My view is, along with mental health care, rural health, and several other topics, affordable housing is an area where this committee can bring together a bipartisan coalition for real progress.

Again, Senator Wyden has been a leader in rectifying this problem.

We strongly recommend passage of the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2021.

These restrictive zoning laws can hurt local economies--and what is even worse, they often amount to a back-door method of segregation.

We urge Congress to enact the Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit (MIHTC) that Senate Finance Committee Chair Wyden introduced last Congress.

That's why we call on Congress to protect the nonprofit right of first refusal.

We strongly urge all members of the committee to support this change.

We urge Congress to finance an additional 344,000 affordable homes by enacting Chairman Wyden's proposed Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit.

We're causing the problem, driving up the cost by 40 percent, and then we're offering what percent relief from that burden?

I have never in my time in public service seen school districts having to buy houses to rent to their employees because the housing crunch is so serious.

I urge all committee members to support this change.

obviously, as he indicated, our chair, Senator Wyden, has introduced the Decent, Affordable, and Safe Housing for All (or DASH) Act.

It's a priority that cuts across State lines and political lines, and it's clear there are already bold, bipartisan ideas on the table.

We need to focus on all that. And by the way, a simpler and more rational tax code would also reduce costs for people as well.

the DASH Act would protect taxpayers' investment in Housing Credit properties by combating two threats to long-term affordability.

I strongly believe the next opportunity for a big, bipartisan initiative is affordable housing.

We have kicked the can down the road long enough. We urge Congress to act on a variety of legislative proposals.

Senator Wyden has very well described those efforts.