BUILD Housing Act

This bill would let the housing department use one clear, streamlined process to handle environmental reviews for certain housing funds. It would also let federally recognized Tribal governments take on the same environmental review duties that states and local governments can, so projects on Tribal lands don’t get slowed down waiting on outside agencies. The change does not apply when another law already sets a different review process for a specific program .

In short, it aims to speed up housing projects while keeping environmental protections in place, and it gives Tribes more control over reviews for projects in their communities .

• Who is affected: States, local governments, and federally recognized Tribes working with housing funds from the housing department; residents waiting on housing projects in those areas .
• What changes: The department can treat certain housing assistance under a single “special project” review path, and Tribes can assume environmental review responsibilities like states and local governments. If another law already sets a different review process, that process still applies .