{"id":30,"date":"2026-09-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/marisacainhomes-com\/2026\/09\/28\/homebuilder-lobbying-pushes-housing-reform\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T09:00:00","slug":"homebuilder-lobbying-pushes-housing-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/28\/homebuilder-lobbying-pushes-housing-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Homebuilder Lobbying Pushes Housing Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/marisa-cain\/homebuilding-leaders-reforms-remotion-videos-c083\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>As someone who\u2019s seen both the financial and real estate worlds up close, I\u2019m always tracking the forces shaping American homeownership. Recently, leaders from banking, homebuilding, and government pressed Congress to revisit housing reforms, noting that the latest federal law doesn\u2019t address all the hurdles facing buyers today. There\u2019s clearly significant interest in supporting housing\u2014from major lender commitments to new rental platforms\u2014but even so, middle-income buyers are finding themselves priced out, with one banking executive pointing out that a typical home for this group now requires a $124,000 income\u2014double what it was just five years ago. Meanwhile, in 169 out of 390 metro areas, supply isn\u2019t keeping up. Industry advocates highlight that federal sourcing rules add compliance burdens, and a trade group estimates that fees and related costs tack on another $131,000 to the price of building a new home. Builders also point to the impact of local politics on project success, emphasizing that public-private partnerships, strategic timing, and streamlined regulations are all crucial for helping communities grow. Having navigated complex negotiations and regulations myself, I know how pivotal these factors are in bringing new homes to market efficiently and fairly.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone who\u2019s seen both the financial and real estate worlds up close, I\u2019m always tracking the forces shaping American homeownership. Recently, leaders from banking, homebuilding, and government pressed Congress to revisit housing reforms, noting that the latest federal law doesn\u2019t address all the hurdles facing buyers today. There\u2019s clearly significant interest in supporting housing\u2014from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249,"featured_media":33,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}