Back in early September, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hinted that the administration could declare a National Housing Emergency this fall. He didn’t share details at the time, but make no mistake: Washington has plenty of levers it could pull to reset this market.
We’re talking tariff and material-cost relief, incentives and grants for first-time buyers, down-payment assistance, streamlined permitting, changes in housing finance, even the use of federal land for new development.
If that happens, the market will thaw; and housing stocks could fly…
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