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fromSFGATE
1 week ago

National Housing Emergency Could Benefit First-Time Buyers: What To Know

A national housing emergency could mobilize federal resources to expand affordable housing, reduce upfront homebuying costs, and pressure lower mortgage rates for first-time buyers.
fromwww.housingwire.com
3 weeks ago

Secretary Bessent says Trump may declare a national housing emergency

In a separate Labor Day interview with the Washington Examiner, Bessent said that President Trump may declare a national housing emergency this fall in response to soaring prices and limited supply. Bessent did not specify actions Trump may take beyond possibly declaring a national emergency, but he suggested that administration officials are directly studying ways to standardize local building and zoning codes and decrease closing costs.
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