Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2025

This bill would cancel certain U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) fair housing rules and tools, including the “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” rules from 2015 and 2021 and HUD’s related assessment tool. These rules and tools would no longer have any effect.

It would also bar the use of federal money to create or run a federal map or database that tracks racial disparities or differences in access to affordable housing. Instead of new rules, HUD would be required to work with state and local officials and public housing agencies to develop recommendations to advance fair housing, publish a draft report within 12 months, take at least 180 days of public comments, and then post a final report online (also within 12 months, per the bill’s text).

Key points

• Who is affected: HUD, state and local governments, and public housing agencies; communities that use HUD fair housing planning tools.
• What changes: Cancels HUD’s AFFH rules and assessment tool; bans federal funds for a federal geospatial database of racial or housing-access disparities; requires a joint consultation process and reports instead of new regulations.
• When: Draft report due within 12 months of enactment; public comment for at least 180 days; final report to be posted online within 12 months of enactment.