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Congress tackles crises of lowering housing costs and boosting overall housing supply

NPR | By Stephan Bisaha,
Scott Simon
Published May 23, 2026 at 5:39 AM MDT

America's housing market has two major problems – not enough homes for sale and the ones that are available are too pricey. Congress hopes its latest bill will help with both.

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Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

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