President Donald Trump’s plan to reverse his predecessor’s energy regulations could lower the costs of housing, which reached record highs last summer.
The administration of President Joe Biden issued strict climate standards for household appliances, including gas stoves, washing machines, and dishwashers. While the regulations allowed Americans to keep their current appliances, the standards raised the price of appliances on the market.
That in turn increased the cost of housing, as new homes and apartments are required to have the more expensive appliances, according to Heritage Foundation energy expert Diana Furchtgott-Roth.
“It requires people to buy more expensive stoves, and stoves that they don’t want,” she said. “Many of the stoves are more expensive, so it would have raised the price of housing.”
Biden’s gas stove rule would eliminate…
