About this tool
This page covers a March 20, 2025 event hosted by the AEI Housing Center and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on the Homesteading 2.0 proposal. The proposal would sell about 850 square miles of developable Bureau of Land Management land in the West to build new homes and new cities. It matters because high home prices in the West are slowing economic growth and keeping first-time and middle-class buyers out of homeownership.
- Shows
- An event page for a discussion of Homesteading 2.0, a proposal that uses federal Bureau of Land Management land to expand housing supply in the West. It includes the agenda, panelists, a summary of the discussion, a link to the recording, and presentation materials.
- Places
- Nation, States
- Years
- 2025
Questions it answers
- Could selling federal land help make housing more affordable in the West?
- How many new homes could Homesteading 2.0 add, and over what period?
- How much Bureau of Land Management land would the proposal use?
- What are Home Sweet Home and Freedom Cities?
- Who spoke at the event, and where can I find the recording and presentation materials?
Limits
- The page describes a single event held on March 20, 2025, not an ongoing data tool.
- The figures, such as 3 million homes and up to $100 billion in land-sale proceeds, are projections from the proposal.
- The land in the proposal is limited to about 850 square miles of Bureau of Land Management land in the West, roughly 0.3 percent of that land.