Congress·In Committee·H.R. 4660

Unlocking Housing Supply Through Streamlined and Modernized Reviews Act

House Bill Would Speed Up HUD Environmental Reviews to Unlock More Housing Supply

Jul 23, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

Part of: Congress Proposes Environmental Review Exemptions for Housing Projects

StalledNext up: A house committeeNo action in 11 months

This bill is currently sitting in the House Committee on Financial Services. It has not moved since July 2025, and no action has been taken on it for 11 months. The House committee must choose to review the bill before it can move forward, but most bills like this never receive a committee vote.

Legislative Progress

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No action since July 2025

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Key Points

Tells the Housing Department to speed up environmental reviews for many housing-related actions, especially smaller or low-impact projects.
Would treat things like rental help, supportive services, and pre-development costs as “exempt,” meaning less paperwork and faster approvals.
Would give faster review paths for repairs and rehab of small homes and infrastructure, plus small new builds—like up to 4 units on a site, and some projects from 5 to 15 units.
Also sets faster review paths for office-to-housing conversions (with limits) and “infill” housing on previously disturbed land up to 5 acres inside a city.
Requires the Housing Department to report each year for 5 years (starting 2 years after the law starts) on whether review times and costs went down, especially for affordable housing.

HousingEnvironment

Impact Analysis

Personal Impact

How this policy affects specific groups of people

Mixed Impacts(4)

Housing Assistance

Neutral

Child Tax Credit

Neutral

Renter

Neutral

Homeowner

Neutral

Milestones

2 milestones2 actions

Jul 23, 2025House

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Jul 23, 2025

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

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