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The Senate approved a package of bills aimed at lowering housing costs, the most sweeping housing legislation in decades and a rare point of bipartisan consensus in an election year, with the issue of affordability top of mind for many voters.
www.cbsnews.comThis week the House and Senate return from a two-week district work period with a long to-do list.
www.crefc.orgThe leadership of the Senate Banking Committee announced April 29 that it will spend more time crafting its legislative proposal to overhaul the mortgage finance system before moving to a committee vote.
news.bloomberglaw.comThe bill's ultimate fate remains dire — as does the GOP trifecta's ability to make any legislative progress on affordability before the midterms.
www.politico.comThis week the House and Senate return from a two-week district work period with a long to-do list.
www.crefc.orgHouse Republicans have blocked a bipartisan bill trying to boost the country's supply of homes and tackle the housing affordability crisis.
www.newsweek.comThe legislation's progress is all the more surprising because it addresses an issue that is shaping up to be the main battleground of the midterm elections: affordability. The effort could still stall.
www.nytimes.comThe Senate failed to garner the necessary 60 votes on a cloture motion that would have allowed the chamber to move forward and consider the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024.
www.nahb.orgThe Senate approved a package of bills aimed at lowering housing costs, the most sweeping housing legislation in decades and a rare point of bipartisan consensus in an election year, with the issue of affordability top of mind for many voters.
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