Congress Stepped Up on Housing. Now It’s Trump’s Turn.

By Jared Bernstein and Jim Parrott

Mr. Bernstein was the chair of President Joe Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers from 2023 to 2025. Mr. Parrott was a senior adviser to the National Economic Council during President Barack Obama’s administration.

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, the first major housing package to become law in decades — and passed with impressive bipartisan support — has the potential to put a real dent in the nation’s affordable housing shortage.

The good news is that if carried out as intended, the law will break through a lot of the regulatory sludge holding back the........

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