This executive order directs multiple federal agencies to take steps to reduce housing construction and ownership costs; streamline regulatory and agency decision-making processes; reduce property tax burdens; and increase insurability, including (a) the elimination of unduly burdensome rules and reforming rules that constrain residential development and impede housing affordability; (b) promulgating regulatory best practices for state and local governments to promote housing, construction and affordability; and (c) curtailing mandates that increase housing construction costs, such as green energy building requirements.
News | March 13, 2026