Washington, D.C., May 18, 2026 — 130 national, state, and local housing, community development, business, lending, and pro-housing organizations today sent a letter to House leadership and the House Financial Services Committee, expressing strong support for the amended 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act and urging swift congressional action to address the nation’s worsening housing affordability crisis.
The coalition wrote that the legislation “makes a substantial down payment on efforts to address the housing affordability crisis affecting communities nationwide” and urged lawmakers to “swiftly pass the amended bill and work with the Senate to send it to the President without delay.”
The letter stresses the bill’s focus on expanding housing supply, modernizing federal housing programs, reducing barriers to development, and preserving investment in needed rental housing. Signatories specifically praised the bill’s revised approach to institutional investment in single-family housing, noting that it “takes a targeted approach to limiting institutional investors’ role in the single-family housing market, while preserving investment in much-needed rental housing.”
The coalition also emphasized the bipartisan nature of the package and the broad range of housing provisions included in the legislation. The letter underscored the urgency of congressional action, warning that “without significant policy action to expand supply and stabilize costs, affordability pressures will continue to intensify, displacing workers and constraining economic opportunity.”
Organizations signing the letter include:
National Housing Conference; 15-Minute Fredericksburg; Abundant Housing Atlanta; Abundant Housing Illinois; Affordable Homes & Communities; Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition; AIA; Airbnb; American Planning Association; The Annex Group; Asheville for All; Athens Urbanists; Barton Communities; California Housing Consortium; Casita Coalition; Central Oregon YIMBY; Community Solutions; Council for Affordable and Rural Housing; Council of Large Public Housing Authorities; Council of State Community Development Agencies; CREA, LLC; CUrbanism Club; Dallas Neighbors for Housing; DC YIMBYs; East Bay YIMBY; Fahe; Fresno for All; Gainesville is for People; Great Lakes Capital; Grow The Richmond; Hawai’i YIMBY; Homeownership Council of America; The Housing Advisory Group; Housing Assistance Council; Housing Now Nashville; Housing Partnership Network; Illinois Housing Council; Institute for Responsible Housing Preservation; Institute for Progress; Leading Builders of America; LOCUS: Responsible Real Estate Developers and Investors; Logan YIMBY; Madison is for People; Maine Affordable Housing Coalition; Marin YIMBY; Anne McCulloch, past NHC Chair; Mercy Housing; Michigan State Housing Finance Authority; More Homes Miami; Mortgage Bankers Association; Mountain View YIMBY; Moving to Work Collaborative; Napa-Solano for Everyone; National Affordable Housing Management Association; National Alliance of Forest Owners; National Association of Home Builders; National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials; National Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies; National Council of State Housing Agencies; National Leased Housing Association; National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association; National Multifamily Housing Council; NEOurbanism; New American Funding; New York State Association for Affordable Housing; Northern Neighbors; NOVOGRADAC; Orlando YIMBY; Palmetto YIMBY; Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency; People’s Self-Help Housing; Peninsula for Everyone; Pro-Housing Lehigh Valley; Pro-Housing Philly; Pro-Housing Pittsburgh; Prosperity Now; Providence Urbanist Network; Public Housing Authorities Directors Association; QUIMBY; R4 Capital LLC; Rebuilding Together; Responsible Housing Preservation; Rockford Area YIMBY; RVA YIMBY; Salem YIMBY; San Benito YIMBY; San Francisco YIMBY; San Jose YIMBY; San Mateo Forward; Santa Cruz YIMBY; Santa Rosa YIMBY; Seattle YIMBY; SKA Marin; SLOCo YIMBY; Smart Growth America; South Bay YIMBY; Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future; The Real Estate Roundtable; Tucson for Everyone; Twin Cities YIMBY; UnidosUS; Up for Growth; Ventura County YIMBY; Vermont Housing and Conservation Board; Walworth County YIMBY; Yes In Redwood City; Yes! In My Triangle; YIMBY Action; YIMBY Hampton Roads; YIMBY Jewish; YIMBY Latino; YIMBY Los Angeles; YIMBY Louisville; YIMBY Maricopa; YIMBY Maryland; YIMBY Monterey Peninsula; YIMBY North Metro; YIMBY Oakland County; YIMBY Oceanside; YIMBY Oklahoma City; YIMBY Plymouth; YIMBY Prince William County; YIMBY South Central CT; YIMBY Tampa; YIMBY Veterans & Military Families; YIMBY Wichita; YIMBY Women; YIMBYana; YIMBYs of NoVA; Yolo YIMBY; and ZIMBYs: Gen Z YIMBYs.
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About the National Housing Conference (NHC): Founded in 1931, the National Housing Conference is the oldest and broadest housing coalition in America. NHC is a diverse continuum of affordable housing stakeholders who convene and collaborate through dialogue, advocacy, research, and education, to develop equitable solutions that serve our common interest—an America where everyone is able to live in a quality, affordable home in a thriving community. Politically diverse and nonpartisan, NHC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. To learn more about NHC, visit www.nhc.org.