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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4351 
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 
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 
Mr. HECK (for himself, Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH, Mr. CLAY, Ms. FOXX of North 
Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, and Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER) introduced the fol-
lowing 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Yes In My Backyard 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to discourage the use of 
discriminatory land use policies and remove barriers to 
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making housing more affordable in order to further the 
original intent of the Community Development Block 
Grant program. 
SEC. 3. LAND USE PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 104 of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(n) PLAN TO TRACK DISCRIMINATORY LAND USE 
POLICIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Prior to receipt in any fis-
cal year of a grant from the Secretary under sub-
section (b), (d)(1), or (d)(2)(B) of section 106, each 
recipient shall have prepared and submitted, not less 
frequently than once during the preceding 5-year pe-
riod, in accordance with this subsection and in such 
standardized form as the Secretary shall, by regula-
tion, prescribe, with respect to each land use policy 
described in paragraph (2) that is applicable to the 
jurisdiction served by the recipient, a description 
of— 
‘‘(A) whether the recipient has already 
adopted the policy in the jurisdiction served by 
the recipient; 
‘‘(B) the plan of the recipient to implement 
the policy in that jurisdiction; or 
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‘‘(C) the ways in which adopting the policy 
will benefit the jurisdiction. 
‘‘(2) LAND
USE
POLICIES.—The policies de-
scribed in this paragraph are as follows: 
‘‘(A) Enacting high-density single-family 
and multifamily zoning. 
‘‘(B) Expanding by-right multifamily zoned 
areas. 
‘‘(C) 
Allowing 
duplexes, 
triplexes, 
or 
fourplexes in areas zoned primarily for single- 
family residential homes. 
‘‘(D) Allowing manufactured homes in 
areas zoned primarily for single-family residen-
tial homes. 
‘‘(E) Allowing multifamily development in 
retail, office, and light manufacturing zones. 
‘‘(F) Allowing single-room occupancy de-
velopment wherever multifamily housing is al-
lowed. 
‘‘(G) Reducing minimum lot size. 
‘‘(H) Reducing the impact of historic pres-
ervation on housing production and afford-
ability. 
‘‘(I) Increasing the allowable floor area 
ratio in multifamily housing areas. 
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‘‘(J) Creating transit-oriented development 
zones. 
‘‘(K) Streamlining or shortening permit-
ting processes and timelines, including through 
one-stop and parallel-process permitting. 
‘‘(L) Eliminating or reducing off-street 
parking requirements. 
‘‘(M) Ensuring impact and utility invest-
ment fees accurately reflect required infrastruc-
ture needs and related impacts on housing af-
fordability are otherwise mitigated. 
‘‘(N) Allowing prefabricated construction. 
‘‘(O) Reducing or eliminating minimum 
unit square footage requirements. 
‘‘(P) Allowing the conversion of office units 
to apartments. 
‘‘(Q) Allowing the subdivision of single- 
family homes into duplexes. 
‘‘(R) Allowing accessory dwelling units, in-
cluding detached accessory dwelling units, on all 
lots with single-family homes. 
‘‘(3) EFFECT OF SUBMISSION.—A submission 
under this subsection shall not be binding with re-
spect to the use or distribution of amounts received 
under section 106. 
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‘‘(4) ACCEPTANCE
OR
NONACCEPTANCE
OF 
PLAN.—The acceptance or nonacceptance of any 
plan submitted under this subsection in which the 
information required under this subsection is pro-
vided is not an endorsement or approval of the plan, 
policies, or methodologies, or lack thereof.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirements under 
subsection (n) of section 104 of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304), as added 
by subsection (a), shall— 
(1) take effect on the date that is 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act; and 
(2) apply to recipients of a grant under sub-
section (b), (d)(1), or (d)(2)(B) of section 106 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5306) before, on, and after such date. 
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