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Congress tackles crises of lowering housing costs and boosting overall housing supply

NPR | By Stephan Bisaha,
Scott Simon
Published May 23, 2026 at 4:39 AM PDT

America's housing market has two major problems – not enough homes for sale and the ones that are available are too pricey. Congress hopes its latest bill will help with both.

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