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.

Key Points

• This bill tells the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to give Congress a yearly report. The report would explain which state and local plans are actually helping to make housing more affordable.
• The goal is to help the federal government understand how to fix the housing crisis. Right now, many Americans spend more than a third of their income on rent, and there are not enough homes available for people to buy.
• HUD already has a system that tracks local housing laws and zoning rules. This bill would require HUD to analyze that data and give Congress specific advice on which policies should be used in other parts of the country.
• By identifying what works at the local level, lawmakers hope to create better federal programs. This could eventually lead to new rules or funding that makes it easier and cheaper to build homes across the United States.

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