Vice President Harris Announces Plan for First 100 Days, Congressman Plans to Introduce Supporting Bill

As part of her campaign for president, Vice President Kamala Harris released several elements of her plan for her first 100 days in office. These are priorities that she believes will lower costs for American families. Major topics of the plan include housing and home ownership, medical debt and drug prices, grocery costs, and taxes.

The Vice President’s housing priorities include boosting construction by creating tax incentives for builders of starter homes sold to first-time homebuyers, expanding tax incentives for businesses that build affordable rental housing, a $40 billion innovation fund for local governments to expand construction, and reducing the regulatory burden on construction. The plan includes $25,000 in downpayment support for 400,000 home buyers whose parents do not own a home and a $10,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers. To kick support her plan, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) plans to introduce a bill focused on tax incentives to build starter homes for first-time buyers and tax credits for first-time home buyers.

MHI will work to ensure that manufactured housing is included in all the supportive measures should they be considered in Congress.

The plan also mentions supporting the passage of bills that target rent and investor ownership of rental units. Should that occur, MHI will continue to provide clear, data-driven information about for-profit ownership and the economic consequences of rent control to encourage policymakers to make well informed decisions that will benefit homeowners long-term.