Delivering Americans Affordable Homes Act

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Passed One Chamber

Passed Both Chambers

Signed into Law

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Lets the Postal Service lease its land to build new affordable homes across the country.

This bill would let the U.S. Postal Service lease its suitable land to developers to build new homes, including affordable ones. This aims to help with the national housing shortage and give the Postal Service new income. A new office would manage these leases and set rules for affordability and worker pay.

What Would Change

Today, the Postal Service owns many properties but faces financial losses and does not actively lease its land for housing development. This bill would create a system for the Postal Service to lease its land to developers, requiring a portion of new homes to be affordable, generating new income for the Postal Service, and helping address the national housing shortage.

Key Provisions

Creates a new office within the Postal Service to manage housing development on its land.
Requires the Postal Service to identify and publish a list of its properties that could be used for housing.
Lets public and private groups lease Postal Service land to build new homes.
Requires at least 20% of new housing units to be affordable for lower-income families for at least 50 years.
Ensures the Postal Service earns revenue from these leases.
Guarantees construction workers on these projects would be paid local prevailing wages.

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Delivering Americans Affordable Homes Act

What Would Change

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