S 3600 — National Housing Emergency Act of 2026

Bill Text

• Introduced Introduced in Senate Current html January 08, 2026

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The bill establishes a national housing emergency, modifies the Defense Production Act to include residential construction, and removes certain regulatory barriers to housing production.

• 50 U.S.C. 4502(a)(5)

  and residential construction and rehabilitation

  This change expands the types of materials that the President can prioritize under the Defense Production Act to include those needed for residential construction.

• 50 U.S.C. 4552(14)

  , housing,

  This amendment adds housing to the range of programs for military and other national defense purposes under the Defense Production Act.

• 42 U.S.C. 12742(d)

  shall have no force or effect

  This change suspends certain regulations during the housing emergency, allowing more flexibility in housing production.

• 42 U.S.C. 12748(g)

  shall have no force or effect

  This change suspends additional regulations that may hinder housing production during the emergency period.

• 42 U.S.C. 12750

  shall have no force or effect

  This change allows for further regulatory suspension regarding housing development during a declared national emergency.

• 12 U.S.C. 4707(e)

  shall have no force or effect

  This amendment removes barriers related to housing development funding during the emergency.

• 42 U.S.C. 5155

  shall have no force or effect

  This change eliminates restrictions on the use of community development block grant disaster recovery funds for housing development.

• 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.

  any Federal environmental review requirements

  This allows housing preservation projects to bypass federal environmental reviews, speeding up their development.

• the Secretary is required to complete the waiver process within 30 days of publishing a written justification, and if the Secretary does not complete the review within that timeframe, the waiver shall be deemed to be issued.

  This change accelerates the waiver process under the Build America, Buy America Act for housing-related projects.

• A choice limiting action described in section 58.22 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation, shall be permitted for any housing project funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

  This permits certain housing projects to proceed without the typical choice limiting actions, facilitating more development.

• Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Undersecretary for Policy Development and Research at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Undersecretary for Policy at the Department of Transportation shall establish a funding condition to be known as the 'Pro-Growth Requirement'

  This provision mandates the establishment of growth metrics tied to federal funding for housing projects during the emergency.

• During the period that a national emergency described in section 2 is in effect, no State or unit of general local government shall impose or implement a land-use regulation in a manner that imposes a substantial burden on the construction or rehabilitation of residential housing.

  This prevents local governments from enacting regulatory barriers that could impede housing development amid the national emergency.

• A national emergency described in section 2 shall terminate on the earlier of the date on which 4,000,000 additional residential housing units... are constructed or rehabilitated in the United States; or October 1, 2031.

  This defines the conditions under which the national housing emergency will end.

Action History

1. January 08, 2026

   Introduced in Senate

2. January 08, 2026

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Sponsors

• Elissa Slotkin · Primary

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