{"id":2602512,"date":"2026-05-14T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-faces-mounting-political-pressure-to-pass-bipartisan-housing-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T07:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:00:54","slug":"gop-faces-mounting-political-pressure-to-pass-bipartisan-housing-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-faces-mounting-political-pressure-to-pass-bipartisan-housing-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP faces mounting political pressure to pass bipartisan housing bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-faces-mounting-political-pressure-to-pass-bipartisan-housing-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2602512&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republicans are facing mounting pressure to pass bipartisan housing legislation quickly so President Donald Trump can sign it before the 2026 elections, in hopes of addressing voter anger over housing affordability.<\/p>\n<p>The measure is the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which already cleared the Senate in March but has stalled in the House because some Republicans object to provisions added there that they believe could restrict the housing supply.The bill is designed to improve affordability by reducing certain government housing regulations and encouraging states and localities to loosen land-use rules. While it\u2019s intended to increase housing supply, the article notes that any effects would likely take time-meaning voters may not see immediate relief before Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>A major point of contention is a Trump-backed ban on large institutional investors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidenomics-average-american-cant-afford-homes-in-99-of-country\/\" title=\"Bidenomics: Most Americans Can&#039;t Buy Homes in 99% of the Country.\">buying single-family homes<\/a>, along with a rule that would require investors in build-to-rent homes to sell within seven years.Housing experts and industry groups argue these provisions would make such investment uneconomical,perhaps reducing the number of homes built. Groups like the National Association of Home Builders have threatened to withdraw support, and an open letter from housing experts warns the changes would function like a \u201csoft ban\u201d on building.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson and othre GOP leaders are reportedly considering changes to the Senate version and could bring an amended bill to a vote as early as next week, but it remains unclear whether the House will accept the investor-related restrictions. Meanwhile, the broader political stakes are high: inflation and cost-of-living concerns are repeatedly shown in polling as top voter issues, leaving Republicans eager for any achievable affordability-related accomplishment they can campaign on.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"240\">Republicans<\/a> are under increasing political pressure to get bipartisan <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/housing\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1273\">housing<\/a> legislation to President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> desk in time to address voters\u2019 dismay about affordability before the midterm <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-election\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11675\">elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bipartisanship\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1709\">bipartisan<\/a> legislation in question is the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which cleared the Senate in March, but has been held up in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-of-representatives\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"93\">House of Representatives<\/a> as some Republicans are upset about provisions added to the bill in the upper chamber that could limit the housing supply. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/4567183\/us-importers-tariff-refund-reimbursements\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>US importers \u2018impressed\u2019 with Trump tariff refund rollout as reimbursements trickle in<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4566843\/warsh-confirmed-fed-chairman-face-renewed-inflation-threat\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Kevin Warsh confirmed as next Fed chairman and will face renewed inflation threat<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/4566187\/social-security-2027-cola-expected-rise-high-inflation\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Social Security 2027 COLA expected to rise with higher inflation<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/4565432\/house-weighs-changing-senate-housing-bill-large-investor-ban\/\"><strong>HOUSE WEIGHS CHANGING SENATE HOUSING BILL THAT INCLUDES LARGE INVESTOR BAN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The underlying bill is meant to ease the housing affordability crunch by lessening some government regulations on housing and incentivizing state and local governments to ease land-use regulations. The rising cost of housing has played a major role in the broader inflation that has sent consumer sentiment <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/4534169\/vibepression-consumer-sentiment-record-lows\/\">to record lows<\/a> and driven up disapproval of Trump\u2019s handling of the economy. <\/p>\n<p>And the longer the legislative logjam persists, the more it deprives the GOP of a key affordability talking point to present voters on the campaign trail. Even if the legislation fails to lower housing prices this year, it would still be a legislative achievement Republicans could message on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, housing is a big issue, it polls very high, and Republicans do want to say they did something about housing \u2014 and passing this bill would give them the opportunity to jawbone the issue,\u201d Brian Darling, a Republican strategist and former Senate aide, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Republican leaders in the House and Senate are being lobbied hard to address their differences and pass the legislation. For instance, both the president and Vice President JD Vance posted on social media this week, calling on the House to pass the Senate\u2019s version of the bill.<\/p>\n<p>But with less than six months left until the public casts its ballots and decides whether Republicans keep control of the House and the Senate, lawmakers aren\u2019t yet able to tell their constituents that they have done anything to help with housing affordability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an issue that I think that Republicans want to get across the finish line so they can have something to campaign on,\u201d Darling said.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) have indicated that they are weighing changes to the Senate bill, which could lead the House to reopen debate over several controversial aspects of the legislation, especially a provision backed by Trump that would ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes.<\/p>\n<p>House Republican leadership is <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2026\/05\/13\/congress\/house-gop-leaders-vote-amended-housing-bill-00918880\">reportedly<\/a> planning to put an amended version of the Senate\u2019s housing bill on the floor for a vote as soon as next week.<\/p>\n<p>But it is unclear how the lower chamber would handle the ban on purchases by institutional investors. It was added to the Senate bill after Trump called for it in his 2026 State of the Union address. The bill also contains language that would require investors in build-to-rent homes to sell those houses within seven years, a requirement that would likely make many such investments uneconomical. Housing experts argue it would decrease the housing stock, and industry groups have come out hard against the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>The National Association of Home Builders, long a supporter of the bipartisan legislation, threatened to withdraw support over the bill\u2019s language. <\/p>\n<p>Also, in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4502387\/housing-researchers-build-rent-provision-bipartisan-housing-bill\/\">an open letter<\/a>, a group of prominent housing experts and economists told lawmakers that it would make housing investment uneconomical and amount to a soft ban. They also said it would directly lead to fewer homes being built.<\/p>\n<p>And even if Republicans can coalesce around legislation that can pass and make its way to Trump\u2019s desk, voters likely won\u2019t feel relief directly from the bill in time for the election, Desmond Lachman, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirstly, a lot of the measures take a while before they have an effect,\u201d Lachman said. \u201cThat if you change regulations, you get rid of red tape, you make it easier for zoning and all of that, it takes a while before you build the houses. So you\u2019re not going to get short-term relief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, the affordability trouble isn\u2019t going away for Republicans, and any sort of messaging that could help \u2014 such as the bipartisan housing legislation \u2014 is welcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important for the Republicans to do anything on affordability before the midterms,\u201d Peter Loge, director of the George Washington University\u2019s School of Media and Public Affairs, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Polling consistently shows that high inflation and cost-of-living concerns are top considerations for voters heading into the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>This week alone, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >consumer price index showed inflation shot<\/a> up five-tenths of a percentage point to 3.8% for the year ending in April. And, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-thanks-turkey-prices-up-41-home-heating-oil-up-115-food-prices-up-10-5\/\" title=\"No Thanks! Turkey Prices Up 41%, Home Heating Oil Up 115%, Food Prices Up 10.5%\">producer price index showed<\/a> that wholesale inflation exploded to a blistering 6% rate, the biggest increase since 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the most recent increase in inflation is attributable to the war in Iran, which has pushed energy prices higher.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4566843\/warsh-confirmed-fed-chairman-face-renewed-inflation-threat\/\"><strong>KEVIN WARSH CONFIRMED AS NEXT FED CHAIRMAN AND WILL FACE RENEWED INFLATION THREAT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Andrew Bates, a Democratic strategist and former Biden administration White House spokesperson, pointed out low economic approval ratings for Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis legislation won\u2019t make up for how tariffs and chaos are raising housing costs, but it would be a mistake not to pass a bill that increases housing supply,\u201d Bates told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cUnless they\u2019d prefer to talk even more about gas prices and Trump\u2019s ballroom.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans face pressure to pass bipartisan housing bill before midterms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3360,"featured_media":2602513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26111568743362.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3667,6203,4344,4762,38533],"class_list":["post-2602512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bipartisan","tag-gop","tag-housing","tag-legislation","tag-political-pressure"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26111568743362.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3360"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2602512"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2602516,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602512\/revisions\/2602516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2602513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2602512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2602512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2602512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}