Housing affordability is a crisis that crosses every partisan, demographic, and geographic line in America.
Nearly six in ten voters (58%) rate housing in their area as somewhat or very unaffordable, including 22% of Republicans, 31% of Democrats, and 31% of Independents who say it is “very unaffordable.” This is the one of the defining kitchen-table issues of 2026.
That’s what makes the polling on the Housing for the 21st Century Act so remarkable. The bill commands 66% support overall and enjoys majority support from Republicans (70%), Democrats (66%), and Independents (62%). In a political environment where almost nothing gets bipartisan consensus, this bill does. And it does so because it is built on principles that resonate across the spectrum: cutting red tape, empowering local communities, and expanding homeownership without expanding government.
What’s more, every major individual provision of the housing package polls at supermajority levels. The data is not ambiguous: voters are begging Congress to act.