The United States Senate approved a bipartisan housing bill this Thursday that aims to boost the construction of affordable homes.
The project must still be approved in the House of Representatives, where the path is not clear.
With the November midterm elections approaching, Democrats and Republicans are looking to show they are addressing the country’s affordability crisis.
The PATH bill to 21st century housing was approved in the Upper House of Congress by 89 votes to 10.
Representatives call for important changes
Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, assured that this project will address “the root of the crisis by building more homes in every community in the country.”
As an incentive, programs to convert abandoned buildings into housing complexes and grants to renovate existing properties are included.
In the House of Representatives, conservative Republicans have expressed their objections to the terms of the law and warned that the bill would require significant changes.
The House already approved its own housing bill this year, also with bipartisan support. But Republican leaders have said that The Senate proposal departs from that version in key aspects.
