Administration Announces Additional Efforts to Increase Housing Supply

The Biden-Harris administration announced several new actions to help increase the supply of affordable housing. Furthering on the administration’s June announcement, which NAR supported, and which awarded $85 million in grants through the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Pathways to Removing Obstacles (PRO) Housing program, new efforts include an additional $100 million in grant funding to assist state and local governments with identifying and overcoming barriers to housing development.

The administration’s fact sheet to creating more affordable housing included several other items, including solutions to interest rate predictability for multifamily development, streamlined processes through the Department of Transportation for loans near transit centers, and a commitment to finalizing its rule for updating the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards.