De-emphasizing costly issues of supply, the program is focusing on three logistical bottlenecks: huge gaps in land law that make it impossible to guarantee investments, lack of information technology in the rural areas that make coordination and transport impossible, and the energy poverty of these same areas.

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Administration officials, in outlining three options for restructuring the housing-finance system, have been emphasizing areas of agreement with Republicans, stressing that they favor a system that is less dependent on government support.

WSJ: GOP Lawmakers Welcome Mortgage Plan