signing in protest over GOP voter ID law - AP

Wed, June 24, 2026:

• Housing Package Passed by Congress Has Wide Appeal, but It’s No Quick Fix

  The first housing package in decades will take time to put into effect, testing the patience of families rankled by high prices. - NYT

Mon, June 22, 2026:

• The House will begin consideration of a bipartisan housing bill Tuesday, with a final vote potentially taking place the same day. The Senate will hold a final vote on the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Monday. - Politico

Mon, June 15, 2026:

• One City Might Have Just Cracked the Housing Crisis - NYT / Appelbaum

Thurs, May 21, 2026:

• Homebuyers Hammered as War-Fueled Bond Rout Drives Up Rates - Bloomberg

Wed, May 20, 2026:

• House approves housing bill in a win for investors - CNBC

Tues, May 19, 2026:

• Johnson, Trump, White House reach compromise on housing bill. The House will vote Wednesday to send the housing package back to the Senate. - Politico

Mon, May 18, 2026:

• House GOP leaders plan housing bill vote despite Trump ultimatum. The president demanded Republicans add the SAVE America Act to the bipartisan affordability bill. - Politico

Fri, May 15, 2026:

• Johnson: House will amend stalled housing bill despite White House, Senate GOP pushback. Republicans are eager to advance a housing affordability package that’s central to their midterm messaging. - Politico

• The Fragile Coalition Behind House Republicans’ Housing Bill Is Breaking - NOTUS

Mon, May 4, 2026:

• Trump privately raises objection to Senate housing bill. The president’s concerns could complicate passage of the largest housing measure taken up by Congress in years. - Politico

• New Trump Rule Puts Millions at Risk of Losing Rental Assistance. If a proposed change to HUD regulations allowing for time limits and work requirements for aid is implemented, low-income Americans could lose their housing. - TNR

Tues, April 14, 2026:

• The war in Iran hits home as housing rebound stalls. Home sales and mortgage applications have slumped as higher rates weigh on consumers. - Politico

Wed, April 8, 2026:

• This is why America is short four million homes - NYT

Tues, March 31, 2026:

• A Promising Plan to Spur Housing Gets Wrecked by Congress - Bloomberg

Fri, March 27, 2026:

• A Build America, Buy America law is causing construction delays amid the US housing crisis - AP

Wed, March 11, 2026:

• Senate housing bill DOA in House, Freedom Caucus chair warns. Senators are expected to pass the ROAD to Housing Act on a bipartisan vote as soon as Thursday. - Politico

Tues, March 10, 2026:

• Senate today overwhelmingly advanced a bipartisan housing package 89-9, with final passage expected as early as Thursday. - Politico
  The Senate substitute to HR 6644, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, “seeks to combine the House and Senate’s housing priorities with the Trump administration’s push to ban large institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes. The White House has been vocal about its support for the current version of the legislation making its way through the Senate.” The bill also includes a temporary bar on the Federal Reserve from issuing a a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Senate Banking Committee Ranking Democrat Elizabeth Warren opposes the ban on CBDC, while some House Republicans want to make the ban permanent.

Wed, March 4, 2026:

• Bipartisan housing package faces industry and House GOP backlash. Housing industry groups argue the Senate's housing bill would undermine the goal of increasing home supply. - Politico

Tues, Feb 24, 2026:

• Democrats Counter Trump With Their Own Plan to Limit Wall Street Landlords. Senate Democrats introduced a bill with their own vision for limiting investors’ purchases of single-family homes. - NYT

Thurs, Feb 19, 2026:

• White House Offers New Details on Its Push to Ban Housing Investors. Trump wants to prohibit investors that own more than 100 homes from buying more, potentially banning hundreds of investment firms - WSJ

Tues, Feb 17, 2026:

• Big Tech Is Buying Up America’s Land—and Home Builders Can’t Compete. Resistance grows to more land sales in Northern Virginia; ‘They’d rather have homes than data’. - WSJ

Sun, Feb 15, 2026:

• How Congress Plans to Take On the Housing Crisis. Modular housing, easier access to home loans are among proposals lawmakers are working on - WSJ

Sat, Feb 14, 2026:

• The mortgage delinquency rates for lower-income households are surging -WP

Mon, Feb 9, 2026:

• Proposed Ban on Investors in the Housing Market Hits a Wall in Congress. White House is pressuring GOP in Congress to add an investor ban to existing housing bills, but lawmakers have pushed back. - WSJ

Sun, Feb 8, 2026:

• HUD headquarters move draws legal, funding scrutiny - Politico

Sun, Jan 25, 2026:

• There’s a practical way to lower housing prices. Democrats should seize it. Affordability is a goal, not a policy. - WP op ed

Tues, Jan 20, 2026:

• Can House and Senate come together on bipartisan housing legislation - Politico

• Trump signed an executive order attempting to bar Wall Street investors from buying single-family homes. - Hill
  (TrillionsWeekly: the actual legal effect of the EO should be viewed with skepticism; what he is attempting to do would require a lengthy rulemaking process and may not be possible without legislation.)

Fri, Jan 16, 2026:

• Trump housing plan to allow 401(k) money for down payments - Reuters
  The American housing market got a little worse this month despite some good news on the mortgage rate front, as confidence among homebuilders unexpectedly fell - Bloomberg

Sun, June 11, 2026:

• Trump’s New Housing Strategy Is All About Boosting Buyers Now. Administration says more proposals are on the way, but it has yet to address the shortage at the root of the affordability crisis. - WSJ

Fri, Jan 8, 2026:

• Trump orders his ‘Representatives’ to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds - Reuters

Thurs, Jan 8, 2026:

• President Trump said Thursday he ordered the purchase of $200 billion in mortgage bonds with the goal of easing housing costs through lower interest rates. - Hill (Trillions Note: By boosting demand, without boosting supply, this action could actually increase housing costs. Moreover, Trump’s tariffs are already increasing housing costs by boosting the costs of construction materials.)

Wed, Jan 7, 2026:

• Trump says he wants to ban large investors from buying houses. - AP

• Trump threatens to ban Wall Street investments in single-family homes - Reuters

Mon, Jan 5, 2026:

• Two Simple Ways to Fix Housing in America - Bloomberg

Mon, Nov 24, 2025:

• ‘You can’t just talk about gas and groceries’: GOP grapples with housing affordability message. As Republicans look to catch up on cost of living, some eye housing as a messaging blind spot. – Politico

Thurs, Nov 13, 2025:

• Senate Dem letter calling on HUD to halt plans to upend key homelessness program–Approps/Murray

Tues, Nov 11, 2025:

• Trump’s 50-Year Mortgage Loses Steam as Industry Questions Costs – Bloomberg

Sat, Oct 25, 2025:

• Price controls on home insurance? What could go wrong? Populist governors in both parties foolishly fight for caps on premiums. – WP

Mon, Oct 20, 2025:

• We Found a Solution to Homelessness. Now the Trump Administration Wants to Throw It Out. – NYT

Fri, Oct 10, 2025:

• Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a contentious bill aimed at tackling California’s sky-high housing costs by spurring denser development near major transit stops in big cities. – Politico

Mon, Sept 29, 2025:

• Millions Could Lose Housing Aid Under Trump Plan – ProPublica

Tues, Sept 23, 2025:

• Four Easy Fixes for the Housing Crisis – NYT

Wed, June 25, 2025:

• US New-Home Sales Drop by Most Since 2022 on Poor Affordability – Bloomberg

Mon, June 23, 2025:

• US Home Resales Stay Sluggish on Affordability Constraints – Bloomberg

Fri, May 23, 2025:

• House Passes FY 2025 Budget Reconciliation Bill that Includes Low Income Housing Tax Credit Expansion.

Tues, May 13, 2025:

• Nearly 60,000 people in the United States will lose their federal housing assistance years before they anticipated, placing them at imminent risk of eviction and potential homelessness. – WP

Mon, April 21, 2025:

• 60,000 Americans to lose their rental assistance and risk eviction unless Congress acts – AP
  The Emergency Housing Vouchers program, a federal program that pays rent for 60,000 families and individuals fleeing homelessness or domestic violence, is running out of money. Funding is expected to be used up by the end of next year, according to a letter from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The program, launched in 2021 as part of the pandemic-era American Rescue Plan Act, was allocated $5 billion to help pull people out of homelessness, domestic violence and human trafficking. Last month, HUD sent letters to groups dispersing the money, advising them to “manage your EHV program with the expectation that no additional funding from HUD will be forthcoming.”

Wed, Feb 19, 2025:

• HUD Secretary Turner on the Trump housing agenda – Punchbowl News

Tues, Feb 18, 2025:

• Federal mortgage insurer to lay off about half its workforce – Bloomberg

Wed, Nov 13, 2024:

• Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s Housing Goals – CBO