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Directs HUD to publish model State/local zoning guidance, track adoption and impacts, abolish the Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse, and authorizes $3M/year FY2026–2030.
Official title: Direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, to publish guidelines and best practices for State zoning and local zoning frameworks, and for other purposes.
Introduced April 3, 2025 by Lisa Blunt Rochester · Last progress April 3, 2025
The bill seeks to increase housing supply and affordability through federal data, model zoning reforms, and targeted funding—potentially lowering housing costs for many—while raising trade‑offs around local control, neighborhood change, displacement risks, and some new federal costs.
Renters, low‑ and middle‑income households will have more housing options as the bill promotes zoning reforms and model policies that aim to increase housing supply, which could reduce cost burdens and address an identified housing shortfall.
State and local governments (and policymakers) receive federal data, models, model state enabling legislation, and streamlined review tools that help target reforms, reduce permitting delays, and support evidence‑based zoning decisions.
Low‑income residents and renters receive required preservation and anti‑displacement measures in the guidelines to help protect existing residents during upzoning efforts.
Homeowners and local elected officials face reduced local zoning control and increased risk of political pushback or legal challenges as federal guidance and incentives encourage local zoning changes and state model laws.
Homeowners and neighborhood residents may experience increased density, infrastructure strain, and changes to neighborhood character from by‑right multiunit allowances, higher heights, and reduced setbacks.
Low‑income residents remain at risk of displacement if upzoning proceeds rapidly without sufficiently enforced preservation and anti‑displacement measures.
Based on analysis of 7 sections of legislative text.
Requires HUD to develop and publish model State and local zoning guidance and best practices to increase housing supply and affordability, create a multi‑stakeholder task force and public comment process, track which jurisdictions adopt the guidance and report back to Congress, abolishes the existing Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse, and authorizes $3 million annually for HUD to implement the Act for FY2026–FY2030. The guidance must address parking, density, accessory dwelling units, by‑right multiunit development, transit‑oriented development, streamlined review timelines, preservation/anti‑displacement measures, and data collection on outcomes.