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@KNGTheJD
God 1st | Juris Doctor-TMSL โ22 ๐ผ๐จ๐พโโ๏ธ | Morehouse โ17 ๐จ๐พโ๐ | Gov. Affairs Manager, Social Policy @niskanencenter | Saints ๐โ๏ธ| D.C. ๐*Views Are My Own*
We commend @SenJohnKennedy and @SenWarren for their amazing bipartisan leadership and vision in drafting the Build Now Act! The Build Now Act, included in next weekโs markup, is an innovative, budget-neutral approach to addressing Americaโs housing affordability and zoningโฆ
We applaud @SenWarren and @SenJohnKennedy for introducing the Build Now Act of 2025. It's a budget-neutral approach to our nationโs zoning crisis, focusing on the highest-cost communities that are persistently slow-growth. What it does โฌ๏ธ
We really should just discuss how much of a strategic and moral juggernaut Jordan and Qatar are in moments of deep humanitarian crisis.
The Kingdom of Jordan will airdrop humanitarian aid into Gaza as Palestinians face widespread starvation and diplomatic talks over a ceasefire break down, a source familiar with the operation told ABC News. abcnews.link/HtnQqfh
And infill housing is an important tool to solve the housing crisis! Washington DC has avoided the worst housing cost increases by building infill housing in Metro adjacent neighborhoods like NoMa at the same rate as a sunbelt suburb: agglomerations.substack.com/p/not-just-subโฆ
Unfortunately, American transit investments often underperform their housing potential. Too many stations are surrounded by restrictive housing policies that prohibit many people from living nearby. These policies hurt ridership and waste the federal investment
Today's megabill shortlist: Old friends: HSFA, BMHNTA, HUD Code chassis reform, new MTW cohort, FHA Title I loan limits + ADU fix, small dollar loan reform New friends: Kennedy-Warren CDBG carrots & sticks, NEPA reform, Innovation Fund, Section 8 streamlining, modular loan fix
Two noteworthy bills in this package: 1. Build Now Act - A budget-neutral approach to our nation's zoning crisis 2. Build More Housing Near Transit Act - Protects taxpayers & transit riders alike from federal transit grants to cities that ban housing near transit
Our housing-transpo team at Niskanen applauds Chairman @SenatorTimScott and Ranking Member @SenWarren for this ambitious markup addressing the housing crisis! There's a lot of good stuff in hereโwe're happy to see Build More Housing Near Transit included
It's difficult to underscore just how many ideas and reforms are inside this big bipartisan housing bill. And it's a huge achievement that its got full buy-in from the leadership of the Senate Banking Committee. Here's just a taste:
This Senate Banking package is a watershed moment in federal housing policy--chassis reform, Build More Housing Near Transit, Housing Supply Frameworks, & a brand new set of carrots & sticks based on housing production outcomes! Full @NotebookLM-queryable text in next tweet
This mega-package of bipartisan bills has been our full-time job since we started the team in 2022 What began as just "HOTMA 2.0" has snowballed into a serious down payment on housing that picks the low-hanging fruit, puts up real wins, & builds a bipartisan coalition for more!
The megabill is so big, and sweeps in so many existing proposals and priorities, that we have to nest threads for each subsection! Here's our thread on the Housing Supply Frameworks Act from April ๐ x.com/aarmlovi/statuโฆ
๐จFRESH BILL DROP๐จ @NiskanenCenter's Housing team is thrilled to share the Housing Supply Frameworks Act, a bipartisan & bicameral bill It would revisit federal model land use legislation for state & local governments for the first time since President Hoover ๐
The learnings from this pilot can inform larger versions of this same concept: Redeploying the enormous federal checkbook to eliminate "fiscal zoning" excuses for the growth controls perpetuating the housing shortage One day we can redesign the intergovernmental grant stack toโฆ
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We commend @SenJohnKennedy and @SenWarren for their amazing bipartisan leadership and vision in drafting the Build Now Act! The Build Now Act, included in next weekโs markup, is an innovative, budget-neutral approach to addressing Americaโs housing affordability and zoningโฆ
New: Senate Banking Committee has indeed noticed a housing markup for July 29 โ first one in a decade-plus. Warren and Scott have drafted a package that wraps together bipartisan proposals from members of the committee: banking.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/โฆ Full text: banking.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/โฆ
News: Senate Banking Committee members are eyeing July 29 for a potential markup of bipartisan housing legislation, I'm told. ICYMI, we reported a couple weeks ago that Scott was targeting this month: semafor.com/article/07/09/โฆ
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The cost of housing is just too high, forcing people to endure longer commutes and worsening our climate crisis. My Build More Housing Near Transit Act will encourage the construction of low- and middle-income housing in transit-served, walkable locations.
Two noteworthy bills in this package: 1. Build Now Act - A budget-neutral approach to our nation's zoning crisis 2. Build More Housing Near Transit Act - Protects taxpayers & transit riders alike from federal transit grants to cities that ban housing near transit
New bipartisan housing package from Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren just dropped โ and it's good!
What are these new carrots & sticks developed by Sens Kennedy & Warren? A CDBG pilot that targets high-cost jurisdictions for outcomes-based carrots and sticks! We're building the administrative capacity & data tools necessary to target outcomes ๐ x.com/KNGTheJD/statuโฆ
We commend @SenJohnKennedy and @SenWarren for their amazing bipartisan leadership and vision in drafting the Build Now Act! The Build Now Act, included in next weekโs markup, is an innovative, budget-neutral approach to addressing Americaโs housing affordability and zoningโฆ
A big new housing package dropped in the Senate last night! It includes a bunch of significant proposals to reduce America's housing crunchโcarrots and sticks for local housing production, incentives for state/local TOD policy, chassis reform for manufactured housing, and more
Late breaking news: Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) have released a massive bipartisan housing bill ahead of a markup expected next week. Read the 315-page bill here: punchbowl.news/wp-content/uplโฆ
It's difficult to underscore just how many ideas and reforms are inside this big bipartisan housing bill. And it's a huge achievement that its got full buy-in from the leadership of the Senate Banking Committee. Here's just a taste:
Late breaking news: Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) have released a massive bipartisan housing bill ahead of a markup expected next week. Read the 315-page bill here: punchbowl.news/wp-content/uplโฆ
But there's more! NEPA reform for infill housing! CDBG grants used as leverage to encourage local housing production!
New bipartisan housing package from Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren just dropped โ and it's good!
What's in the Senate Banking megabill on housing? Query full text here. You can ask NotebookLM real questions about whether this bill is merely "subsidizing demand" vs. serious on supply reform You can also ask it silly questions like "what are the discourse implications" ๐
You can read the full text here but also actually query it to ask what's in the bill (If you haven't used @NotebookLM before, it's Google's corpus-restricted RAG model--the first consumer AI product ever to solve the "constantly lying to users" problem) notebooklm.google.com/notebook/ac868โฆ