Affordable Housing Barriers Transparency Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7597 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7597 To amend the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to require that the annual report of the Department of Housing and Urban Development include an identification of significant regulatory barriers to affordable housing. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 17, 2026 Mr. Lawler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to require that the annual report of the Department of Housing and Urban Development include an identification of significant regulatory barriers to affordable housing. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Affordable Housing Barriers Transparency Act''. SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF REGULATORY BARRIERS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN HUD ANNUAL REPORT. Section 8 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3536) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Each such annual report shall include an identification of significant regulatory barriers to affordable housing, within the meaning of such term as provided in the first sentence of section 1203 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 12705b), and a discussion and analysis of how to reduce or remove such barriers.''. <all>