Congress could act this year to help developers build housing near train stations and bus stops, in a bid to address what members of both parties see as an affordability crisis.
Legislation to add apartments near transit would be the second major housing bill passed this year on a bipartisan basis, following the enactment in July of the landmark 21st Century Road to Housing Act, which rolls back federal housing regulations and encourages state and local governments to ease up on zoning and land-use rules that crimp supply.
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