This bill requires cities and counties that receive federal Community Development Block Grant funding to assess and report on restrictive zoning and land use policies that hinder housing development. Starting one year after the bill becomes law, grant recipients must submit plans every five years describing whether they've adopted or plan to adopt housing-friendly policies—such as allowing duplexes in single-family zones, streamlining building permits, reducing parking requirements, or permitting accessory dwelling units. The legislation identifies 22 specific policy categories HUD says promote housing affordability, ranging from allowing multifamily housing in retail areas to using tax incentives for higher-density development. The bill clarifies that these submissions are informational only, not binding requirements, and that the information cannot be used to penalize communities. Congress intends this transparency measure to address the nation's severe housing shortage, which it estimates costs the economy $2 trillion annually in lost productivity and affects millions of cost-burdened households.
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