To require the President to declare a national housing emergency and invoke the Defense Production Act to incentivize residential housing production, and for other purposes.

On September 8, 2026, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan introduced HR10316 in the House. The bill mandates that the President declare a national housing emergency and invoke the Defense Production Act to incentivize residential housing production. Referred to both the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, it is at the earliest legislative stage with zero cosponsors. There is no authorized funding amount, no specific program details, and no appropriation mechanism—the bill is a mandate to use existing DPA authorities, which themselves have broad discretion. The legislative path is long: it must pass through two committees, the full House, the Senate, and be signed into law. Given the bill's early stage, lack of cosponsors, and absence of concrete funding or programmatic details, there are no identifiable direct causal chains to public companies. The Presidential Proclamation on September 8 adjusting DPA delegations touches the same statute but focuses on energy and defense—not housing—so no convergence exists. The current analysis is a placeholder; material market impact would require the bill to advance significantly and include specific spending authorities.