NAA CALL TO ACTION

This Wednesday, the U.S. House will consider an amended version of the Senate-passed 21st Century Road to Housing Act that would importantly protect and preserve build-to-rent (BTR) housing – a result of your steadfast advocacy at NAA’s Advocate. However, there is increasing pressure on the House to reject this new bill and instead pass the Senate package. We need your help to stop this from happening.

How You Can Help:
Call or email the members of the House you met with at Advocate. Encourage them to vote yes on the amended version of H.R. 6644, which strips out the BTR provision and delivers a stronger win on affordability for Americans. Sample language is below for your calls and email.

I am writing you to express my support for the House amendment to the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. These amendments provide a stronger affordability win for Americans and ensure that the legislation will ultimately increase housing supply and lower costs across the board. I urge you to vote for the amended bill and work with the Senate to send it to the President immediately.

Our nation’s housing shortage did not arise overnight, and there is no single solution. However, the amended 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act represents the most meaningful progress in a generation. By modernizing outdated housing programs, reducing unnecessary barriers to development and increasing flexibility for local communities, the bill helps create the conditions needed to build and preserve more affordable homes across the country.

Importantly, the House amendments remove problematic provisions included in previous  iterations of the legislation and improves others. It takes a targeted approach to limiting institutional investors’ ability to outcompete prospective homeowners while preserving investment in much-needed rental housing. This approach is more consistent with President Trump’s January 20, 2026, Executive Order, “Stopping Wall Street From Competing With Main Street Homebuyers,” which states that “large institutional investors should not buy single-family homes that could otherwise be purchased by families,” while allowing “appropriate, narrowly tailored exceptions for build-to-rent properties that are planned, permitted, financed, and constructed as rental communities.”

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This information is available on behalf of AAWNC and NAA from NAA’s Director of Grassroots Advocacy and Engagement, Seth Turner. Questions? Email info@aawnc.org.