# 119-s-3600: National Housing Emergency Act of 2026

119-s-3600, National Housing Emergency Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3600
- Congress: 119
- Title: National Housing Emergency Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-01-08
- Sponsor: Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Mobilize emergency powers to rapidly expand housing supply.** This bill would add residential construction and rehabilitation to the Defense Production Act and prompt emergency authorities to speed production of building materials and housing units while cutting regulatory barriers to build faster. - Families: Aims to increase housing supply to relieve price and rent pressure by accelerating construction and rehabilitation and by setting a termination trigger tied to adding 4 million housing units or October 1, 2031. - Builders and workers: Expands DPA coverage to residential work and urges measures to boost domestic material production, citing a potential to unlock about 2 million jobs, including over 700,000 construction jobs, and add roughly $2 trillion to GDP through 2035. - State, local, and regulatory impact: Conditions federal block grants on meeting new “Pro-Growth” criteria that require zoning and permitting changes, consolidates or waives certain environmental reviews, and speeds Build America, Buy America waiver decisions with a 30-day deadline.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Faster approvals for housing projects: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would speed federal approvals and pause some program limits while the national housing emergency is in effect. When more than one federal program helps the same housing project, only one NEPA environmental review would be required. HUD-funded preservation and infill projects wo…
- Minimum building code for homes: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would require that housing built or rehabilitated during the national housing emergency meet set minimum codes. Site-built housing would need to meet the 2009 International Residential Code or an equivalent with local amendments. Manufactured housing would need to meet the fede…
- Block grants tied to housing growth: mixed, medium. If enacted, HUD and DOT would create a Pro-Growth Requirement within 30 days to make federal block grants conditional on local housing growth during the emergency. Grantees would need year-over-year housing growth using Census building permit and address data, action to remove zoning and permitting…
- Emergency powers for housing production: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would expand the Defense Production Act to explicitly cover residential construction and rehabilitation. It would add "residential construction and rehabilitation" into the DPA text so those authorities could be used for housing materials and supply. The bill would also end the…

## Related bills

- 119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-5042: Social Security 2100 Act
- 119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act

## Sources
- [119-s-3600 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3600)

## Related
- [119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1541)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-5042: Social Security 2100 Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5042)
- [119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3869)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3600 (as of 2026-04-21).