# Can Congress Fix America’s Housing Affordability Crisis?

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Podcast: [This Week in Business](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-business-428702)
Published: 2026-07-08T09:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/podcast/this-week-in-business/can-congress-fix-americas-housing-affordability-crisis/
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## Resource

A new bipartisan housing bill promises to tackle America’s affordability crisis, but will it actually make housing more accessible? Wharton Professor of Real Estate Ben Keys examines the Road to Housing bill and its potential to address the rising cost of buying and renting a home. He discusses proposals to streamline permitting and environmental reviews, expand manufactured housing and small dollar financing, and support home repairs and local innovation. Keys also explains why limits on corporate homebuyers could have unintended consequences and why funding constraints, tariffs, labor shortages, and high mortgage rates could limit the bill’s near term impact.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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