{"id":2604425,"date":"2026-05-19T10:31:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T14:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-enters-major-week-for-housing-bill-amid-clash-between-chambers\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T10:32:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T14:32:55","slug":"congress-enters-major-week-for-housing-bill-amid-clash-between-chambers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-enters-major-week-for-housing-bill-amid-clash-between-chambers\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress enters major week for housing bill amid clash between chambers"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fcongress-enters-major-week-for-housing-bill-amid-clash-between-chambers%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=2604425&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>Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are in \u201ccrunch week\u201d to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-faces-mounting-political-pressure-to-pass-bipartisan-housing-bill\/\" title=\"GOP faces mounting political pressure to ... ...\">pass bipartisan housing legislation<\/a>, but major disagreements between the House and Senate versions are creating uncertainty. The Senate had already passed the measure-the \u201c21st Century ROAD to Housing Act\u201d-overwhelmingly, but the House released a revised version last week after House members and outside groups raised concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The White House and President Donald Trump urged the House to pass the Senate\u2019s text unchanged, yet the House is aiming to move its amended bill quickly, potentially voting under suspension (requiring a two-thirds majority) before the House leaves for a June return. Plans include sending the bill back to the Senate after a Wednesday House vote, though aides dispute whether the changes improve consensus or jeopardize Senate support.<\/p>\n<p>One key conflict involves institutional investors and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-says-rising-housing-prices-are-actually-good-for-some-families-economic-recovery-will-produce-some-bumps\/\" title=\"Psaki Says Rising Housing Prices Are Actually Good For Some Families, Economic Recovery Will \u2018Produce Some Bumps\u2019\">single-family homes<\/a>. The House kept a ban on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >institutional investors buying single-family homes<\/a> but narrowed how \u201csingle-family home\u201d is defined and removed a controversial build-to-rent (BTR) provision that would have required selling those homes within seven years-an idea criticized by major home-building and multifamily housing groups. Supporters of the House approach say thay addressed the BTR concerns, while Senate Republicans argue the broader House changes could still undermine bipartisan backing and allow private equity to compete more aggressively than the Senate bill would.<\/p>\n<p>The situation is also politically charged. Senate GOP aides accuse some House leaders of going against what they say Trump endorsed, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune indicated a wait-and-see approach, urging the House ideally to adopt the Senate bill as-is.  <\/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>It is crunch week for lawmakers on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"31\">Capitol Hill<\/a> working to pass bipartisan <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/housing\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1273\">housing<\/a> legislation, but there is much uncertainty given differences with the legislation in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-of-representatives\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"93\">House<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8765\">Senate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the House <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4569572\/house-vote-amended-housing-bill\/\">released a revised version<\/a> of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, housing legislation that already passed the Senate in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4489382\/major-housing-bill-clears-senate-faces-conflict-house-gop\/\">an overwhelming vote<\/a>, but that lawmakers in the House and several outside groups had major issues with.<\/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\/news\/senate\/4573485\/congress-enters-major-week-housing-bill-clash-between-chambers\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Congress enters major week for housing bill amid clash between chambers<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/4572998\/china-buy-us-soybeans-trump-complaint\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>China to buy billions worth of US soybeans after Trump complaints<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/4571165\/eric-trump-plan-sue-jen-psaki-msnow-monologue\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Eric Trump says he plans to sue Jen Psaki over MS Now monologue<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4568013\/gop-urgency-housing-bill-midterm-elections\/\">HILL REPUBLICANS SEE URGENCY IN PASSING HOUSING BILL AHEAD OF MIDTERM ELECTIONS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Ahead of the revised legislation, the White House and President Donald Trump urged the House to pass the Senate version as is, but the House Financial Services Committee forged ahead and released a new version that is receiving pushback from the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>The whole situation is further complicated by issues with math and timing. The House is set to leave after this week and not return until June, and is attempting to pass the bill under suspension, which requires a two-thirds majority vote and sidesteps certain procedural hurdles.<\/p>\n<p>The plan is a Wednesday vote in the House, which would send it back to the Senate. And while the Senate and White House had wanted the House to vote on the Senate\u2019s version of the bill, some in the lower chamber said that the bill wouldn\u2019t have had the votes absent the changes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Senate bill has a math problem in the House,\u201d one senior House GOP aide told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cThe House\u2019s amendment reflects a good-faith effort to find consensus and move a bicameral bill to President Trump\u2019s desk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But, on the other hand, a senior Senate GOP aide told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that the House-side changes could threaten the legislation\u2019s support in the upper chamber, which needs a 60-vote majority to pass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny changes made by the House, which go directly against what President Trump himself has said he wants passed, would threaten to tear apart the bipartisan support in the Senate,\u201d the aide warned. \u201cIt\u2019s past time the House brings the Senate bill to the floor without changes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One key change in the House legislative update involves the ban on institutional investors purchasing single-family homes. Crucially, the ban would remain in place, but the new language narrows the definition of a single-family home and nixed a controversial provision on build-to-rent homes.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate bill initially contained language that would require investors in build-to-rent homes to sell those houses within seven years. Housing experts argued it would decrease the housing stock, and industry groups have come out hard against the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>The provision was heavily criticized by influential groups such as the National Association of Home Builders and the National Multifamily Housing Council.<\/p>\n<p>The House\u2019s revised bill strips that provision, which has drawn plaudits from groups such as the NAHB and the NMHC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, obviously, we are pleased that the House understood better the BTR issue specifically,\u201d Sharon Wilson Geno, president of the National Multifamily Housing Council, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>But Republican and Democratic Senate aides are also pushing back on the language that narrows the definition of a single-family home, arguing that the combined changes would allow private equity firms to outcompete families in the market more than the Senate\u2019s version.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) also appeared to take a jab at the House\u2019s changes, specifically calling out Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), the ranking member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-minority-leader-kevin-mccarthy-slams-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-over-conspiracy-theories\/\" title=\"... Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy Slams Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Over \u2018Conspiracy Theories\u2019\">financial services committee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRadical Dems like Maxine Waters &#038; Al Sharpton, who are beholden to corporate landlords, &#038; Trump hating RINOS are teaming up to kill the bipartisan housing bill,\u201d Moreno said Monday on X.<\/p>\n<p>While the changes to the institutional investor provisions received a lot of attention, there were other changes in the House version from the Senate version that House members saw as necessary.<\/p>\n<p>The Main Street Caucus, chaired by Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE), released a statement last week noting the issues that House members in the caucus had with the Senate\u2019s version of the legislation. Flood pointed out that the House\u2019s original housing legislation passed in a 390-9 vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince then, the Senate made significant substantive changes to the bill that deviate from the House version that work against the stated goals of the bill and have drawn significant opposition from groups that previously supported the package,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>There is also the Trump factor at play. It\u2019s unclear how involved the White House will get in the dispute and in what comes next for the legislation, but a second senior GOP Senate aide didn\u2019t mince words when asked about the House\u2019s push to change the text.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMike Johnson, Steve Scalise, Tom Emmer, and French Hill are going against President Trump,\u201d the aide said. \u201cThe White House, as well as the president, fully endorsed the Senate\u2019s housing legislation. They are going against what President Trump wants \u2014 that is unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4567535\/gop-mounting-political-pressure-pass-bipartisan-housing-bill\/\">GOP FACES MOUNTING POLITICAL PRESSURE TO PASS BIPARTISAN HOUSING BILL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) told reporters on Capitol Hill on Monday that he is in a wait-and-see mode on the housing legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, we\u2019ll see what they do and what they may or may not add to it,\u201d Thune said. \u201cWe\u2019ll see, again what, how it comes back, if it comes back. Again, I wish they would just pick up the Senate bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawmakers face crunch week passing bipartisan housing bill amid House-Senate differences<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3360,"featured_media":2604426,"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\/thune-and-johnson-e1775136792403.jpg?1775566121&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[46244,32671,39259,57847,64327],"class_list":["post-2604425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-federal-budget","tag-housing-policy","tag-lawmaking","tag-legislative-gridlock","tag-us-congress"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/thune-and-johnson-e1775136792403.jpg?1775566121&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604425","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=2604425"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2604429,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604425\/revisions\/2604429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2604426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2604425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2604425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2604425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}