Here’s how Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ would impact housing

Americans face a shortage of affordable homes, but the mega tax and spending bill championed by the Trump administration has the potential to shape housing affordability for years to come.

The “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act, a linchpin of President Donald Trump’s economic agenda, is primarily a sweeping tax overhaul, intended to make the 2017 tax cuts passed during Trump’s first administration permanent. The version passed by House Republicans last month, now being deliberated in the Senate, would also push more Americans off Medicaid and food assistance, according to multiple assessments. The bill is also estimated to add trillions of dollars to the national debt over the next decade...