March 13, 2026: LBA Statement on President Trump’s Housing Executive Orders
CONTACT: Ken Gear 202-657-3934
“President Trump’s two executive orders today aimed at removing barriers to affordable home construction and promoting access to mortgage credit demonstrate that he’s serious about tackling the housing costs facing American families. These actions target some of the most costly regulatory burdens that add thousands of dollars to the price of new homes for middle-class families.
We appreciate the broad, comprehensive scope of these orders, covering federal and state regulations affecting land development, building construction, and home financing. Housing is a complex, heavily regulated industry, and such a comprehensive approach is exactly what we need to help deliver the American Dream to families across America.
We look forward to working with federal agencies across the government to implement these changes as quickly as possible.”
– Ken Gear, CEO
LBA is a Washington-based trade association made up of 21 of the country’s largest production home builders. Collectively, LBA members build over 50 percent of all new homes in America, the majority of which are entry-level and middle-class homes for American families. LBA members partner with tens of thousands of skilled trade contractors across the country to build homes and help our customers achieve the American Dream.
October 6, 2025: LBA Statement on Housing Supply
“On behalf of America’s largest home builders, we are grateful that President Trump shares our commitment to deliver the dream of homeownership to more Americans by working to lower home prices and increase home production. We stand ready to work with him and his team to tackle today’s housing crisis, starting with addressing one of the most fundamental issues: rising land costs and local regulations that make the hurdle of attainable housing even higher before a single ounce of concrete is poured. Builders have long been working to address these matters by advocating for increased density, lower regulations, streamlined permitting, reduction of impact fees, and adoption of more flexible energy codes to make homes more affordable. We applaud the President’s housing team for focusing on these same issues, but they need help from state and local regulatory bodies for real change to happen.”
– Ken Gear, CEO
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Economic Growth
New jobs drive demand for new homes which in turn create even more jobs in construction and related fields. LBA is supportive of polices that stimulate job growth throughout our economy.
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Advancing Efficiency In Residential Construction
LBA member companies are innovators in the field of energy and resource efficiency. Our members actively participate in the EPA’s ENERGY STAR Program as well as the DOE’s Zero Energy Ready Home program. Through these programs and others, LBA member companies play a critical role in developing and deploying new construction techniques, materials and products. We are committed to make further strides in decarbonization, energy and water efficiency and promoting mortgages that help make efficient homes affordable.
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Promoting Capital Capacity For Home Mortgages
Ensuring a stable and affordable market for home mortgages is essential to the health of the nation’s housing market. The capacity of the federal housing programs operated by FHA and the GSE’s are of paramount importance.
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Mortgage Interest Deduction
Since the creation of the Mortgage Interest Deduction in 1946, home ownership has grown to 66%. During this time, Americans have accumulated roughly $9 trillion in equity in their homes spurring the American economy.
Policy makers in both parties have long supported robust initiatives to encourage homeownership as a way to increase wealth for working families, strengthen communities and help people achieve the American Dream.
Having a tax deduction for mortgage interest makes owning a home more affordable. It allows homeowners to have more disposable income for savings or other household expenses. Simply put, limiting or eliminating the deduction will hurt middle-class homeowners and kill the American dream of homeownership for others.