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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3198 

To require certain grantees under title I of the Housing and Community 

Development Act of 1974 to submit a plan to track discriminatory 

land use policies, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 13, 2021 

Mr. KILMER (for himself, Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. 

QUIGLEY, Mr. CASE, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. TAYLOR, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Ms. FOXX, and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To require certain grantees under title I of the Housing 

and Community Development Act of 1974 to submit 

a plan to track discriminatory land use policies, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Yes In My Backyard 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

2 The purpose of this Act is to discourage the use of 

3 discriminatory land use policies and remove barriers to 

4 making housing more affordable in order to further the 

5 original intent of the Community Development Block 

6 Grant program. 

7 SEC. 3. LAND USE PLAN. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 104 of the Housing and 

9 Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304) 

10 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(n) PLAN TO TRACK DISCRIMINATORY LAND USE

12 POLICIES.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Prior to receipt in any fis14 cal year of a grant from the Secretary under sub15 section (b), (d)(1), or (d)(2)(B) of section 106, each 

16 recipient shall have prepared and submitted, not less 

17 frequently than once during the preceding 5-year pe18 riod, in accordance with this subsection and in such 

19 standardized form as the Secretary shall, by regula20 tion, prescribe, with respect to each land use policy 

21 described in paragraph (2) that is applicable to the 

22 jurisdiction served by the recipient, a description 

23 of— 

24 ‘‘(A) whether the recipient has already 

25 adopted the policy in the jurisdiction served by 

26 the recipient; 


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1 ‘‘(B) the plan of the recipient to implement 

2 the policy in that jurisdiction; or 

3 ‘‘(C) the ways in which adopting the policy 

4 will benefit the jurisdiction. 

5 ‘‘(2) LAND USE POLICIES.—The policies de6 scribed in this paragraph are as follows: 

7 ‘‘(A) Enacting high-density single-family 

8 and multifamily zoning. 

9 ‘‘(B) Expanding by-right multifamily zoned 

10 areas. 

11 ‘‘(C) Allowing duplexes, triplexes, or 

12 fourplexes in areas zoned primarily for single13 family residential homes. 

14 ‘‘(D) Allowing manufactured homes in 

15 areas zoned primarily for single-family residen16 tial homes. 

17 ‘‘(E) Allowing multifamily development in 

18 retail, office, and light manufacturing zones. 

19 ‘‘(F) Allowing single-room occupancy de20 velopment wherever multifamily housing is al21 lowed. 

22 ‘‘(G) Reducing minimum lot size. 

23 ‘‘(H) Ensuring historic preservation re24 quirements and other land use policies or re25 quirements are coordinated to encourage creVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:08 Jun 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3198.IH H3198

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1 ation of housing in historic buildings and his2 toric districts. 

3 ‘‘(I) Increasing the allowable floor area 

4 ratio in multifamily housing areas. 

5 ‘‘(J) Creating transit-oriented development 

6 zones. 

7 ‘‘(K) Streamlining or shortening permit8 ting processes and timelines, including through 

9 one-stop and parallel-process permitting. 

10 ‘‘(L) Eliminating or reducing off-street 

11 parking requirements. 

12 ‘‘(M) Ensuring impact and utility invest13 ment fees accurately reflect required infrastruc14 ture needs and related impacts on housing af15 fordability are otherwise mitigated. 

16 ‘‘(N) Allowing prefabricated construction. 

17 ‘‘(O) Reducing or eliminating minimum 

18 unit square footage requirements. 

19 ‘‘(P) Allowing the conversion of office units 

20 to apartments. 

21 ‘‘(Q) Allowing the subdivision of single22 family homes into duplexes. 

23 ‘‘(R) Allowing accessory dwelling units, in24 cluding detached accessory dwelling units, on all 

25 lots with single-family homes. 


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1 ‘‘(S) Establishing density bonuses. 

2 ‘‘(T) Eliminating or relaxing residential 

3 property height limitations. 

4 ‘‘(U) Using property tax abatements to en5 able higher density and mixed-income commu6 nities. 

7 ‘‘(V) Donating vacant land for affordable 

8 housing development. 

9 ‘‘(3) EFFECT OF SUBMISSION.—A submission 

10 under this subsection shall not be binding with re11 spect to the use or distribution of amounts received 

12 under section 106. 

13 ‘‘(4) ACCEPTANCE OR NONACCEPTANCE OF

14 PLAN.—The acceptance or nonacceptance of any 

15 plan submitted under this subsection in which the 

16 information required under this subsection is pro17 vided is not an endorsement or approval of the plan, 

18 policies, or methodologies, or lack thereof.’’. 

19 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirements under 

20 subsection (n) of section 104 of the Housing and Commu21 nity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304), as added 

22 by subsection (a), shall— 

23 (1) take effect on the date that is 1 year after 

24 the date of enactment of this Act; and 


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1 (2) apply to recipients of a grant under sub2 section (b), (d)(1), or (d)(2)(B) of section 106 of the 

3 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 

4 (42 U.S.C. 5306) before, on, and after such date. 

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