Washington, D.C. — The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a comprehensive bipartisan bill championed by Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), was enacted into law last weekend after the 10-day constitutional clock expired. Goodlander co-sponsored six critical provisions in the final bill. 

“The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act delivers a major victory for Granite Staters who are being priced out of the communities they love,” said Congresswoman Goodlander. “I fought to ensure the bill will speed up homebuilding, cut needless red tape in rural communities, expand modular and manufactured housing, support resident-owned communities, and help veterans access the home-loan benefits they earned.”

“The President’s inexplicable refusal to sign this overwhelmingly bipartisan legislation doesn’t take away from the result: Congress is taking practical, meaningful action to build more homes and lower costs. I am proud to have helped get this law across the finish line, and I will keep fighting until every hardworking Granite Stater has a fair shot at an affordable place to call home.”

BACKGROUND 

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act — a bipartisan, bicameral effort — includes six Goodlander-cosponsored provisions that will:

• Accelerate home building with pre-approved “pattern books” for missing-middle and infill housing that speed up approvals and cut construction costs, especially in rural communities. (H.R. 5907)
• Cut needless bureaucracy holding up the development of rural housing (H.R. 4989)
• Expand the housing supply by allowing modular housing to be built and financed more easily (H.R. 6293)
• Support resident-owned manufactured housing communities by reauthorizing the PRICE grant program, which supports community ownership of housing communities by helping pay for infrastructure improvements and redevelopment (H.R. 4477)
• Ensure veterans and their families get the benefits they’re entitled to when it comes to seeking home loans (H.R. 2362 and H.R. 3694)
• Improve Build America, Buy America by requiring updated, clearer guidance on how these requirements apply to the HOME program.

The new law is the latest success story for Goodlander’s practical, bipartisan approach to tackling the housing crisis: clear the obstacles that make homes more expensive, back the people working to add supply, and make sure every federal dollar dedicated to this cause is actually delivering more homes people can afford.

It builds on a broader push by Goodlander to take on the forces driving up housing costs. She is helping to lead bipartisan legislation to expand financing for accessory dwelling units and affordable housing development, supported cracking down on corporate landlords and private equity firms that drive up rents and home prices, and backed efforts to increase housing supply and make homeownership more accessible for working families, seniors, and first-time buyers.

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