Regulation of home building

“Lead efforts to cut red tape, increase housing supply and construction, and make housing more affordable for buyers and renters.”

“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.”

“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.”

“We need to build more starter homes, crack down on corporate landlords and rent gouging, and expand programs that help first-time homebuyers get their start. And yes, sometimes cut rules and red tape that make it harder and more expensive to get homes built.”

“Paige has balanced the city’s books, brought in new businesses, and cut red tape to foster job growth and new homes getting built.”

“Cut red tape, slashing building permit fees”

“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.”

“We’ve slashed permit costs by up to 70%. We fought the utility costs. We have a whole neighborhood who no longer needs flood insurance because of the work we’ve done on storm water.”

“Making it easier to build affordable housing by cutting outdated red tape and zoning rules that slow down projects and drive up prices.”

“Eliminate Unnecessary Rules That Drive Up Housing Costs. Spur housing construction by streamlining rules, speeding reviews and converting commercial buildings to housing.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Cut unnecessary red tape, permitting delays, and regulatory capture that drive up construction costs and make it harder to build housing.”

“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.”

“Eliminate Unnecessary Rules That Drive Up Housing Costs. Spur housing construction by streamlining rules, speeding reviews and converting commercial buildings to housing.”

“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.”

“Cut unnecessary red tape, permitting delays, and regulatory capture that drive up construction costs and make it harder to build housing.”

“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.”

“I will support legislation that makes it easier for people to secure permits needed to build additional housing, while also being mindful of environmental protection.”

“At the State level, I’ve been a leading voice to build more workforce housing and make it easier to achieve the American dream. I’ve worked to expedite the process to build new housing, securing millions to build thousands of additional housing units in our counties, and especially rural communities.”

“Chris’s Accelerating Home Building Act — bipartisan, bicameral legislation to support local governments in speeding up the permitting and home building process — would cut unnecessary red tape making it harder for homebuilders to build the new units our communities desperately need.”

“2023 HB 14 – Prevent local government delays in approving property development plans, plats, and inspections. Joint Author”

“Simplify permitting so new affordable housing can be built faster.”

“SB 886 (2022) Student and Faculty Housing Act. Streamlines on-campus student and faculty housing at UC, CSU, and community colleges by exempting housing projects from the lengthy CEQA review process that has been weaponized to block or delay student housing for years.”

“SB 35, SB 423, SB 828, SB 765, SB 312, SB 4, and SB 79: These laws streamline and expedite housing approvals and permits, especially affordable housing, to ensure cities are held accountable to strong housing goals that actually meet California’s housing needs. They also require cities to zone for more homes, especially near public transportation; authorize churches and other faith organizations to build affordable housing on their land; and expedite permits for on-campus student housing. Scott authored these bills to fundamentally overhaul California’s broken housing approval system, expediting tens of thousands of housing approvals and ensuring that all communities are building housing.”

“As Chair of the Senate Housing Committee, Scott has tackled California’s housing crisis head-on and passed groundbreaking legislation to accelerate the approval of new homes and legalize apartment buildings and affordable housing in many parts of California where only single family homes were allowed. Thanks to Scott’s legislation in this area, thousands of affordable homes have been approved in San Francisco in the past few years, and even more are on the way.”

“SB 35 (Author: Wiener), SB 423 (Author: Wiener), SB 828 (Author: Wiener), and SB 765 (Author: Wiener): Streamlining and expediting housing approvals, including affordable housing, and ensuring strong housing goals that actually meet our state’s housing needs. Scott authored these three housing bills to expedite housing approvals and ensure that all communities are building housing. SB 35, SB 423 and SB 765 streamline housing approvals in communities that aren’t meeting their housing goals, and SB 828 requires reality-based housing goals based on anticipated future needs. In combination, these laws are doing two things: first, they are streamlining a large amount of subsidized affordable housing for low-income people, both in cities and suburbs. (San Francisco, in particular, is aggressively using this legislation to streamline a large amount of affordable housing). Second, these laws are forcing some of the most exclusionary suburbs in the state, such as Cupertino, to allow significant new housing.”

“He focused extensively on housing and public transportation, authoring laws to expedite approval of affordable housing, legalize new in-law units, and tie public transportation funding to population growth.”

“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.”

“She has already launched first-of-its-kind affordable housing downpayment grants for local teachers and fast-tracked approval for new homes that are affordable for working families.”

“Making it easier to build affordable housing by cutting outdated red tape and zoning rules that slow down projects and drive up prices.”

“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.”

“I was very proud to vote for the 21st Century Road to Housing Act that made its way through Congress. [A] bipartisan bill [that] wasn’t signed into law by Trump, but he let it become law without his signature. And that bill does a few things: takes on Wall Street’s practice of gobbling up single-family homes and jacking up housing costs, cuts red tape and makes it easier to build, and provides direct grants to communities that are thinking creatively about how to rezone and build below-market-rate units.”

“SB 35, SB 423, SB 828, SB 765, SB 312, SB 4, and SB 79: These laws streamline and expedite housing approvals and permits, especially affordable housing, to ensure cities are held accountable to strong housing goals that actually meet California’s housing needs. They also require cities to zone for more homes, especially near public transportation; authorize churches and other faith organizations to build affordable housing on their land; and expedite permits for on-campus student housing. Scott authored these bills to fundamentally overhaul California’s broken housing approval system, expediting tens of thousands of housing approvals and ensuring that all communities are building housing.”

“As Chair of the Senate Housing Committee, Scott has tackled California’s housing crisis head-on and passed groundbreaking legislation to accelerate the approval of new homes and legalize apartment buildings and affordable housing in many parts of California where only single family homes were allowed. Thanks to Scott’s legislation in this area, thousands of affordable homes have been approved in San Francisco in the past few years, and even more are on the way.”

“SB 35 (Author: Wiener), SB 423 (Author: Wiener), SB 828 (Author: Wiener), and SB 765 (Author: Wiener): Streamlining and expediting housing approvals, including affordable housing, and ensuring strong housing goals that actually meet our state’s housing needs. Scott authored these three housing bills to expedite housing approvals and ensure that all communities are building housing. SB 35, SB 423 and SB 765 streamline housing approvals in communities that aren’t meeting their housing goals, and SB 828 requires reality-based housing goals based on anticipated future needs. In combination, these laws are doing two things: first, they are streamlining a large amount of subsidized affordable housing for low-income people, both in cities and suburbs. (San Francisco, in particular, is aggressively using this legislation to streamline a large amount of affordable housing). Second, these laws are forcing some of the most exclusionary suburbs in the state, such as Cupertino, to allow significant new housing.”

“He focused extensively on housing and public transportation, authoring laws to expedite approval of affordable housing, legalize new in-law units, and tie public transportation funding to population growth.”

“Modernize and standardize regulations for modular homes in order to increase the housing supply and provide more affordable options for families. Outdated regulations have slowed our ability to scale up their use nationwide, but by changing these rules we can increase the adoption of modular home building and bring down the cost at the same time. The Bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act has started this process, but we must go farther than reviewing financing barriers and commissioning studies on building codes. We need to do more than pass laws, we need to make sure the ones we have are enforced.”

“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.”

“Lower housing costs: Stop corporate landlords from engaging in market manipulation to artificially hike rents, ban Wall Street from buying up housing stock to enrich wealthy investors while making it harder for families to afford homes, expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, repeal outdated red tape that hinders the construction of housing, support legislation to lower property insurance costs, and create a federal task force charged with helping communities use quality, cost-effective options like factory-built “modular” homes to speed up construction timelines.”

“I will support legislation that makes it easier for people to secure permits needed to build additional housing, while also being mindful of environmental protection.”

“Jon understands the challenges that homebuyers face—complex regulations, rising costs, and bureaucratic hurdles that often stand in the way of owning a home. His extensive experience in real estate has shown him firsthand how outdated policies and red tape can frustrate families and delay their path to stability and wealth-building through homeownership.”

“Policy choices have directly driven up costs. The biggest example is Trump’s tariffs and unnecessary trade wars. But we’ve also made it way too hard and costly to build housing. We’ve prohibited Medicare and Medicaid from negotiating drug prices on all but a handful of drugs. And we’ve turned a blind eye when the consolidation of corporate power reduces competition and drives up costs.”

“I’ll crackdown on big private equity companies buying up homes, make sure home construction is efficient and fast here in Texas, and find ways to drive down the costs of the materials needed for construction so that new homes are more affordable.”

“He pointed to housing costs, energy prices, agriculture, small businesses, and economic growth as examples of areas where excessive government regulation has made life harder for everyday Americans.”