What Will the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Do for Housing Supply?

Home under construction, via Wikipedia.A few weeks ago the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law. This is an enormous housing bill that’s been in the works for roughly a year — I first discussed it on Statecraft back in 2025 — and folks are optimistic that it will, per its description, “increase the supply of housing in America.”But actually understanding what, specifically, the law will do is tricky. Like many large pieces of legislation, this is an amalgamation of many smaller laws: the ...