House Passes Bipartisan Bill To Tackle America’s Housing Crisis

the American people as they seek to purchase a home,” Hill added.

Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) highlighted the urgency of the housing crisis.

“America is in the middle of a full-blown affordable housing and homelessness crisis, and working families are burdened by skyrocketing rents and a housing market that is pushing homeownership further out of reach,” Waters said.

The bill streamlines federal permitting processes, exempts certain infill and redevelopment projects from lengthy environmental reviews under NEPA,