To establish a task force to conduct oversight of States with rising housing costs and develop a list of best practices for States to implement, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Creates a federal task force to identify states with rising housing costs, develop best practices, report findings, and monitor implementation over time.
Who Benefits and How
States and communities facing rising housing costs could gain a federal set of best practices and ongoing monitoring focused on reducing housing cost pressures.
Who Bears the Burden and How
HUD and other participating agencies and stakeholders would have to staff, operate, and support the task force and its recurring reporting.
Key Provisions
- Requires HUD to establish the Task Force on Bringing Down Housing Costs.
- Requires the task force to identify affected states, develop best practices, issue annual reports, and monitor implementation.
- Creates a multi-agency and congressional membership structure and defines states with rising housing costs.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Creates a federal task force to identify states with rising housing costs, develop best practices, report findings, and monitor implementation over time.
Key Policy Areas
Housing, Government Operations, Finance
Primary Purpose
Creates a federal task force to identify states with rising housing costs, develop best practices, report findings, and monitor implementation over time.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- States and communities confronting rising housing costs that could use the task force's best practices
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- HUD and other federal participants responsible for operating and supporting the task force
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Harder of California introduced the following bill; which was …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Congressional committees (Financial Services, Banking, Appropriations), Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency
Housing and real estate industry, Private sector housing construction and zoning entities
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
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