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.

Few things unite Americans quite like the feeling that the rent is too damn high, or that saving enough for a down payment is a pipe dream.

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.

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.

the estimates are that we saved somewhere in the vicinity of two billion dollars as a result of the Fire Fix that Senator Crapo and I wrote.

Senator Wyden has very well described those efforts.

Senator Wyden has very well described those efforts.

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

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 Fire Funding Fix made a tremendous difference, and I could not agree more.

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

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

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

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

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

And we stopped it. We said the biggest fires are now basically going to be treated as the disasters they are.

My concern is that we're not seeing the urgency that is necessary, because we all know what the challenge is.

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

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.

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

Few things unite Americans quite like the feeling that the rent is too damn high, or that saving enough for a down payment is a pipe dream.

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

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

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

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.