WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens John Fetterman, D-Pa., Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Housing Supply Frameworks Act.

The Housing Supply Frameworks Act (S.1299) will provide resources to help communities overhaul their zoning and land‑use regulations. By channeling national expertise, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will provide a new framework to assist localities in breaking down barriers and increasing the supply of affordable housing for families across all income levels.

“We are currently facing a housing crisis in Pennsylvania and across the country. We must increase our housing supply to meet Americans’ needs – but excessive regulatory red tape and restrictive zoning requirements are getting in the way,” Fetterman said.

“The Housing Supply Frameworks Act will help address this crisis by providing assistance to states and localities to enact zoning reforms. I’m glad to work with Sens.

Blunt Rochester, Crapo and Tillis, and our partners in the House, Reps.

Flood and Pettersen, to introduce this important bipartisan legislation. I hope to see it passed this Congress.”

The federal government first laid the foundation for zoning in the 1920s with the Standard State Zoning Enabling Act, a model law for states to enable zoning regulations in their jurisdictions. The Housing Supply Frameworks Act provides a similar conceptual framework that will help states and localities move more easily toward a regulatory structure needed to meet the demand for affordable housing in the 21st century.

Fetterman said the act is rooted in conversations his office has held across the commonwealth, where outdated zoning and land‑use rules were repeatedly cited as the primary obstacle to development, a roadblock to attainable options and a driver of homelessness.