To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to annually submit to the Congress a report that analyzes State and local strategies, activities, and plans that promote affordable housing, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This HUD reporting bill amends the Housing and Community Development Act's regulatory barriers clearinghouse provision. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development must submit an annual report to Congress analyzing clearinghouse information about state and local strategies, activities, and plans that promote affordable housing. The report must also provide policy recommendations Congress can use to support successful implementation of those state and local housing strategies. The bill is a transparency and agenda-setting measure: it does not preempt zoning law or fund construction directly, but it gives Congress a recurring HUD analysis of what state and local housing reforms appear to work.
Who Benefits and How
Congressional housing committees benefit from a yearly HUD analysis of affordable-housing strategies and barriers rather than ad hoc information. State housing agencies benefit when successful local or state strategies are highlighted for congressional support. Affordable housing developers benefit indirectly if the reports identify regulatory barriers and policy changes that can speed production. Local governments pursuing zoning or permitting reforms benefit from federal visibility for strategies that promote affordable housing.
Who Bears the Burden and How
HUD policy offices must analyze clearinghouse information every year and turn it into congressional recommendations. Local zoning officials may face scrutiny if HUD identifies local regulatory barriers that impede affordable housing. State and local governments may need to document strategies and results more clearly for the clearinghouse to influence Congress. Congress must decide whether to act on HUD's recurring recommendations rather than treating the clearinghouse as passive information.
Key Provisions
- Requires HUD to submit an annual report to Congress using regulatory barriers clearinghouse information.
- Directs the report to analyze state and local affordable-housing strategies, activities, and plans.
- Requires policy recommendations Congress can use to support successful state and local implementation.
- Creates recurring oversight information without directly changing zoning law or funding housing construction.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires HUD to annually report to Congress on regulatory-barrier clearinghouse information and recommend state and local affordable-housing strategies that Congress can support.
Key Policy Areas
Housing, Government Oversight, Land Use
Primary Purpose
Requires HUD to annually report to Congress on regulatory-barrier clearinghouse information and recommend state and local affordable-housing strategies that Congress can support.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Congressional housing committees
- State housing agencies
- Affordable housing developers
- Local reform governments
Identified Costs
- HUD policy offices
- Local zoning officials
- State planning agencies
- Congressional housing staff
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMrs. Cherfilus-McCormick introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Congressional housing committees, HUD policy offices, Local zoning officials
Positive-direction: Congressional housing committees
Negative-direction: HUD policy offices, Local zoning officials
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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