119-hr2494

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2494 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2494

 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.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 31, 2025

 Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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 A BILL

 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.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

 Congress finds the following:

    (1) The United States is experiencing a housing crisis. The 
 nation is short millions of housing units. Renters are spending 
 more than one-third of their salary on housing costs and buyers 
 are unable to find affordable housing. Our housing stock is 
 short by millions. No State has been left untouched.

    (2) The role of regulating the various factors that 
 contribute to the affordable housing crisis largely rests with 
 States.

    (3) States have engaged in a variety of efforts to address 
 this crisis including reforming zoning rules.

    (4) To best determine how the Federal Government can 
 support effective solutions to the crisis, Congress must 
 identify which State efforts are successfully addressing the 
 crisis.

    (5) The regulatory barriers clearinghouse serves as a 
 national repository for information regarding State and local 
 laws, regulations and policies related to affordable housing 
 and the effects of those laws, regulations, and policies on 
 affordable housing. The clearinghouse also collects State and 
 local efforts that promote affordable housing.

    (6) The clearinghouse currently is geared toward providing 
 such information to and for use by State and local governments.

    (7) Congress could utilize the information provided in the 
 clearinghouse to support a Federal response to the affordable 
 housing crisis.

SEC. 2. REGULATORY BARRIERS CLEARINGHOUSE REPORT TO CONGRESS.

 

Section 1205 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 
(42 U.S.C. 12705d) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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    (e) Reports to Congress.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall annually submit to the Congress a report that 
includes the following elements:
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    (1) An analysis of information described in subsection

    (a) .
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    (2) Policy recommendations, based on the analysis 
 described in paragraph

    (1) , that the Congress may use to 
 support the implementation of successful State and local 
 strategies, activities, and plans that promote affordable 
 housing.''.
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