House passes sweeping bill to lower housing costs, sending it to Trump’s desk

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• The bill will “help build more homes to meet that growing demand and keep the American dream within reach,” he said.

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• The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act includes grant funding and pilot programs to build new homes.

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• Mortgage rates are tied to the yield on the 10-year Treasury note — a number that's controlled, essentially, by market forces and the Federal Reserve.

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• Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (FL) speaks on Day 3 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 17, 2024.

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• By Caitlin Yilek Politics Reporter Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Press Foundation.

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• "With final passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Congress is paving a path back to homeownership for American families who have been locked out for far too long," Johnson said in a statement after the vote.

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• The final version won't require any firms to divest their properties but does ban them from buying more than 350 homes at once.

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• While the median US monthly rent has been declining for nearly three years, it was still 17.2% higher in May than it was before the pandemic, according to data from Realtor.com.

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• Maxine Waters, a California Democrat who helped negotiate the bill, said the median age of a first-time homebuyer was now 40 and rents had soared about 47% since the Covid-19 pandemic. “Our country must do better and today we will,” she said.

  according to The Guardian — US News +1

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• The bill will “help build more homes to meet that growing demand and keep the American dream within reach,” he said.

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