DUCKWORTH VOTES TO PASS LANDMARK HOUSING BILL TO BEING HOUSING COSTS DOWN AND EXPAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACROSS THE NATION

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) issued the following statement after voting for the bipartisan 21st Century Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act, which passed the Senate by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 89-10. The Senate-passed legislation would tackle our nation's housing crisis by lowering costs for middle-class families, incentivizing municipalities to create more affordable housing, preventing private equity from buying up single-family homes and expanding access to loans for modular home construction.

"The cost of rent and mortgages has been growing further and further out of reach for middle-class Americans for far t...