Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), members of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, today introduced the Accelerating Home Building Act.  To address rising housing costs, communities across the nation are turning to pattern zoning—an innovative approach that streamlines the construction approval process by allowing developers to use pre-reviewed building designs. These standardized designs are compiled in documents known as pattern books. The bipartisan Accelerating Home Building Act would:  “We are in the middle of a housing affordability crisis in Delaware and across this nation,” said Senator Blunt Rochester. “One of my top priorities in the Senate is ensuring all Americans have

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) celebrated the passage of legislation to establish a partial claims program at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The bill would protect veterans and active-duty service members currently at-risk of foreclosure and the loss of their homes. H.R. 1815, the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, included provisions from legislation authored by Blunt Rochester and U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.). The included provisions would increase the amount of the partial claim benefit available to veterans, provide additional assistance in the face of major disasters, and expand flexibility for the administration of the program. The bill passed the Senate

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons (both D-Del.), released the following statement on President Trump’s nomination of Jennifer Mascott to fill the open Delaware seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit: “For months, we have worked with the White House in good faith to identify and interview qualified Delawareans for this lifetime position on the Third Circuit. We interviewed several promising candidates, including sitting members of the federal judiciary, with deep roots in the Delaware legal community and the qualifications to serve our state and the Third Circuit with distinction. We were encouraged when the White House Counsel’s