Workforce and Starter Home Supply Act

Status: HopperSession: September 2026 Senate SessionIssue: Housing

Summary

This bill would temporarily use federal tax credits, faster permitting, and competitive infrastructure grants to boost construction and rehab of starter homes and mixed-income workforce housing, especially in infill and transit-accessible areas. It emphasizes tying aid to actual housing production while adding transparency, cost controls, and local flexibility.

Full text

A bill to increase the supply of affordable starter homes and workforce housing by creating a temporary federal tax credit for the construction or substantial rehabilitation of owner-occupied starter homes and mixed-income workforce housing, directing federal agencies to expedite environmental and land-use permitting for qualifying infill and transit-accessible projects, and establishing competitive grants for high-growth and high-cost communities to expand water, sewer, roads, and other essential infrastructure tied to new housing production, with strong transparency, cost-control, and local flexibility requirements.

Sponsor

Dan MartinezDemocratic Party

Cosponsors

Ben HawthorneDemocratic Party
Matt DelaneyDemocratic Party
Jamal BennettDemocratic Party

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