Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act

Key Points

• Congress would require many cities and counties that get certain housing and community grants to file a housing land-use plan at least once every 5 years.
• The plan must say whether the area has adopted certain pro-housing changes (like allowing duplexes, accessory units, or more apartments) and, if not, how it plans to do them and why they would help.
• It lists many zoning and permitting changes to track, including faster permits, less required parking, smaller lot sizes, taller buildings, and converting offices into apartments.
• Local governments would still choose their own rules; the plan is mainly a reporting and planning requirement tied to getting grant money, not a direct zoning mandate.
• The bill says HUD can’t use the information in these plans as the basis for enforcement action, and the plan doesn’t control how the grant money is spent.