Senate votes to consider bipartisan housing bill after months of GOP infighting

The Senate voted 87-8 on Tuesday to consider a bipartisan housing bill after months of haggling between the House and Senate GOP.

The version ultimately agreed to by the House and Senate includes language to limit institutional investors’ ability to buy up single-family homes, which House Republicans had fought to include. 

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, has been a lead driver of the bill. In a statement with his Democratic counterpart, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (R-Mass.), and their House counterparts, he lauded the final negotiated product. 

“This bill is the result of years of work to lower costs, expand housing supply, cut........

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