WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Tim Kaine issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a former fair housing attorney, applauded the Senate's passage of the bipartisan 21st Century Road to Housing Act, legislation that will build more homes, bring housing costs down, and expand access to affordable housing. The bill incorporates provisions from several pieces of legislation that Kaine has introduced, including to improve transparency of mortgage loans for veteran homebuyers (https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/warner-kaine-cosponsor-legislation-to-support-first-generation-homebuyers), create a pilot grant program to support new housing and community development activities, create a down payment assistance ...