Safe, sustainable, and affordable housing is foundational to Americans’ economic security and expanding the path to the middle class. But for years, construction of housing has failed to keep pace with demand, leaving nearly half of rental households “cost burdened” and homeownership increasingly out of reach. Rising costs for education and health care further squeeze families’ budgets, and the search for housing often leads Americans to live far from work where public transit options are limited. Consequently, frequent moves brought on by economic insecurity can disrupt a child’s learning and social-emotional well-being and make it difficult for adults to form strong community bonds.
The Center for American Progress is dedicated to developing and advocating for policy solutions to expand housing supply and alleviate the burden of high costs. Our vision is not just to build housing but to support the growth of communities where Americans want to live, work, and gather for generations to come.
Please join the Center for American Progress for a policy summit featuring Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (NY) on the housing shortage and Senate Democrats’ plans to lower housing costs as part of a larger agenda to make life more affordable for every American.
Healing America’s Spiritual Crisis: A Conversation With Sen. Raphael Warnock
Please join the Center for American Progress to hear Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) speak as part of CAP's “What’s Next: Conversations on the Path Forward” series.
Hoja informativa: Manos a la obra: Un plan para reducir el costo de la vivienda para todos
El plan de CAP centraría los esfuerzos federales en la construcción de viviendas para reducir los costos de la vivienda, ahorrándole a los inquilinos en comunidades de alto costo un estimado de $1,000 por año y a los compradores de vivienda por primera vez más de $20,000.
Fact Sheet: Build, Baby, Build: A Plan To Lower Housing Costs for All
CAP’s plan would focus federal efforts on building homes to lower housing costs, saving renters in high-cost communities an estimated $1,000 per year and first-time homebuyers more than $20,000.
New LGBTQI+ Community Survey data from the Center for American Progress and NORC show that disabled LGBTQI+ people experience higher rates of discrimination in public services, education, employment, housing, and health care than their nondisabled LGBTQI+ and disabled non-LGBTQI+ peers.
What To Know About the Senate’s Public Lands Sell-Off
Among other damaging proposals, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes a controversial plan to sell off public lands to pay for billionaire tax breaks.
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