Leadership of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs announced that the committee will hold an executive-session markup of the bipartisan ROAD to Housing Act of 2025, a housing package incorporating legislation from members across the committee. The proposal is framed around boosting housing supply and affordability while increasing oversight and efficiency of federal regulators and housing programs, and would be the committee’s first bipartisan housing markup in more than a decade. The package includes measures to remove regulatory barriers to housing development, increase and preserve existing housing, and promote innovative construction methods such as modular and manufactured housing, alongside provisions addressing neighborhood blight and supporting communities recovering from natural disasters. It also proposes changes to expand access to homeownership, improve affordability, support veterans’ housing opportunities, reduce homelessness, and ease appraisal shortages while addressing inaccurate appraisals, alongside provisions aimed at efficient use of taxpayer dollars, evidence-based policy, strengthened oversight of housing regulators, streamlined program coordination, and improved performance, transparency, and accountability across housing programs. The executive session to consider the bill is scheduled for 29 July 2025 at 10:00 AM ET in the Dirksen Senate Office Building and will be livestreamed on the committee’s website.

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