SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that— 
(1) housing should be considered a critical com-
ponent of our national infrastructure; 
(2) existing shortages of affordable housing op-
tions in many regions are contributing to long com-
mutes, financial stress, environmental pollution, and 
public health risk; 
(3) new approaches in the planning, design, and 
construction of housing need to be explored for di-
versifying housing options available to the workforce; 
and 
(4) greater coordination of existing Federal re-
sources across agencies could significantly expand 
and diversify the supply of housing. 
SEC. 3. OFFICE OF HOUSING INNOVATION; ASSISTANT SEC-
RETARY. 
(a) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING INNOVA-
TION.—Section 4(a) of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3533(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘7 Assistant 
Secretaries’’ and inserting ‘‘9 Assistant Secretaries’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(i) OFFICE OF HOUSING INNOVATION.— 
‘‘(1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—There shall be in 
the Department an Assistant Secretary for Housing 
Innovation, who shall be appointed by the President. 
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Department the Office of Housing Innovation, 
which shall be headed by the Assistant Secretary for 
Housing Innovation. 
‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The Assistant Secretary of 
Housing Innovation shall have primary responsibility 
within the Department for— 
‘‘(A) accumulating and disseminating in-
formation regarding innovative practices and 
successful case studies of new approaches for 
increasing and diversifying the supply of hous-
ing, especially in urban metropolitan regions 
and surrounding rural regions that are facing 
challenges of housing shortages, housing afford-
ability, and traffic congestion; 
‘‘(B) carrying out activities, including ad-
ministering the grant programs under the 
Housing Innovation Act of 2022, to encourage 
partnerships in exploring and developing inno-
vative solutions to the challenges to housing 
supply referred to in subparagraph (A); 
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‘‘(C) coordinating with other offices within 
the Department, including the Office of Hous-
ing, the Office of Policy Development and Re-
search, and the Office of Community Planning 
and Development, and other Federal agencies, 
including the Department of Transportation, to 
recommend policies that address workforce 
housing needs; and 
‘‘(D) providing technical assistance to local 
governments in undertaking or preparing for 
planning and policy reforms to increase housing 
units and housing supply diversity. 
‘‘(4) DETAILEES.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that the staff of the Office of Housing Innovation 
includes, at all times— 
‘‘(A) two detailees from the Department of 
Transportation, who shall include— 
‘‘(i) one having expertise in transit 
issues or active transportation issues, or 
both; and 
‘‘(ii) one from the Build America Bu-
reau having expertise on the Transpor-
tation Infrastructure Finance and Innova-
tion Act (TIFIA) program and the Rail-
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road Rehabilitation and Improvement Fi-
nancing (RRIF) program; 
‘‘(B) one detailee from the Environmental 
Protection Agency having expertise on the pub-
lic health impacts of housing and community 
development; and 
‘‘(C) one detailee from the Department of 
Energy having expertise on renewable energy 
and energy efficiency upgrades for low- and 
moderate-income communities. 
The Secretary shall consult with the heads of the 
agencies referred to in this paragraph to provide for 
such details and such details shall be made on a re-
imbursable basis.’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS
TO TITLE 5, UNITED STATES 
CODE.— 
(1) POSITIONS
AT
LEVEL
IV
OF
EXECUTIVE 
SCHEDULE.—Section 5315 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended in the undesignated item relating 
to Assistant Secretaries of Housing and Urban De-
velopment by striking ‘‘(8)’’ and inserting ‘‘(9)’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (1) of 
section 4(a) of the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment Act (42 U.S.C. 3533(a)(1)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘7’’ and inserting ‘‘8’’. 
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(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for necessary salaries and 
expenses of the Office of Housing Innovation of the De-
partment 
of 
Housing 
and 
Urban 
Development 
$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year 
thereafter. 
SEC. 4. GRANTS FOR LOCAL PLANNING FOR HOUSING. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’), acting through the Assistant Secretary of Hous-
ing Innovation, shall carry out a program to make grants 
under this section to eligible localities for undertaking 
planning efforts and associated regulatory reforms that 
address the housing needs of such areas. 
(b) ELIGIBLE LOCALITIES.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘eligible locality’’ means a unit of gen-
eral local government that is located within an urbanized 
area, as such term is defined by the United States Census 
Bureau of the Department of Commerce. 
(c) GOALS.—Local plans developed using amounts 
from grants under this section shall address all of the fol-
lowing goals: 
(1) Increasing the supply of housing units with-
in the jurisdiction of the grantee or within certain 
defined areas within such jurisdiction, including 
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