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Challenges to single-family zoning are gathering steam nationwide, but an ambitious progressive agenda to promote high-density housing could suffer a major setback if Democrats lose control of Congress in the November midterm elections.
The stakes include billions of dollars in federal grants and hundreds of thousands of housing units, as President Joe Biden and Democratic lawmakers push for more federal action to encourage construction of affordable dwellings in suburbs and other communities.
The Biden administration last week, for example, doubled down on its calls for zoning reform, saying in a statement that it "continues to urge state and local governments to reduce needless barriers to housing production, especially restrictive zoning and land use regulations."...