WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Elissa Slotkin issued the following press release:
Last week, U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) introduced her National Housing Emergency Act of 2026. This bill requires the President to declare a national housing emergency and invoke the Defense Production Act to incentivize housing production and build 4 million homes. To achieve this, the legislation will boost domestically produced materials to support the construction and rehabilitation of housing push states and localities to cut red tape currently standing in the way of building middle class housing. In June 2025, Senator Slotkin called for a national housing emergency (https://x.com/SenatorSlotkin/status/1938603317392744857?s=20) in her Economic War Pla...