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.

A taskforce is being launched to identify federal land that may be suitable for the development of affordable homes.

The Trump administration unveiled plans to build housing on federal land, a move it said could help address a shortfall of 7 million affordable homes in the US.