Housing, OSHA, and other Regulatory Issues Impacting the Tile Roofing Industry - July 2026

Tile Roofing Industry Alliance Lobbyist, Craig Brightup, has provided the latest government relations update and activities on the following from July 2026:

21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
On June 22, the Senate passed an amended version of the 21st Century Renewed Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act with an 85-5 vote. The bill has over 45 provisions to expand supply and lower costs such as waiving environmental reviews for some housing projects, restricting private equity from owning more than 350 single-family homes, and allowing community banks to boost lending for home building.  The House quickly passed the bill, but President Trump wouldn’t sign it to protest the Senate’s failure to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act which would require proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote and a photo ID to vote in federal elections.  On July 11, ten days after being sent to the President, the bill automatically became law without his signature.
 
Reconciliation 3.0
Speaker Johnson didn’t send the ROAD to Housing Act to President Trump until discussing Reconciliation 3.0 to try to get the SAVE Act through the Senate.  Reconciliation is a filibuster-proof budget bill, and Republicans got three because Democrats didn’t pass an FY25 budget before the ‘24 election.  Republicans used that budget for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the FY26 budget to bolster ICE and CBP.  Speaker Johnson has said Reconciliation 3.0 could include the More Homes on the Market Act.
 
More Homes on the Market Act
The More Homes on the Market Act, H.R. 1340/S. 3332, would double capital gains exemptions for selling a primary residence by raising the exemptions to $500,000 for single filers and $1,000,000 for joint filers.  The bill now has 142 bipartisan cosponsors in the House and 20 in the Senate.
 
OSHA Deregulatory Hearings
Attached is OSHA’s notice for August hearings on deregulatory actions for 16 chemical substance regs, respiratory protection, color coding for marking physical hazards, and walking-working surfaces (fixed ladders).
 
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations
The White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs releases listings of agencies’ regulatory actions and the Current Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions came out in July.  DOL/OSHA’s heat rule shows a new rule making by December and at the U.S. Chamber’s Labor Relations Committee meeting in May, OSHA’s Dave Keeling said he wants a “sensible” rule instead of what’s being proposed.


For more information on the TRIA Alliance and our Government Relations efforts, please visit our website at www.tileroofing.org.