Landmark federal housing law tries new ways to boost local building

By: Robbie Sequeira

Outlets: Stateline

Published: July 24, 2026

Words: 1,638

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago

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Championed as one of the most consequential and bipartisan federal housing laws in decades, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act enacted this month makes significant changes across federal housing policy.

Included in the 139-page law are a host of provisions that will restrict some institutional investors from buying homes, ease rules for manufactured housing and expand assistance for veterans. But some of its most notable provisions give local governments greater flexibility in using …

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