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Proven tools and model policies for states to cut red tape and increase housing supply

Americans across the country are facing a housing crisis. A lack of housing supply has contributed to ever-rising home prices and priced countless families out of cities and neighborhoods nationwide. Excessive government regulation and power has made home building costlier, pushing up prices for builders and prospective homeowners.

AFP does not support federal preemption of state laws to enact reforms at the federal level. However, there are federal regulations that reduce housing supply and make housing more expensive. AFP supports eliminating or reforming federal laws that limit housing supply and make it difficult for homeowners and developers to build and renovate their property as they see fit.