Faith in Housing Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5601 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5601 To preempt State and local laws that prevent the construction of affordable housing on faith lands, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 26, 2025 Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Edwards) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To preempt State and local laws that prevent the construction of affordable housing on faith lands, 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 ``Faith in Housing Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) An underproduction in housing units relative to demand has led to a housing shortage of millions of homes in the United States. (2) Lack of housing supply and rising rent costs exacerbate inequality and reduce opportunity for many people in the United States. (3) People in the United States who are unable to afford rising housing costs can fall into homelessness, causing both personal tragedy and challenges to public and charitable social services. (4) Houses of worship from every major faith tradition are involved in charitable activities to support low-income people in the United States facing housing insecurity. (5) The efforts of houses of worship to shelter homeless people in the United States, provide affordable or supportive housing, and serve the poor are obstructed by land use regulation that prohibits or curtails the ability of the house of worship to meet this mission. (6) The ability of houses of worship to serve their mission would be enhanced by allowing them the discretion to