The Housing and Urban Development Department would create new programs to support affordable housing, ramp up housing production in states and cities, and ease environmental regulations for federally funded housing developments under the House’s latest proposal on
The revised package marks the House’s second go-round on housing legislation, having previously passed the bill (BGOV Bill Analysis) in February. The Senate amended and passed that bill in March (BGOV Bill Analysis). The House on May 20 sent the measure back to the Senate with an amendment that it adopted 396-13, with ...