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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2494 
To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to annually 
submit to the Congress a report that analyzes State and local strategies, 
activities, and plans that promote affordable housing, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 31, 2025 
Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
to annually submit to the Congress a report that ana-
lyzes State and local strategies, activities, and plans that 
promote affordable housing, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States is experiencing a housing 
crisis. The nation is short millions of housing units. 
Renters are spending more than one-third of their 
salary on housing costs and buyers are unable to 
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find affordable housing. Our housing stock is short 
by millions. No State has been left untouched. 
(2) The role of regulating the various factors 
that contribute to the affordable housing crisis large-
ly rests with States. 
(3) States have engaged in a variety of efforts 
to address this crisis including reforming zoning 
rules. 
(4) To best determine how the Federal Govern-
ment can support effective solutions to the crisis, 
Congress must identify which State efforts are suc-
cessfully addressing the crisis. 
(5) The regulatory barriers clearinghouse serves 
as a national repository for information regarding 
State and local laws, regulations and policies related 
to affordable housing and the effects of those laws, 
regulations, and policies on affordable housing. The 
clearinghouse also collects State and local efforts 
that promote affordable housing. 
(6) The clearinghouse currently is geared to-
ward providing such information to and for use by 
State and local governments. 
(7) Congress could utilize the information pro-
vided in the clearinghouse to support a Federal re-
sponse to the affordable housing crisis. 
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SEC. 2. REGULATORY BARRIERS CLEARINGHOUSE REPORT 
TO CONGRESS. 
Section 1205 of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 12705d) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) REPORTS
TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall annually submit 
to the Congress a report that includes the following ele-
ments: 
‘‘(1) An analysis of information described in 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) Policy recommendations, based on the 
analysis described in paragraph (1), that the Con-
gress may use to support the implementation of suc-
cessful State and local strategies, activities, and 
plans that promote affordable housing.’’. 
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