Senate Republican pushes crackdown on California-style 'bureaucrat tax' adding $100K to new homes

He’s introducing the Freedom to Build Act, which would create a designation of the same name that would open up a flow of federal grants to builders and communities that would offset construction costs and incentivize deregulation along the way.

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But it’s not a federal mandate to spur deregulation.

Instead, communities could opt into the Freedom to Build designation, which would, in turn, put those locales at the front of the line for federal grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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"Reform at the state and local levels to tackle the sources of the six-figure bureaucrat tax would greatly enhance the ability of supply to keep up with stronger demand," the report continued.

Meanwhile, the Senate passed a massive affordable housing package backed by President Donald Trump last month.