National Housing Emergency Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3600 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3600 To require the President to declare a national housing emergency and invoke the Defense Production Act to incentivize residential housing production, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 8 (legislative day, January 7), 2026 Ms. Slotkin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the President to declare a national housing emergency and invoke the Defense Production Act to incentivize residential housing production, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``National Housing Emergency Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) the President should declare a national emergency with respect to housing under section 201 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1621); and (2) to address that emergency, the President should use the authorities provided by the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4531 et seq.) to increase the supply of materials produced in the United States that support the construction and rehabilitation of housing. SEC. 3. FINDINGS. Congress finds that-- (1) housing is the largest expenditure for most households and accounts for 45 percent of the Consumer Price Index; (2) approximately 75 percent of households in the United States are unable to afford a median-priced home with housing demand outpacing available supply; (3) there is a shortage of at least 4,000,000 housing units due to low levels of residential construction and compounding regula