Yes in God's Backyard Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7152 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7152 To provide technical assistance and grants for faith-based organizations, institutions of higher education, and local governments to increase the supply of affordable rental housing, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 20, 2026 Ms. Barragan (for herself, Ms. Brown, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Norton, Mr. Espaillat, and Ms. Ansari) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide technical assistance and grants for faith-based organizations, institutions of higher education, and local governments to increase the supply of affordable rental housing, 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 ``Yes in God's Backyard Act''. SEC. 2. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND GRANTS FOR FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO AND INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING. Title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.), is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Subtitle G--Technical Assistance and Grants for Faith-based Organizations, Institutions of Higher Education, and Local Governments to Remove Barriers and to Increase the Supply of Affordable Rental Housing ``SEC. 290. DEFINITIONS. ``In this subtitle: ``(1) Affordable rental housing.--The term `affordable rental housing' means housing available to the public charging a monthly rent that is not more than 30 percent of household income of a covered hou