NEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester, Banking Committee Colleagues Mark Up Landmark Bipartisan Housing Legislation

The ROAD to Housing Act Includes Three of Blunt Rochester’s Housing Bills
July 29, 2025
Clickhereto watch Senator Blunt Rochester’s full remarks at the markup.
Washington, DC– U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) celebrated the progress of theROAD to Housing Act of 2025,which was marked up today in a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee executive session. The bipartisanROAD to Housing Actis a landmark housing package that would spur the development of housing across the nation and bring down costs.
It would be a critical first step towards boosting housing supply, addressing soaring housing costs, reducing homelessness, and promoting the American dream of homeownership. This represents the Committee’s first bipartisan markup of housing legislation in more than a decade.
TheROAD to Housing Actincludes pieces of legislation authored by members of the committee, including three from Blunt Rochester. Those are theHousing Supply Frameworks Act, theAccelerating Home Building Act, and theCommunity Investment and Prosperity Act. All three of these bills are bipartisan.
“American families are in the middle of a housing affordability crisis and for far too long, the federal government has been missing in action to address it.”said Senator Blunt Rochester.“TheROAD to Housing Actrepresents a bipartisan consensus that the federal government has an important role to play in spurring the development of housing and lowering the cost of housing for people across the nation. The three bills of mine that were included in the final package were all authored with Delawareans and their stories at the front of my mind. It is on their behalf that I will do all I can to see this landmark bill passed into law.”
The bipartisanHousing Supply Frameworks Act, which Blunt Rochester introduced alongside U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), would direct HUD to develop zoning and land-use policy frameworks for states and localities. These frameworks would reform outdated rules that slow down housing construction. For the first time since the 1920s, this legislation reestablishes federal leadership on housing reform and equips localities with the tools they need to update local laws, cut red tape, and build more housing – offering a new framework for 21st-century housing needs.
The bipartisanAccelerating Home Building Act, which Blunt Rochester introduced alongside U.S. Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), would establish a first-of-its-kind HUD-administered grant program to help local governments develop pattern books that accelerate missing middle housing construction. “Pattern books” are collections of pre-approved building designs for infill housing, like duplexes, triplexes, and multiplexes. These designs help streamline the approval process for developers, saving both time and money. By clearing common permitting hurdles upfront, this approach allows communities to build housing faster, more predictably, and with local input.
The bipartisanCommunity Investment and Prosperity Act, which Blunt Rochester introduced alongside Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.), U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D-N.J.), and Senator Moreno, would increase a statutory cap limiting banks’ investments in community development projects, which will unlock billions in capital for affordable housing, small businesses, financial education, and other economic development needs in communities that need it the most.
A section-by-section summary of theROAD to Housing Actcan be foundhere.
The full text of the bill can be foundhere.
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Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester represents Delaware in the United States Senate where she serves on the Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Environment and Public Works; and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.