Housing Supply Frameworks Act

This bill aims to help more homes get built. It tells the U.S. housing department to create clear, practical guidelines that states and cities can use to update zoning rules so people at all income levels can find housing. It points to a nationwide shortage of millions of homes and says zoning that blocks housing based on income goes against the public interest. The department must share draft guidelines for public comment, work with a task force of planners, housing advocates, builders, and community members, and then publish final best practices.

The guidelines would encourage steps like allowing small backyard homes, duplexes and triplexes, lowering parking requirements, letting buildings be taller or on smaller lots where it fits, speeding up permits, building near transit, using public land for housing, reviewing impact fees, and protecting current residents from being pushed out. States would also get a model process to appeal local denials of projects that include affordable homes.

• Who is affected: state and local governments, planners and builders, and people looking for homes at all income levels.
• What changes: the department issues best-practice zoning guides; five years after they’re published, it must report which states and communities used them.
• When: draft guidelines and a public task force in the first two years; final guidelines within three years.
• Funding: $3 million per year from 2026 through 2030 to carry this out.
• Other: ends an older federal program called the Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse.