{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcclain.house.gov/2025/11/chairwoman-lisa-mcclain-leads-house-republican-effort-to-make-housing-affordable-again", "Chairwoman Lisa McClain Leads House Republican Effort to Make Housing Affordable Again", "2025-11-21", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "MI", "Lisa C. McClain", "M001136", "mcclain.house.gov", "mcclain", "https://mcclain.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) introduced two bills that will make housing more affordable for American families by expanding housing supply, cutting red tape, modernizing federal financing rules, and incentivizing homeownership.\n\n\u201cWashington\u2019s outdated rules have made it too hard for families to buy a safe, affordable home. This bill cuts the pointless red tape and drives costs down for hardworking families. This is a commonsense fix that delivers more options and a fair shot at the American Dream,\u201dChairwoman McClain said.\n\nTheModular Housing ProductionAct updates federal financing rules so more families can access high-quality modular and factory-built homes by:\n\nRemoving archaic federal rules that unnecessarily increase financing costs\n\nMaking modular-home financing follow the same rules as traditional construction so families aren\u2019t penalized for choosing a more affordable option\n\n\u201cHomeownership, once a hallmark of the American Dream, has fallen significantly in recent decades,\u201dChairwoman McClainadded. \u201cThis legislation provides Americans with more choices, greater affordability, and a real path to homeownership. This is a win-win solution built on common sense, not bureaucracy, ensuring that our local communities can quickly build the stable housing their neighbors deserve.\u201d\n\nThe Build Now Act strengthens the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program to encourage more housing development by:\n\nDirecting resources toward increasing the housing supply each year\n\nSupporting communities that modernize and simplify local permitting and zoning\n\nEncouraging streamlined rules that make homebuilding faster and more efficient\n\nPrioritizing jurisdictions that approve new housing projects\n\nProviding targeted help to rural areas facing significant housing shortages", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://mcclain.house.gov/2025/11/chairwoman-lisa-mcclain-leads-house-republican-effort-to-make-housing-affordable-again"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8719039615243673, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}