WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with members of Illinois Realtors, part of the larger National Association of Realtors, to discuss housing affordability and the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which is moving through the Senate this week. The legislation includes provisions to increase the supply of affordable housing, address homelessness, better support communities with disaster recovery, invest in rural housing, and prevent large institutional investors from buying single-family homes.
"The rising cost of building starter or single-family homes has spurred an affordability crisis that has priced millions of Americans out of...