Housing Supply Frameworks Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2840 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2840 To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, to publish guidelines and best practices for State zoning and local zoning frameworks, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 10, 2025 Mr. Flood (for himself and Ms. Pettersen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, to publish guidelines and best practices for State zoning and local zoning frameworks, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Housing Supply Frameworks Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the followings: (1) As of 2022 in the United States, there was an estimated housing shortage of 3,850,000 homes. This housing supply shortage has resulted in a record number of cost-burdened households across regions and spanning the large and small cities, towns, and coastal and rural communities of the United States. (2) Several factors contribute to the undersupply of housing in the United States, particularly workforce housing, including rising costs of construction, a shortage of labor, supply chain disruptions, and a lack of reliable funding sources. (3) Regulatory barriers at the State and local levels, such as zoning and land use regulations, also inhibit the creation of new housing to meet local and regional housing needs. (4) State and local governments are proacti