Bipartisan housing bill faces tricky path in House

The Senate-passed bipartisan housing legislation faces an uphill path to passage in the House of Representatives, where Republicans in the majority are fearful of being forced into a bad deal.

The Senate voted 89-10 to pass the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which would lessen some government regulations on housing and incentivize state and local governments to ease land-use regulations.

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But some in the House are feeling like they are being jammed by the Senate and want changes to the legislation before it reaches the desk of President Donald Trump, who himself has been ambivalent about lowering housing prices and reportedly told House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) that “no one gives a s*** about housing.”

It doesn’t appear likely that the version of the housing bill the Senate passed will get approved in the House.

“Key policy differences must be resolved