The Feds Just Might Do Some Housing Reform

We can do this folks. Just don't let up.

Monday, President Trump went on Truth Social and told his own party to stop dragging its feet and pass the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.

Wednesday night, the House delivered, but on their terms.

House Republican leadership posted their amendment, and the worst provision in the bill — the 7-year forced selloff that froze the build-to-rent market and would have cost 72,000 rental units a year — is gone. Build-to-rent gets a clean exemption. So does renovate-to-rent. So do affordable housing projects using LIHTC.

That clears the runway for what actually matters in this bill. And there are many great reforms that remain, like NEPA reform.

I’ve focused more on Section 301, which repeals the 1974 federal mandate that forces every manufactured home in America to be bolted to a permanent steel chassis—a dolly that adds $10,000 to the most affordable form of homeownership left in this country, especially for rural Americans.

ICYMI: we covered exactly why on Build the Dream:

The only question left is whether the Senate accepts the fix. Senator Warren helped write the selloff rule. She may not want to let it go.

She should. Americans cannot afford to wait.