The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (Public Law 119-101) is a bipartisan federal housing law enacted on July 11, 2026. It spans 12 titles and incorporates provisions from more than 60 previously introduced bills. Its stated goal is to boost housing supply by unlocking private capital, updating federal grant programs, and streamlining regulatory barriers to construction.
The bill’s theory of change is that increasing supply through regulatory reform will help ease the national housing crisis.
This policy brief provides housing advocates with:
- an explanation of what the bill does and does not do
- a breakdown of changes to the Community Development Block Grants program
- a list of new competitive grant programs
- a policy and regulations overview
- potential changes for everyone from tribal entities to developers to unhoused people
