The ROAD to Housing: Reaganism with Chairman French Hill

On this episode of Reaganism, Ronald Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim sits down with Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. French Hill, to discuss the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act and why it is a supply-side solution to America’s housing crisis. Rep. Hill explains that the bill aims to reduce regulatory barriers, encourage modular and manufactured housing, and improve access to capital for homebuilders by easing bank lending constraints, all while contrasting that approach with rent control and other demand-side policies that he argues worsen affordability. The conversation also ties the legislation to Reagan-era ideas on deregulation, federalism, and private property rights, framing homeownership as a central part of the American dream.