The Trump administration is creating a task force to identify federal land that would be suitable for building affordable housing.The initiative marks the administration’s first step toward a pledge to unlock vast swaths of federal land to address America’s housing shortage by transferring or leasing the land to local governments.

The Trump administration is creating a task force to address the affordable housing shortage by freeing up federal land. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner announced their collaboration in a Wall Street Journal op-ed.

One proposal would create a streamlined process for selling off federal land to state and local governments, but only if they allow housing to be built on it.