Housing supply

How many homes get built, where shortages fall, and what government does to spur or pay for new construction.

Build more homes

35 members
Jamie Ager
House · NC-11 · Democrat
“We need more housing for owners and renters. I’ll support programs for first time home buyers and public service employees like teachers, firefighters, and first responders.”
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Rebecca Bennett
House · NJ-7 · Democrat
“Lead efforts to cut red tape, increase housing supply and construction, and make housing more affordable for buyers and renters.”
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Daniel Biss
House · IL-9 · Democrat
“Incentivizing New Development: If we want to lower housing costs, we need to build more homes. The federal government can and should work to remove barriers to building, incentivize construction, and bring down the cost of buying and owning a home.”
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Adrian Boafo
House · MD-5 · Democrat
“Streamline construction by cutting federal red tape. Cut federal red tape and incentivize the construction of mixed-income, workforce, and missing middle housing so we can increase supply and lower costs.”
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“Co-sponsored the Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act to promote transit-oriented development to increase housing supply and access to reliable public transit.”
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Christina Bohannan
House · IA-1 · Democrat
“Building and rehabilitating more housing to make it affordable for every Iowan to find a safe place to live”
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Luke Bronin
House · CT-1 · Democrat
“He drove record investments in housing, with thousands of new or rehabilitated affordable and market-rate units.”
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“Building More Housing”
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“High costs are crushing almost everyone but the wealthiest Americans – housing, healthcare, electricity, groceries, childcare and eldercare. We need to build more housing, produce cheaper renewable energy, and make sure markets actually work to give consumers real choices.”
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Bob Brooks
House · PA-7 · Democrat
“Rent: Increase the amount of market-rate housing, ban private equity companies from buying up tons of houses and driving up costs, and pass the HELPER Act to extend VA-style home loans to teachers, nurses and first responders.”
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Darializa Avila Chevalier
House · NY-13 · Democrat
“BUILD HOUSING”
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Paige Cognetti
House · PA-8 · Democrat
“She fought for more homes, more small businesses, more restaurants, and more parks. She streamlined the city’s permitting process, slashed permit fees, and cut red tape. Her efforts resulted in almost a thousand more homes, more than 250 new shops and eateries, and over 10,000 building permits in three years.”
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“As the mayor of Scranton, I’ve taken on my own party and cleaned up city hall, invested in our police force, built new homes, brought in new businesses, created union jobs, and led Scranton out of decades of financial distress.”
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“She won, cleaned up the system, balanced the budget, built new homes, brought in hundreds of new businesses, and led Scranton out of a 30 year period of financial distress.”
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Roy Cooper
Senate · North Carolina · Democrat
“Roy Cooper has a plan to lower the cost of housing by stopping the bad actors driving up the price for families, including by stopping big corporations and foreign companies from buying single-family homes and preventing companies that make rent-pricing software from using algorithms to drive up rent with landlords. He’d also make it easier to build more housing, driving down the cost for everyone.”
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“Support Building More Homes. Provide incentives for multi-family and modular construction to build more housing quickly and lower costs for families.”
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“Eliminate Unnecessary Rules That Drive Up Housing Costs. Spur housing construction by streamlining rules, speeding reviews and converting commercial buildings to housing.”
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“Roy Cooper’s plan would provide incentives to build more housing, lowering the overall cost of housing. It would stop big corporations, like investment funds and foreign companies, from buying single-family homes. He’d ban the algorithms from companies like RealPage and Yardi that use real-time data to increase rents. And he’d eliminate the unnecessary rules and red tape that make it harder to build houses and drive up costs, and eliminate the tariffs that make building materials more expensive.”
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“Roy Cooper’s plan would ban the algorithm-driven software used by landlords to increase your rent. He also supports incentives to build more housing, which would lower the cost of rent and homes for everyone.”
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Zach Dembo
House · KY-6 · Democrat
“We need to make sure regulators answer to patients, not pharmaceutical executives, and increase the housing supply by cutting the red tape for developers and protect renters from the price gouging.”
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“We need to do everything we can to increase housing supply to reduce housing prices – funding research into cheaper construction materials, massive public-private partnerships to increase supply, expanded first-time homebuyer programs like the VA loan program that helped me to other public servants that serve their communities (like teachers, nurses, and first responders), and stopping Wall Street from buying up homes from all the rest of us. Programs that help working families achieve homeownership work; we just need to expand them so everyone has a fair shot, not just veterans like me.”
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Abdul El-Sayed
Senate · Michigan · Democrat
“Increase supply – Expand Low-Income Housing Tax Credit allocations paired with state gap financing, and tie federal incentives like HUD’s PRO Housing grants to local zoning reform, which will allow for supply-increasing changes like by-right multifamily and accessory dwelling units, reduced parking minimums, and firm permit review timelines, so red tape doesn’t block new units.”
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“We need a building boom. And to create that we need to massively invest in building new housing in communities across the country, and to streamline local regulations that are making it way too hard to build anything in America.”
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Peggy Flanagan
Senate · Minnesota · Democrat
“America needs to take bold action to build more housing and help people upgrade existing homes to bring down costs like utilities and insurance. Peggy supports The Homes Act and taking other bold steps to create more affordable options and good union jobs to get the work done.”
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Adam Hamawy
House · NJ-12 · Democrat
“Política de vivienda que aborde tanto el costo como el clima Apoyo el uso de todas las herramientas a nuestra disposición para abordar la crisis de vivienda y construir comunidades más sostenibles. Propuestas de vivienda como la Ley de Viviendas crearían nueva oferta de vivienda, mejorarían el parque de viviendas existente y desarrollarían la capacidad y el conocimiento para que el gobierno federal intervenga en este espacio una vez más. La innovación del sector público es clave para salir de nuestra crisis de vivienda, reducir la contaminación y construir comunidades resilientes.”

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Adam Hamilton
Senate · Kansas · Democrat
“We can and must do better. Congress should make it easier to buy a home and easier to build one.”
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Bob Harvie
House · PA-1 · Democrat
“In addition, we need to rapidly build homes for our younger generation to start their lives and build for our older generations who want to retire comfortably.”
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Christina Hines
House · MI-10 · Democrat
“Expand tax incentives that help build affordable housing, and increase the supply of homes available to working families in our district.”
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“Support workforce development programs that train the next generation of skilled tradespeople, helping us build more homes while creating good-paying jobs.”
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Troy Jackson
Senate · Maine · Democrat
“Lower families’ costs: Pass Medicare for All, cut prescription drug prices, lower electricity bills, expand housing, and make child care more affordable.”
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Lindsay James
House · IA-2 · Democrat
“Housing: We must cut red tape and roll back tariffs on building materials so we can build millions of new homes. This is a simple supply and demand issue in many cases and if we can build a variety of entry level housing, provide first time home buyers with down payment assistance, we can give the American dream of owning your own home to the next generation.”
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Cyril Jefferson
House · NC-6 · Democrat
“Cyril will bring federal dollars home to modernize roads, rail, and broadband, support small businesses and farmers, and boost housing supply—using the same results-driven approach that secured millions for High Point without raising taxes.”
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“Expand housing supply and cut red tape that makes it harder and more expensive to build homes—so families can afford to live near where they work.”
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Jake Johnson
House · MN-1 · Democrat
“I’ll cut red tape so we can quickly build new homes, expand childcare options, and support our small businesses.”
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Dan Koh
House · MA-6 · Democrat
“I will draw upon my experience at all levels of government to collaborate with state and local officials to create an ecosystem that allows for a thoughtful growth in housing stock across the Sixth.”
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“Federal acceleration of housing: Expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, incentivize communities to build more housing, and invest in local organizations that create and preserve affordable homes.”
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Nancy Lacore
House · SC-1 · Democrat
“Increase multifamily housing needed for our local workforce by tying federal money for infrastructure / transportation / federal housing in the district.”
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Brad Lander
House · NY-10 · Democrat
“Let's talk housing! More apartments … and more (housing) coupons.”
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“He led the community planning effort to shape and pass the Gowanus Rezoning, generating over 8,000 units of new housing, over 3,000 of them affordable to low-income and working-class families, with investments in open space, arts, environmental remediation, stormwater protection, and NYCHA — one of the few large-scale rezonings to win overwhelming support from its community board.”
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Micah Lasher
House · NY-12 · Democrat
“He was also the author of a comprehensive package of legislation to expand the supply of housing in New York, which The New York Times called the “first serious attempt by a New York governor since the 1960s” to tackle the state’s massive housing shortage.”
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“The affordability crisis is no “hoax” — and we need a Congress that aggressively works to solve it. Micah is committed to doing that. And he will give special attention to two of the biggest ticket items that hit working families especially hard: the urgent need to create more housing and expand access, and reduce costs, for child care.”
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Matt Little
House · MN-2 · Democrat
“As Mayor, we built record amounts of housing and expanded the available housing types.”
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Ben McAdams
House · UT-1 · Democrat
“Utah families shouldn’t be priced out of their own communities. I’ll work to bring down the cost of housing, expand opportunities for first time homebuyers, increase housing supply, cut red tape that drives up costs, and support policies that help working families afford a safe place to live.”
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Mike McGuire
House · CA-1 · Democrat
“Leaders in Washington need to act now to drive up wages and drive down prices, so everyday Americans can thrive. Increase the minimum wage, build new housing, and repeal Donald Trump's disastrous tariffs.”
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“I’ll fight for major federal investments in affordable housing, first-time homebuyer support, renter tax credits and protections, and housing production that meets the needs of working families, seniors, and young people.”
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Chris Pappas
Senate · New Hampshire · Democrat
“New Hampshire’s workforce and affordable housing shortages go hand and hand. If you want more businesses and economic opportunity, you need more housing and more people living and working in town”
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“Homes should be owned by Granite Staters, not Wall Street firms that squeeze working families for every dollar they can. I’m fighting to cut red tape to make it easier to build new units and I’ll work to make building materials more affordable for local businesses so we can increase housing supply and keep costs down.”
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“Chris knows that we need to tackle housing from every angle and he’s fighting both to build new units and to help families afford essential improvements and repairs that allow them to remain in their existing homes.”
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“Addressing New Hampshire’s housing shortage will require adding nearly 90,000 units in the coming years. That’s why Chris is backing legislation to support homebuilders, cut red tape, and add desperately needed units to increase the supply of housing and bring down costs.”
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“We need to build smarter in New Hampshire. There are too many people that are being priced out right now, and we need to focus on increasing supply, giving our communities the tools to think creatively, to revamp zoning, to adopt best practices.”
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“Congressman Chris Pappas is running for U.S Senate to lower costs for Granite Staters, and he knows that hardworking families should not be priced out of the communities where they want to live and work. That’s why he’s championed legislation to combat the housing crisis in New Hampshire by expanding affordable housing, increasing housing supply, and helping first-time homebuyers get ahead.”
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“The package is the most significant housing affordability legislation in decades and includes several Pappas-led provisions that would cut red-tape making it easier to build new homes, boost America’s housing supply, and help more veterans purchase homes.”
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“We need to ensure that we’re building more housing and that we’re doing it in a way that’s affordable for New Hampshire”
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“Stop the war. Lower gas prices. Build more homes. Expand access to health care. Restore the cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act that went through last year.”
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Stefany Shaheen
House · NH-1 · Democrat
“Cut red tape that’s preventing construction of new affordable housing and get serious about federal investment in the skilled trades so we can build new homes faster.”
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Hilda Solis
House · CA-38 · Democrat
“Hilda Solis authored a motion that would seek to explore options to expedite the construction of accessory dwelling units (ADU) by creating pre-approved template building plans free of charge to our community. ADUs are one option to increase the supply of housing in communities that are primarily zoned for single-family homes or have little to no vacant land.”
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James Talarico
Senate · Texas · Democrat
“Lowered housing costs by replacing outdated regulations to increase the supply of apartments and condos, establishing Texas’ first-ever Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program, and providing tax relief on low-income housing construction.”
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Claire Valdez
House · NY-7 · Democrat
“A full supply of homes through public investment;”
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“Build Homes for All”
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“We need to build millions of homes, but the private market won’t solve this on its own. We need the government to lead. That means tearing down the exclusionary zoning laws that have upheld segregation and blocked housing construction for decades, public financing that stays in the game when private capital walks away, and building millions of permanently affordable homes that are never handed back to speculators – union-built, beautifully designed, and controlled by the people who live in them.”
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Fred Wellman
House · MO-2 · Democrat
“Build more housing. Expand the housing tax credit so affordable units actually get built.”
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Scott Wiener
House · CA-11 · Democrat
“In Congress, he has a plan to build 8 million homes over the next decade to fix our broken housing system.”
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“Scott began fighting for more housing on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, where in 2012 he became the first Supervisor in a generation to upzone his own district. He took that fight to the California Legislature, passing laws that completely overhauled California’s broken housing system, helping lower costs and build tens of thousands of affordable homes.”
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“Scott’s plan will build 8 million homes over the next decade. His national regulatory strategy will cut the red tape and reform bureaucratic processes to make homes faster and cheaper to build. And his national investment strategy will make a generational investment in social housing and affordable housing, paid for by reversing big portions of the Bush and Trump mega tax cuts on corporations and the wealthy.”
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“Scott has been willing to challenge our broken housing status quo and take on politically controversial but needed proposals to make housing more abundant and affordable.”
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“Scott’s housing laws are built to create good union construction jobs alongside more homes.”
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“LOWERING HOUSING COSTS AND BUILDING 8 MILLION NEW HOMES”
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“Scott is a nationally renowned leader on housing, authoring California's most consequential streamlining laws resulting in the construction of tens of thousands of homes — including 3,000+ below market rate, affordable homes in San Francisco. He helped build the statewide YIMBY movement and turned a political third rail into policy reality by taking on the status quo and Sacramento insiders.”
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Cut red tape and speed up permits for home building

16 members
Rebecca Bennett
House · NJ-7 · Democrat
“Lead efforts to cut red tape, increase housing supply and construction, and make housing more affordable for buyers and renters.”
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Daniel Biss
House · IL-9 · Democrat
“Incentivizing New Development: If we want to lower housing costs, we need to build more homes. The federal government can and should work to remove barriers to building, incentivize construction, and bring down the cost of buying and owning a home.”
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Adrian Boafo
House · MD-5 · Democrat
“Streamline construction by cutting federal red tape. Cut federal red tape and incentivize the construction of mixed-income, workforce, and missing middle housing so we can increase supply and lower costs.”
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Paige Cognetti
House · PA-8 · Democrat
“She fought for more homes, more small businesses, more restaurants, and more parks. She streamlined the city’s permitting process, slashed permit fees, and cut red tape. Her efforts resulted in almost a thousand more homes, more than 250 new shops and eateries, and over 10,000 building permits in three years.”
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Roy Cooper
Senate · North Carolina · Democrat
“Eliminate Unnecessary Rules That Drive Up Housing Costs. Spur housing construction by streamlining rules, speeding reviews and converting commercial buildings to housing.”
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“Roy Cooper’s plan would provide incentives to build more housing, lowering the overall cost of housing. It would stop big corporations, like investment funds and foreign companies, from buying single-family homes. He’d ban the algorithms from companies like RealPage and Yardi that use real-time data to increase rents. And he’d eliminate the unnecessary rules and red tape that make it harder to build houses and drive up costs, and eliminate the tariffs that make building materials more expensive.”
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Zach Dembo
House · KY-6 · Democrat
“We need to make sure regulators answer to patients, not pharmaceutical executives, and increase the housing supply by cutting the red tape for developers and protect renters from the price gouging.”
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Abdul El-Sayed
Senate · Michigan · Democrat
“Increase supply – Expand Low-Income Housing Tax Credit allocations paired with state gap financing, and tie federal incentives like HUD’s PRO Housing grants to local zoning reform, which will allow for supply-increasing changes like by-right multifamily and accessory dwelling units, reduced parking minimums, and firm permit review timelines, so red tape doesn’t block new units.”
View on their website ↗
“We need a building boom. And to create that we need to massively invest in building new housing in communities across the country, and to streamline local regulations that are making it way too hard to build anything in America.”
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Lindsay James
House · IA-2 · Democrat
“Housing: We must cut red tape and roll back tariffs on building materials so we can build millions of new homes. This is a simple supply and demand issue in many cases and if we can build a variety of entry level housing, provide first time home buyers with down payment assistance, we can give the American dream of owning your own home to the next generation.”
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Cyril Jefferson
House · NC-6 · Democrat
“Expand housing supply and cut red tape that makes it harder and more expensive to build homes—so families can afford to live near where they work.”
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“Cyril led High Point’s $40M housing impact fund, leveraging $2M in public funding to secure $38M in private investment to expand housing supply and improve affordability. He championed streamlined permitting processes and served on the NC Residential Code Council to keep homes safe and attainable.”
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Jake Johnson
House · MN-1 · Democrat
“I’ll cut red tape so we can quickly build new homes, expand childcare options, and support our small businesses.”
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Ben McAdams
House · UT-1 · Democrat
“Utah families shouldn’t be priced out of their own communities. I’ll work to bring down the cost of housing, expand opportunities for first time homebuyers, increase housing supply, cut red tape that drives up costs, and support policies that help working families afford a safe place to live.”
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Chris Pappas
Senate · New Hampshire · Democrat
“Homes should be owned by Granite Staters, not Wall Street firms that squeeze working families for every dollar they can. I’m fighting to cut red tape to make it easier to build new units and I’ll work to make building materials more affordable for local businesses so we can increase housing supply and keep costs down.”
View on their website ↗
“Addressing New Hampshire’s housing shortage will require adding nearly 90,000 units in the coming years. That’s why Chris is backing legislation to support homebuilders, cut red tape, and add desperately needed units to increase the supply of housing and bring down costs.”
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“The package is the most significant housing affordability legislation in decades and includes several Pappas-led provisions that would cut red-tape making it easier to build new homes, boost America’s housing supply, and help more veterans purchase homes.”
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“In the U.S. Senate, Chris will continue to prioritize making housing more accessible and affordable, streamlining bureaucracy and incentivizing more construction, and bringing together private and public sector leaders to develop solutions that meet the needs of communities in every corner of our state.”
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Stefany Shaheen
House · NH-1 · Democrat
“Cut red tape that’s preventing construction of new affordable housing and get serious about federal investment in the skilled trades so we can build new homes faster.”
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Hilda Solis
House · CA-38 · Democrat
“Hilda Solis authored a motion that would seek to explore options to expedite the construction of accessory dwelling units (ADU) by creating pre-approved template building plans free of charge to our community. ADUs are one option to increase the supply of housing in communities that are primarily zoned for single-family homes or have little to no vacant land.”
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James Talarico
Senate · Texas · Democrat
“Lowered housing costs by replacing outdated regulations to increase the supply of apartments and condos, establishing Texas’ first-ever Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program, and providing tax relief on low-income housing construction.”
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Scott Wiener
House · CA-11 · Democrat
“Scott’s plan will build 8 million homes over the next decade. His national regulatory strategy will cut the red tape and reform bureaucratic processes to make homes faster and cheaper to build. And his national investment strategy will make a generational investment in social housing and affordable housing, paid for by reversing big portions of the Bush and Trump mega tax cuts on corporations and the wealthy.”
View on their website ↗
“Scott is a nationally renowned leader on housing, authoring California's most consequential streamlining laws resulting in the construction of tens of thousands of homes — including 3,000+ below market rate, affordable homes in San Francisco. He helped build the statewide YIMBY movement and turned a political third rail into policy reality by taking on the status quo and Sacramento insiders.”
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Build more apartments, ADUs and other kinds of homes

11 members
Adrian Boafo
House · MD-5 · Democrat
“Streamline construction by cutting federal red tape. Cut federal red tape and incentivize the construction of mixed-income, workforce, and missing middle housing so we can increase supply and lower costs.”
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Roy Cooper
Senate · North Carolina · Democrat
“Support Building More Homes. Provide incentives for multi-family and modular construction to build more housing quickly and lower costs for families.”
View on their website ↗
Abdul El-Sayed
Senate · Michigan · Democrat
“Increase supply – Expand Low-Income Housing Tax Credit allocations paired with state gap financing, and tie federal incentives like HUD’s PRO Housing grants to local zoning reform, which will allow for supply-increasing changes like by-right multifamily and accessory dwelling units, reduced parking minimums, and firm permit review timelines, so red tape doesn’t block new units.”
View on their website ↗
Lindsay James
House · IA-2 · Democrat
“Housing: We must cut red tape and roll back tariffs on building materials so we can build millions of new homes. This is a simple supply and demand issue in many cases and if we can build a variety of entry level housing, provide first time home buyers with down payment assistance, we can give the American dream of owning your own home to the next generation.”
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Nancy Lacore
House · SC-1 · Democrat
“Increase multifamily housing needed for our local workforce by tying federal money for infrastructure / transportation / federal housing in the district.”
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Brad Lander
House · NY-10 · Democrat
“Let's talk housing! More apartments … and more (housing) coupons.”
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Matt Little
House · MN-2 · Democrat
“As Mayor, we built record amounts of housing and expanded the available housing types.”
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Chris Pappas
Senate · New Hampshire · Democrat
“Chris is also a lead sponsor of the Property Improvement and Manufactured Housing Loan Act which would increase loan limits for manufactured housing and allow property improvement loans to be used for constructing accessory dwelling units.”
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Hilda Solis
House · CA-38 · Democrat
“Hilda Solis authored a motion that would seek to explore options to expedite the construction of accessory dwelling units (ADU) by creating pre-approved template building plans free of charge to our community. ADUs are one option to increase the supply of housing in communities that are primarily zoned for single-family homes or have little to no vacant land.”
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James Talarico
Senate · Texas · Democrat
“Lowered housing costs by replacing outdated regulations to increase the supply of apartments and condos, establishing Texas’ first-ever Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program, and providing tax relief on low-income housing construction.”
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Scott Wiener
House · CA-11 · Democrat
“SB 50 (Author: Wiener; bill failed): SB 50 overrides exclusionary low-density zoning by legalizing apartment buildings and affordable housing near public transportation and near job centers. SB 50 will help remedy the effects of low-density zoning, which has exacerbated income and racial segregation. It will help California reduce its 3.5 million home shortage, allow affordable housing to be built in many more parts of California, and address the impacts of climate change by allowing more people to live near transit and near where they work, thus reducing commutes and greenhouse gas emissions.”
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Use tax credits and incentives to spur home building

9 members
Daniel Biss
House · IL-9 · Democrat
“We must lower housing and child care costs, take on price gougers, and incentivize more development, especially near transit.”
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“Incentivizing New Development: If we want to lower housing costs, we need to build more homes. The federal government can and should work to remove barriers to building, incentivize construction, and bring down the cost of buying and owning a home.”
View on their website ↗
Adrian Boafo
House · MD-5 · Democrat
“Streamline construction by cutting federal red tape. Cut federal red tape and incentivize the construction of mixed-income, workforce, and missing middle housing so we can increase supply and lower costs.”
View on their website ↗
Roy Cooper
Senate · North Carolina · Democrat
“Support Building More Homes. Provide incentives for multi-family and modular construction to build more housing quickly and lower costs for families.”
View on their website ↗
“Roy Cooper’s plan would provide incentives to build more housing, lowering the overall cost of housing. It would stop big corporations, like investment funds and foreign companies, from buying single-family homes. He’d ban the algorithms from companies like RealPage and Yardi that use real-time data to increase rents. And he’d eliminate the unnecessary rules and red tape that make it harder to build houses and drive up costs, and eliminate the tariffs that make building materials more expensive.”
View on their website ↗
“Roy Cooper’s plan would ban the algorithm-driven software used by landlords to increase your rent. He also supports incentives to build more housing, which would lower the cost of rent and homes for everyone.”
View on their website ↗
Abdul El-Sayed
Senate · Michigan · Democrat
“Increase supply – Expand Low-Income Housing Tax Credit allocations paired with state gap financing, and tie federal incentives like HUD’s PRO Housing grants to local zoning reform, which will allow for supply-increasing changes like by-right multifamily and accessory dwelling units, reduced parking minimums, and firm permit review timelines, so red tape doesn’t block new units.”
View on their website ↗
Christina Hines
House · MI-10 · Democrat
“Expand tax incentives that help build affordable housing, and increase the supply of homes available to working families in our district.”
View on their website ↗
Dan Koh
House · MA-6 · Democrat
“Federal acceleration of housing: Expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, incentivize communities to build more housing, and invest in local organizations that create and preserve affordable homes.”
View on their website ↗
Chris Pappas
Senate · New Hampshire · Democrat
“In the U.S. Senate, Chris will continue to prioritize making housing more accessible and affordable, streamlining bureaucracy and incentivizing more construction, and bringing together private and public sector leaders to develop solutions that meet the needs of communities in every corner of our state.”
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James Talarico
Senate · Texas · Democrat
“Lowered housing costs by replacing outdated regulations to increase the supply of apartments and condos, establishing Texas’ first-ever Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program, and providing tax relief on low-income housing construction.”
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Fred Wellman
House · MO-2 · Democrat
“Build more housing. Expand the housing tax credit so affordable units actually get built.”
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Invest public money in building new homes

9 members
Zach Dembo
House · KY-6 · Democrat
“We need to do everything we can to increase housing supply to reduce housing prices – funding research into cheaper construction materials, massive public-private partnerships to increase supply, expanded first-time homebuyer programs like the VA loan program that helped me to other public servants that serve their communities (like teachers, nurses, and first responders), and stopping Wall Street from buying up homes from all the rest of us. Programs that help working families achieve homeownership work; we just need to expand them so everyone has a fair shot, not just veterans like me.”
View on their website ↗
Abdul El-Sayed
Senate · Michigan · Democrat
“We need a building boom. And to create that we need to massively invest in building new housing in communities across the country, and to streamline local regulations that are making it way too hard to build anything in America.”
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Peggy Flanagan
Senate · Minnesota · Democrat
“As Lt. Governor, Peggy has been a champion for housing investment and affordability. She fought for policies to make it easier for renters and those trying to buy a house to actualize that dream. This work culminated in 2023 with a historic state investment to support down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers, housing construction support, and rental assistance for Minnesotans in every region of the state.”
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Cyril Jefferson
House · NC-6 · Democrat
“Cyril will bring federal dollars home to modernize roads, rail, and broadband, support small businesses and farmers, and boost housing supply—using the same results-driven approach that secured millions for High Point without raising taxes.”
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“Cyril led High Point’s $40M housing impact fund, leveraging $2M in public funding to secure $38M in private investment to expand housing supply and improve affordability. He championed streamlined permitting processes and served on the NC Residential Code Council to keep homes safe and attainable.”
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Dan Koh
House · MA-6 · Democrat
“Federal acceleration of housing: Expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, incentivize communities to build more housing, and invest in local organizations that create and preserve affordable homes.”
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Mike McGuire
House · CA-1 · Democrat
“I’ll fight for major federal investments in affordable housing, first-time homebuyer support, renter tax credits and protections, and housing production that meets the needs of working families, seniors, and young people.”
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Chris Pappas
Senate · New Hampshire · Democrat
“He is also leading legislation to lower the cost of building new housing developments by establishing a grant program to reduce building project costs and speed the development of new housing.”
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Claire Valdez
House · NY-7 · Democrat
“A full supply of homes through public investment;”
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“We need to build millions of homes, but the private market won’t solve this on its own. We need the government to lead. That means tearing down the exclusionary zoning laws that have upheld segregation and blocked housing construction for decades, public financing that stays in the game when private capital walks away, and building millions of permanently affordable homes that are never handed back to speculators – union-built, beautifully designed, and controlled by the people who live in them.”
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“Claire will fight to establish a national housing construction fund that keeps building going regardless of market conditions, and expand state loan programs that unlock stalled affordable housing developments without waiting for private capital to come back.”
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Scott Wiener
House · CA-11 · Democrat
“Scott’s plan will build 8 million homes over the next decade. His national regulatory strategy will cut the red tape and reform bureaucratic processes to make homes faster and cheaper to build. And his national investment strategy will make a generational investment in social housing and affordable housing, paid for by reversing big portions of the Bush and Trump mega tax cuts on corporations and the wealthy.”
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“Create a Mixed-Income Social Housing Program to build 4 million homes, leveraging public and private investment to build homes for all.”
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Lower the cost of building homes

6 members
Roy Cooper
Senate · North Carolina · Democrat
“Roy Cooper’s plan would provide incentives to build more housing, lowering the overall cost of housing. It would stop big corporations, like investment funds and foreign companies, from buying single-family homes. He’d ban the algorithms from companies like RealPage and Yardi that use real-time data to increase rents. And he’d eliminate the unnecessary rules and red tape that make it harder to build houses and drive up costs, and eliminate the tariffs that make building materials more expensive.”
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Zach Dembo
House · KY-6 · Democrat
“We need to do everything we can to increase housing supply to reduce housing prices – funding research into cheaper construction materials, massive public-private partnerships to increase supply, expanded first-time homebuyer programs like the VA loan program that helped me to other public servants that serve their communities (like teachers, nurses, and first responders), and stopping Wall Street from buying up homes from all the rest of us. Programs that help working families achieve homeownership work; we just need to expand them so everyone has a fair shot, not just veterans like me.”
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Lindsay James
House · IA-2 · Democrat
“Housing: We must cut red tape and roll back tariffs on building materials so we can build millions of new homes. This is a simple supply and demand issue in many cases and if we can build a variety of entry level housing, provide first time home buyers with down payment assistance, we can give the American dream of owning your own home to the next generation.”
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Chris Pappas
Senate · New Hampshire · Democrat
“Homes should be owned by Granite Staters, not Wall Street firms that squeeze working families for every dollar they can. I’m fighting to cut red tape to make it easier to build new units and I’ll work to make building materials more affordable for local businesses so we can increase housing supply and keep costs down.”
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“He is also leading legislation to lower the cost of building new housing developments by establishing a grant program to reduce building project costs and speed the development of new housing.”
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Janelle Stelson
House · PA-10 · Democrat
“Make Homes Cheaper to Build”
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Scott Wiener
House · CA-11 · Democrat
“Scott’s plan will build 8 million homes over the next decade. His national regulatory strategy will cut the red tape and reform bureaucratic processes to make homes faster and cheaper to build. And his national investment strategy will make a generational investment in social housing and affordable housing, paid for by reversing big portions of the Bush and Trump mega tax cuts on corporations and the wealthy.”
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Change zoning rules to allow more homes

5 members
Abdul El-Sayed
Senate · Michigan · Democrat
“Increase supply – Expand Low-Income Housing Tax Credit allocations paired with state gap financing, and tie federal incentives like HUD’s PRO Housing grants to local zoning reform, which will allow for supply-increasing changes like by-right multifamily and accessory dwelling units, reduced parking minimums, and firm permit review timelines, so red tape doesn’t block new units.”
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Brad Lander
House · NY-10 · Democrat
“He led the community planning effort to shape and pass the Gowanus Rezoning, generating over 8,000 units of new housing, over 3,000 of them affordable to low-income and working-class families, with investments in open space, arts, environmental remediation, stormwater protection, and NYCHA — one of the few large-scale rezonings to win overwhelming support from its community board.”
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Chris Pappas
Senate · New Hampshire · Democrat
“We need to build smarter in New Hampshire. There are too many people that are being priced out right now, and we need to focus on increasing supply, giving our communities the tools to think creatively, to revamp zoning, to adopt best practices.”
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Claire Valdez
House · NY-7 · Democrat
“We need to build millions of homes, but the private market won’t solve this on its own. We need the government to lead. That means tearing down the exclusionary zoning laws that have upheld segregation and blocked housing construction for decades, public financing that stays in the game when private capital walks away, and building millions of permanently affordable homes that are never handed back to speculators – union-built, beautifully designed, and controlled by the people who live in them.”
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Scott Wiener
House · CA-11 · Democrat
“Scott began fighting for more housing on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, where in 2012 he became the first Supervisor in a generation to upzone his own district. He took that fight to the California Legislature, passing laws that completely overhauled California’s broken housing system, helping lower costs and build tens of thousands of affordable homes.”
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“SB 50 (Author: Wiener; bill failed): SB 50 overrides exclusionary low-density zoning by legalizing apartment buildings and affordable housing near public transportation and near job centers. SB 50 will help remedy the effects of low-density zoning, which has exacerbated income and racial segregation. It will help California reduce its 3.5 million home shortage, allow affordable housing to be built in many more parts of California, and address the impacts of climate change by allowing more people to live near transit and near where they work, thus reducing commutes and greenhouse gas emissions.”
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Tie federal funds to local efforts to build more homes

4 members
Abdul El-Sayed
Senate · Michigan · Democrat
“Increase supply – Expand Low-Income Housing Tax Credit allocations paired with state gap financing, and tie federal incentives like HUD’s PRO Housing grants to local zoning reform, which will allow for supply-increasing changes like by-right multifamily and accessory dwelling units, reduced parking minimums, and firm permit review timelines, so red tape doesn’t block new units.”
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Christina Hines
House · MI-10 · Democrat
“Reward communities that are increasing housing supply and creating opportunities for families to buy or rent affordable homes.”
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Dan Koh
House · MA-6 · Democrat
“Federal acceleration of housing: Expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, incentivize communities to build more housing, and invest in local organizations that create and preserve affordable homes.”
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Nancy Lacore
House · SC-1 · Democrat
“Increase multifamily housing needed for our local workforce by tying federal money for infrastructure / transportation / federal housing in the district.”
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Build more homes near public transit

3 members
Daniel Biss
House · IL-9 · Democrat
“We must lower housing and child care costs, take on price gougers, and incentivize more development, especially near transit.”
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Adrian Boafo
House · MD-5 · Democrat
“Co-sponsored the Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act to promote transit-oriented development to increase housing supply and access to reliable public transit.”
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Scott Wiener
House · CA-11 · Democrat
“SB 50 (Author: Wiener; bill failed): SB 50 overrides exclusionary low-density zoning by legalizing apartment buildings and affordable housing near public transportation and near job centers. SB 50 will help remedy the effects of low-density zoning, which has exacerbated income and racial segregation. It will help California reduce its 3.5 million home shortage, allow affordable housing to be built in many more parts of California, and address the impacts of climate change by allowing more people to live near transit and near where they work, thus reducing commutes and greenhouse gas emissions.”
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Have the government directly build homes, like social housing

3 members
Adam Hamawy
House · NJ-12 · Democrat
“Política de vivienda que aborde tanto el costo como el clima Apoyo el uso de todas las herramientas a nuestra disposición para abordar la crisis de vivienda y construir comunidades más sostenibles. Propuestas de vivienda como la Ley de Viviendas crearían nueva oferta de vivienda, mejorarían el parque de viviendas existente y desarrollarían la capacidad y el conocimiento para que el gobierno federal intervenga en este espacio una vez más. La innovación del sector público es clave para salir de nuestra crisis de vivienda, reducir la contaminación y construir comunidades resilientes.”

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Claire Valdez
House · NY-7 · Democrat
“We need to build millions of homes, but the private market won’t solve this on its own. We need the government to lead. That means tearing down the exclusionary zoning laws that have upheld segregation and blocked housing construction for decades, public financing that stays in the game when private capital walks away, and building millions of permanently affordable homes that are never handed back to speculators – union-built, beautifully designed, and controlled by the people who live in them.”
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Scott Wiener
House · CA-11 · Democrat
“Scott’s plan will build 8 million homes over the next decade. His national regulatory strategy will cut the red tape and reform bureaucratic processes to make homes faster and cheaper to build. And his national investment strategy will make a generational investment in social housing and affordable housing, paid for by reversing big portions of the Bush and Trump mega tax cuts on corporations and the wealthy.”
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“Create a Mixed-Income Social Housing Program to build 4 million homes, leveraging public and private investment to build homes for all.”
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Train more skilled trade workers to build homes

2 members
Christina Hines
House · MI-10 · Democrat
“Support workforce development programs that train the next generation of skilled tradespeople, helping us build more homes while creating good-paying jobs.”
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Stefany Shaheen
House · NH-1 · Democrat
“Cut red tape that’s preventing construction of new affordable housing and get serious about federal investment in the skilled trades so we can build new homes faster.”
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Turn vacant and commercial buildings into housing

2 members
Roy Cooper
Senate · North Carolina · Democrat
“Eliminate Unnecessary Rules That Drive Up Housing Costs. Spur housing construction by streamlining rules, speeding reviews and converting commercial buildings to housing.”
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Christina Hines
House · MI-10 · Democrat
“Encourage the redevelopment of vacant and underused properties into housing instead of allowing them to sit empty.”
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